A Double Mini-trampoline routine consists of two flight elements and an all-important landing. During the first phase, known as the mount, the gymnast jumps onto the angled part of the trampoline and flips off of it, and the dismount, in which the gymnast lands the first flipping sequence on the flat part of the Double Mini bed and immediately launches him- or herself into a second series of flips and twists before landing on the ground behind the Double Mini-trampoline.
A somersault in which a gymnast takes off travelling backwards and does a double somersault, executing a full twist on the first somersault and a second full twist on the second.
Shown by the most daring in the discipline, a front or back triple in any part of a Double-mini routine signals to the judges that they are dealing with a serious contender. The most talented gymnasts will show triples in both the first and second halves of their routines.
The outer edge of extreme difficulty, the quad has been attempted only as a dismount at the World Championships. To master this element, a gymnast must attain excellent height and rotation. Even with both of those attributes, the quad remains a Gymnastics unicorn: a skill much talked about, but rarely seen.
A double somersault with three twists, usually going backwards. Originally a Trampoline skill by World champion Wayne Miller (USA) during the 1960s, the triple double is present in all disciplines of Trampoline Gymnastics, including Double-mini and Tumbling.
A simplified version of the “Rudi out,” the gymnast adds a half twist to an element before landing.
