Power tumbling - Citizendia

Power tumbling is a gymnastics sport which combines the skills of artistic gymnastics on the floor and those of trampolining. Gymnastics is a Sport involving performance of exercises requiring physical strength agility and coordination Trampolining is a competitive Sport in which Gymnasts perform Acrobatics while bouncing on a Trampoline.

When Power Tumbling was first started, and for the first ever US National Championships in Tumbling in 1886, gymnasts would perform their skills only on thin mats. From there, "floors" evolved in a wide variety of ways, including rows of skis tied together with the ends cut off under those mats, and then to the floor used today, developed by Randy Mulkey, which is an 85 feet long by 5 foot wide track consisting of fiber-glass rods (laid horizontally, to make it springy) under two layers of foam mats^[1]. A foot (plural feet or foot; symbol or abbreviation ft or sometimes &prime – the prime symbol) is a non-SI unit At the end is a mat where the gymnast lands their dismounting skill.

Competitors perform two passes, each containing 8 skills along the track, usually starting with a Roundoff, Barani, or Rudi (all forward, twisting flips) followed by a series of back-handsprings and whips (a fast, long backflip done in a straight body position) ending in a 'dismount' skill. In the lower levels, there are rules about what each pass should contain. At more advanced levels there is a choice about the skills performed. This includes adding much more difficulty to the passes by adding twisting whips (called single, double or triple fulls) in the middle of the pass. The dismounting skill is often another double or triple full or a double or triple backflip, which can also include extra twists. Internationally, competitors frequently have 3 double somersaults incorporated in to each pass. All athletes in this sport at high levels are expected to have a finals pass as well as their other two passes. While not used at every meet, it is important to have three passes.

Power tumbling is controlled internationally by FIG in combination with trampolining. The Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique (FIG or International Federation of Gymnastics (IFG is the governing body of competitive Gymnastics. Trampolining is a competitive Sport in which Gymnasts perform Acrobatics while bouncing on a Trampoline. Major organizations for power tumbling in the United States include USAG and USTA. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the United States of America Gymnastics ( USA Gymnastics) or USAG is the national governing body for Gymnastics in the United States. The United States Tumbling & Trampoline Association ( USTA) offers competitions in tumbling, Trampoline and Double-mini trampoline.

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Videos of power tumbling

References

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