Session 1 – Basic Bouncing

First we started warming up so that we were nice and loose and ready to do the drills. For the warm up we just went for a jog just so all the muscle were loose. We done this for about 5 Minutes before moving onto the main activity and skill based exercise.

In the main activity we focused on one main skill, basic bouncing.

The first part of basic bouncing is to position yourself in the middle of the trampoline, when bouncing make sure your arms are as straight as possible swinging from the side of your legs in front of you to high above your head and then back round the side to the side of your legs as you approach the trampoline again. It is important that you point your toes at all times apart from when landing on your feet. To achieve the most efficient bounce you should land with your feet ‘flat’ onto the bed and then keep them that way until the bed starts rising again. As the rise starts to accelerate press your toes deeper into the bed to drive yourself higher and then keep them pointed until just before you land again. This is because if you don’t land in the you are more likely to either go off balance with a possibility of falling off the trampoline and hurting your self and because you cant get a proper and high enough bounce.