| Children and adults can bounce their way to fun | | | | trampolín, which means a diving board. This is |
| and exercise through a trampoline. It is simple | | | | because users bounce on the bed to have fun or |
| apparatus that consists of a stretched fabric | | | | perform acrobatic routines such as in a |
| attached to a steel frame with coiled springs. The | | | | competition. |
| fabric on which users can bounce is usually | | | | Thus, trampolines can be used for recreation or |
| referred to as the trampoline bed. Others call it | | | | competition. However, the type of trampoline |
| the bounce mat. The fabric used in trampolines is | | | | used is different for each activity. The frames of |
| not elastic. The elasticity is provided by the coiled | | | | competitive trampolines are made of strong steel |
| springs that attach the fabric to the steel frame. | | | | and are specifically rectangular in shape. The bed |
| These springs give the trampoline a rebounding | | | | uses strong fabric that is usually woven from |
| force when someone jumps on it. | | | | webbing. On the other hand, frames of |
| But not all trampolines use coiled springs. Dr. Keith | | | | recreational trampolines are less sturdy and come |
| Vivian Alexander from New Zealand designed a | | | | in various shapes and sizes. They may be |
| spring-free trampoline. It uses cantilevered | | | | rectangular, circular, or octagonal in shape. The |
| pultruded fiberglass rods. These materials make | | | | bed usually uses woven polypropylene material or |
| spring-free trampolines safe to use because the | | | | waterproof canvas. But when we see a |
| steel jumping frame can be placed under the | | | | trampoline, all we can think of is to have fun. |
| jumping plane. According to George Nissen, one of | | | | Make sure you always purchase the correct |
| the first builders of the first modern trampoline, | | | | trampoline parts. So we bounce, and then we |
| the name comes from the Spanish word | | | | jump to our hearts' content. |