Trampoline Persuasive Speech
Trampoline
I completed the Cody, and stuck the routine! All I had to worry about now, was the judges calculating my final score. If you don’t have a clue what I’m talking about, don’t worry, not many people wouldn’t either. I’m describing a scenario which happened at one of my recent trampoline competitions, a sport gaining popularity, but not as popular as the sport I left before joining my current passion. Trampoline is a popular sport that MANY people partake in either recreationally or competitively. The first trampoline was created by George Nissen, a competitive gymnast in 1936. Nissen was interested in how trapeze artists could drop into a net and return doing flips. Inspired by these artist, Nissen decided to build the first trampoline prototype in his garage in Iowa. His first prototype was successful and later inspired a nation. Trampoline has grown to become a huge phenomenon, and in 2000 it was introduced as an Olympic sport. …show more content…
Before an athlete can qualify for the Olympics, first they must compete in many competitions. At these exciting events, competitive trampoline athletes are permitted to participate in by performing two different routines, compulsory and optional. The compulsory is a routine that is mandatory by all athletes. This routine is the same for everyone. Whereas, the optional is a routine that is created by the athlete, or their coach.
Competition season can start as early October, and in some cases even in September! Competition season lasts for a long time and sometimes invitational meets can run into the summer months. There are a few types of different competitions, in Ontario, there are cups, which you compete in to qualify for bigger competitions (e.g., provincials, nationals, easterns, etc.). Then you have your other competitions, that you have to qualify for, (like the ones I just mentioned). Finally, you have invitational meets that are just for fun, and provide the opportunity to scout out the competition.
When at these competitions the athletes are different compete levels. In total there are nine levels for trampoline. To move up you have to have a certain score, trick, or sometimes both! The levels are as follows: interclub athletes only compete at invitationals; levels 1 through 6; and finally Junior and Senior. Level 5 and higher are designated as national and that means that they get to compete at national and sometimes even international competitions. These levels are really difficult to get into and you can’t qualify for them at invitationals.
Scoring and judging in trampoline is very difficult. Judges judge two different routines composed of 10 different tricks. There are normally 5 judges who judge the neatness of the routine, and there is a judge who determines your D.D (degree of difficulty). At smaller competitions, the 5 judges individually determine how neat your routine is and take points off accordingly. The judges can penalize an athlete up to 5 points if the athlete doesn’t have kick outs, pointed feet, straight legs, etc. Finally, after the routine is finished, the judges add up the deductions and subtract them from a score of 10. To ensure the judges aren’t being bias, the highest and the lowest scores are taken off from the final score. There is one special judge called a D.D judge who measures the degree of difficulty of each trick. Each ½ turn gets 0.1 points and each skill is judged differently. Finally, to get your final score score, you do your two routines, and 5 judges judge the neatness. After your 2 routines they add the three scores from the compulsory, and the three scores from the optional, and then they double your D.D. from your optional and the add it all up. Therefore, that is how you are judged in trampoline. There are many important people important people in trampoline and many we don’t even recognise.
A few important people in trampoline are judges, coaches, and athletes. An important coach is Dave Ross. Dave Ross is a coach at a trampoline club called Skyriders. Skyriders is home of many Canadian Olympic athletes and Ross coaches them all. Ross has had many athletes win medals at the Olympics and he was there to support them all. Just to name a few important athletes that he has coached are… Rosie McLennan who won our only gold medal at the 2012 London Summer Olympics. Jason Burnett, who won a silver medal at the 2008 Beijing Summer Olympics. Burnett is also the world record holder of D.D. which is 20.6, he did compete at the 2012 Olympics, but he fell. Karen Cockburn also has won a silver and 2 bronze Olympic medals and Summer Olympics, and at the 2012 Olympics she came 4th. These people are all majorly important but some of the most important people are the judges and without them, we wouldn’t be able to hold
competitions.
Lots of people think… How dangerous is the sport? And from personal experience, trampoline is a dangerous sport, but many other sports are just as dangerous. Trampoline is not as dangerous as you think if you follow the rules and guidelines you can stay safe. First off you only do the skill/trick alone if you know that you can do it comfortably. Second, when learning a trick, you may receive pits, safeties, and spots. A pit is when someone places a large or small mat underneath you when you are flipping or completing a skill. A safety is when someone pits you according to how the skill is going and if you’re about to fall. Finally, a spot is when a coach helps you complete a skill by helping you flip. If you know how to properly fall, and prevent getting hurt, trampoline is not as dangerous as you think. (also there is insurance on case you get hurt)
Tumbling and DMT (double mini trampoline) are also extensions of trampoline and at competitions there is almost always tumbling and DMT. DMT is very closely related to trampoline because you are basically running at a mini trampoline and doing 2 skills in a row on it. Judging is the same for double-mini and even though many trampoline athletes compete DMT. Tumbling is also similar to trampoline but it is not as closely related as mini. Tumbling is when you run down a rod track and flip, and bounce down it. If you’re a tumbler like me describing us in a sentence is: your crazy and land on your head a lot. That’s me. You are judged similar to trampoline and mini, but it is a little different. Tumbling is also a fun way to relieve stress. When you tumble you put all you power into your pass (flips) and it makes you only focus on tumbling.
Trampoline is a very big sport and it is continuing to grow immensely. Myself, for example, I thought that trampoline would be a fun summer sport, so I started pre-comp and I loved the sport so much I quit AA hockey the year after and now I am doing trampoline 12 hours a week! I also know many people who have similar stories to mine too. Also at the gym I train at, many new people are joining all the time! We have around 15 competitive athletes (myself included), and there are so many recreational kids. There are many different gyms in Ontario and we are one of the smaller ones. I can’t even count how many trampoline athletes there are in Ontario, and there are even more in the other provinces/territories and around the world all because of one man.
Not only has trampoline kept me physically healthy and my body in good shape, but it has provided me with many different friends, time management skills and a place where I am always happy.
I completed the Cody, and stuck the routine! All I had to worry about now, was the judges calculating my final score. If you don’t have a clue what I’m talking about, don’t worry, not many people wouldn’t either. I’m describing a scenario which happened at one of my recent trampoline competitions, a sport gaining popularity, but not as popular as the sport I left before joining my current passion. Trampoline is a popular sport that MANY people partake in either recreationally or competitively. The first trampoline was created by George Nissen, a competitive gymnast in 1936. Nissen was interested in how trapeze artists could drop into a net and return doing flips. Inspired by these artist, Nissen decided to build the first trampoline prototype in his garage in Iowa. His first prototype was successful and later inspired a nation. Trampoline has grown to become a huge phenomenon, and in 2000 it was introduced as an Olympic sport. …show more content…
Before an athlete can qualify for the Olympics, first they must compete in many competitions. At these exciting events, competitive trampoline athletes are permitted to participate in by performing two different routines, compulsory and optional. The compulsory is a routine that is mandatory by all athletes. This routine is the same for everyone. Whereas, the optional is a routine that is created by the athlete, or their coach.
Competition season can start as early October, and in some cases even in September! Competition season lasts for a long time and sometimes invitational meets can run into the summer months. There are a few types of different competitions, in Ontario, there are cups, which you compete in to qualify for bigger competitions (e.g., provincials, nationals, easterns, etc.). Then you have your other competitions, that you have to qualify for, (like the ones I just mentioned). Finally, you have invitational meets that are just for fun, and provide the opportunity to scout out the competition.
When at these competitions the athletes are different compete levels. In total there are nine levels for trampoline. To move up you have to have a certain score, trick, or sometimes both! The levels are as follows: interclub athletes only compete at invitationals; levels 1 through 6; and finally Junior and Senior. Level 5 and higher are designated as national and that means that they get to compete at national and sometimes even international competitions. These levels are really difficult to get into and you can’t qualify for them at invitationals.
Scoring and judging in trampoline is very difficult. Judges judge two different routines composed of 10 different tricks. There are normally 5 judges who judge the neatness of the routine, and there is a judge who determines your D.D (degree of difficulty). At smaller competitions, the 5 judges individually determine how neat your routine is and take points off accordingly. The judges can penalize an athlete up to 5 points if the athlete doesn’t have kick outs, pointed feet, straight legs, etc. Finally, after the routine is finished, the judges add up the deductions and subtract them from a score of 10. To ensure the judges aren’t being bias, the highest and the lowest scores are taken off from the final score. There is one special judge called a D.D judge who measures the degree of difficulty of each trick. Each ½ turn gets 0.1 points and each skill is judged differently. Finally, to get your final score score, you do your two routines, and 5 judges judge the neatness. After your 2 routines they add the three scores from the compulsory, and the three scores from the optional, and then they double your D.D. from your optional and the add it all up. Therefore, that is how you are judged in trampoline. There are many important people important people in trampoline and many we don’t even recognise.
A few important people in trampoline are judges, coaches, and athletes. An important coach is Dave Ross. Dave Ross is a coach at a trampoline club called Skyriders. Skyriders is home of many Canadian Olympic athletes and Ross coaches them all. Ross has had many athletes win medals at the Olympics and he was there to support them all. Just to name a few important athletes that he has coached are… Rosie McLennan who won our only gold medal at the 2012 London Summer Olympics. Jason Burnett, who won a silver medal at the 2008 Beijing Summer Olympics. Burnett is also the world record holder of D.D. which is 20.6, he did compete at the 2012 Olympics, but he fell. Karen Cockburn also has won a silver and 2 bronze Olympic medals and Summer Olympics, and at the 2012 Olympics she came 4th. These people are all majorly important but some of the most important people are the judges and without them, we wouldn’t be able to hold
competitions.
Lots of people think… How dangerous is the sport? And from personal experience, trampoline is a dangerous sport, but many other sports are just as dangerous. Trampoline is not as dangerous as you think if you follow the rules and guidelines you can stay safe. First off you only do the skill/trick alone if you know that you can do it comfortably. Second, when learning a trick, you may receive pits, safeties, and spots. A pit is when someone places a large or small mat underneath you when you are flipping or completing a skill. A safety is when someone pits you according to how the skill is going and if you’re about to fall. Finally, a spot is when a coach helps you complete a skill by helping you flip. If you know how to properly fall, and prevent getting hurt, trampoline is not as dangerous as you think. (also there is insurance on case you get hurt)
Tumbling and DMT (double mini trampoline) are also extensions of trampoline and at competitions there is almost always tumbling and DMT. DMT is very closely related to trampoline because you are basically running at a mini trampoline and doing 2 skills in a row on it. Judging is the same for double-mini and even though many trampoline athletes compete DMT. Tumbling is also similar to trampoline but it is not as closely related as mini. Tumbling is when you run down a rod track and flip, and bounce down it. If you’re a tumbler like me describing us in a sentence is: your crazy and land on your head a lot. That’s me. You are judged similar to trampoline and mini, but it is a little different. Tumbling is also a fun way to relieve stress. When you tumble you put all you power into your pass (flips) and it makes you only focus on tumbling.
Trampoline is a very big sport and it is continuing to grow immensely. Myself, for example, I thought that trampoline would be a fun summer sport, so I started pre-comp and I loved the sport so much I quit AA hockey the year after and now I am doing trampoline 12 hours a week! I also know many people who have similar stories to mine too. Also at the gym I train at, many new people are joining all the time! We have around 15 competitive athletes (myself included), and there are so many recreational kids. There are many different gyms in Ontario and we are one of the smaller ones. I can’t even count how many trampoline athletes there are in Ontario, and there are even more in the other provinces/territories and around the world all because of one man.
Not only has trampoline kept me physically healthy and my body in good shape, but it has provided me with many different friends, time management skills and a place where I am always happy.