Safety at Trampoline Parks
Airborne Trampoline facilities are safer, fun, and professionally coached and supervised trampoline venues. This article sets out to help briefly explain the differences between Airborne Trampoline and trampoline parks. Airborne also hopes to spread awareness of what to expect when visiting these other facilities.
First, we have to go deeper into what makes a trampoline park safe and unsafe. Much boils down to the supervision and coaching (or lack there of) involved.
Airborne Trampoline uses Gymnastics Ontario Certified coaches. These coaches have gone through rigorous training provided by NCCP, Gymnastics Ontario, and Gymnastics Canada. This training program is designed to teach Airborne coaches how to properly spot the dangers associated with unsafe trampolining, and how to properly instruct trampoline tricks and skills. The supervisors at other trampoline parks go through NONE of the same training. They simply supervise your children jumping. Perhaps they will step in if a child appears to be hurt. However, they are not trained as much to prevent the child from getting hurt.
This lack of training makes it easier for your child to get hurt at trampoline parks. Jumpers are allowed to perform front and back flips without any prior training, and without anybody watching who knows what dangers to look out for. The majority of parents wouldn’t allow their child to dive into a swimming pool without learning how to swim, yet these trampoline parks allow your child to flip without any prior training. Airborne Trampoline coaches know that it is incredibly easy for a child to either over rotate, under rotate, lose balance, or simply land on their face during an untrained flip. Think about it for a second, how is a jumper supposed to know how to safely put their head below their feet and land on the other side without any form of instruction? It’s a disaster waiting to happen. Flipping can be one of the most dangerous things anyone can attempt on a trampoline. Without proper training, its only a matter of time before a flip will cause some sort of injury. In Airborne Trampoline’s Classes, our Gymnastics Ontario certified coaches teach jumpers the progressions and safety techniques to properly learn how to flip safely and confidently. Safety is our first priority.
To assist Airborne Trampoline coaches in teaching flips and inversions, Airborne Trampoline coaches utilize teaching aids and techniques to ensure that all jumpers have the opportunity to learn trampoline tricks, including flips, in a safe and controlled fashion. These include spotting harnesses, demonstrating, bungee systems, “crash” mats, and hand spotting techniques to safely progress the jumpers to the next step.
This article only skims the surface of the conditions at unregulated trampoline parks.
If your child is serious about wanting to learn to flip, and you don’t want them to simply “try it” at trampoline parks, come to Airborne Trampoline. We offer a safer and professional trampolining experience for jumpers of all ages. With Recreational Classes, Birthday Parties, Public Jumping, Day Camp, and Airborne’s Competitive Trampoline Team, there is no end to what you can do. Come jump with us and you will see the difference in quality, and safety.
Visit Airborne Trampoline today.