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testTRAMPOLINE GYMNASTICS

OVERVIEW

Gymnasts perform routines on a trampoline in a jumping area of 4.28 x 2.14 meters. Routines comprise 10 elements with straight and/or tucked somersaults with or without twists. Gymnasts get higher scores for height, difficulty, elegance and good posture.

Competition schedule includes:

  • Qualification routine with special requirements
  • Voluntary routine (optional)

The trampoline goes for two awards.

A jury setting the final score:

  1. S+T judge and referee responsible for the panel evaluating the time of flight.
  2. EJ – horizontal displacement and technical execution judge.
  3. DJ – Difficulty judge.

HISTORY

This sport was launched in the Guadalajara 2011 Pan American Games in both men's and women's category. Some disciplines of trampoline gymnastics are not included in the Pan American competition program, such as synchronized trampoline, double-mini trampoline and tumbling; each one of them with different characteristics.