TUMBLING

Tumbling is a gymnastics sporting discpline which combines skills of artistic gymnastics with those of trampolining. Ideally practised on a sprung surface, it  originated for entertainment purposes but is now codified, regulated, judged, and performed using standardized special acrobatic equipment. In competition, both males and females, perform two passes.

Elements of tumbling are also incorporated in floor routines by participants of both women’s and men’s artistic gymnastics. Tumbling elements, such as the round-off and back handspring, are also commonly integrated into the balance beam routines of gymnasts.

Tumbling has been an Olympic event only once, at the 1932 Summer Olympics, and was a demonstration event in 1996 and 2000. However, it is one of the events of the World Games and is an annual World Championships event held in conjunction with the Trampoline World Championships.