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Lesson 3
1.
Review and practice skills and techniques learned in previous lessons.
2.
Front Drop-To avoid mat burns and teach the front bounce position, all students should be
requested to assume the prone position(face down on the ground) while the instructor
checks for faulty positions that could cause injury.
3.
Start with a hands and knees bounce and then extend body into prone position, land on the
mat and return to feet.
4.
Practice Routine-Hands and knees Bounce, Front Bounce, back to feet, seat bounce, back to
feet.
Lesson 4
1.
Review and practice skills and techniques learned in previous lessons.
2.
Half-Turn.
3.
Start from front drop position and as you make contact with the mat, push off with arms in either
the right or left direction and turn head and shoulders in same direction.
4.
During turn, be sure to keep back parallel to mat and head up.
5.
After completing turn, land in front drop position.
After completing this lesson, the student now has a basic foundation of trampoline bounces. Jumpers
should be encouraged to try and develop their own routines with the emphasis on control and form.
Player one starts with a maneuver. Player two has to do Player One’s maneuvered and adds on another.
Player Three does the maneuvers of one and Two and then adds a third maneuver. it is important to
perform your routines under control and not try difficult or highly skilled bounces that you have not yet
mastered.
Basic Trampoline Bounces
The Basic Bounce
1.
Start from standing position, feet
shoulder width apart and with bead
up and eyes on mat.
2.
Swing arms forward and up and
around in a circular motion.
3.
Bring feet together while in mid-air
and point toes downward.
4.
Keep feet shoulder width apart when
landing on mat.
