| TRAMPOLINING GLOSSARY |
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| Baby Fliffus A move starting on the back, early ½ twist into 1 ¼ Back Somersault. Back [Somersault] A backward initiated Somersault. Back In - Full Out A double Back Somersault with a full twist performed during the 2nd Somersault. Back Pullover A move starting on the back, ¾ Back Somersault To Feet. Ball Out A move starting on the back, 1 ¼ Front Somersault Ball Out - Adolf A move starting on the back, 1 ¼ Front Somersault with 3 ½ twist. Ball Out - Barani A move starting on the back, 1 ¼ Front Somersault with a late ½ twist. Different to Baby Fliffus. Ball Out - Half Out A move starting on the back, 2 ¼ Front Somersault with a ½ twist in the 2nd Somersault. Ball Out - Randy A move starting on the back, 1 ¼ Front Somersault with 2 ½ twist. Ball Out - Rudy A move starting on the back, 1 ¼ Front Somersault with 1 ½ twist. Barani A front Somersault with a half-twist. Named after Italian circus acrobat and tumbler Alfonso Baroni who "invented" the front salto with ½ twist around 1881. Barani In - Back Out A double Front Somersault, with ½ twist in the 1st Somersault, and no twist in the 2nd Somersault; also known as "Half In - Back Out" Barani Out A double Front Somersault with a ½ twist in the 2nd Somersault. More usually known as "Half Out". See Illustration in side panel. Barrel Roll A move starting on the stomach, with one full twist, landing again on the stomach; also known as a "Log Roll". Bed The sprung part of a trampoline on which trampolinists jump. Bluch A move starting on the stomach, a complete Side Somersault, landing again on the stomach, more usually called "Turntable". Named after Jim Blutch (pronounced Blootsh) who "invented" the move during the 1940's and the skill carried his name until about 1955. Bounce-Roll A move starting on the back, with a Front Somersault, landing again on the back; less commonly known as a "Porpoise" or "Dolphin". |
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