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Trampoline Dictionary

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• Mail discussion about trampoline terminology

Vocabulary/Vocabulaire

Special Jumps

Barani

Front somersault with 1/2 twist

Rudolf (Rudi)

Front somersault with 1 1/2 twists

Randolf (Randi)

Front somersault with 2 1/2 twists

Adolf (Andi?)

Front somersault with 3 1/2 twists

German: Schraubensalto

Back somersault with full twist; also generalised for any somersault with at least 1 twist

German: Doppelschraube

Back somersault with double twist

Fliffis

Double front somersault with 1/2 twist; in word combinations indicating double somersaults with various twists, e.g.:

Fliffis-Rudi

Double front somersault with 1 1/2 twists

Triffis

Triple front somersault with 1/2 twist; in word combinations indicating triple somersaults with various twists, e.g.:

Triffis-Rudi

Triple front somersault with 1 1/2 twists

Quadriffis/Quaffis?

Quadruple front somersault with 1/2 twist

Barani Ball Out

5/4 front somersault with 1/2 twist from back position to feet

Rudi Ball Out

5/4 front somersault with 1 1/2 twists from back position to feet

Fliffis Ball Out

9/4 front somersault with 1/2 twist from back position to feet

Cody

5/4 back somersault from front position to feet

Twisted Cody

5/4 back somersault with full twist from front position to feet

half-in-half-out

Double back somersault with 1/2 twist in the first and 1/2 twist in the second somersault

full-in

Double back somersault with full twist in the first somersault

XXX-in-YYY-out

Double somersault with XXX twists in the first and YYY twists in the second somersault; when the total twist rotation gives a whole number, the skill is performed backward (e.g. half-in-1 1/2-out), otherwise it is performed forward (e.g. full-in-2 1/2-out); half-out is also called barani-out, the same holds for rudi, etc.

Miller

Double back somersault with triple twist (originally performed as 2 1/2-in-barani-out, nowadays usually performed as full-in-double-out, named after Wayne Miller 1964/5)

Miller plus (Killer)

Double back somersault with quadruple twist

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Some Colloquial Names (poss. regional deviations)

Crash Dive

3/3 front somersault from feet to back drop

Pullover

3/4 back somersault from back position to feet

or: back somi from back to back

Cradle

half twist from back drop to back drop (w half somi)

Cat-Twist

full twist from back drop to back drop

Corkscrew

one and half twist from bk to bk (w half somi)

Double Cat-Twist

two twists back to back

Porpoise

front somi from back to back

Tag (BE)/ Add-on (AE)

Every bouncer has to repeat all skills of his predecessors in the correct order and appends an additional skill at the end. (Variants: add-before, add-between)