TRAMPOLINING has soared in popularity over the last 10 years.
With just one trampoline park in the UK in 2014, the current number stands between 150-200 parks across the country with over 10 million people visiting annually.
With the equipment much more accessible, more people are taking up trampolining, not just as a form of leisure, but also as a competitive sport.
Falling within the realms of gymnastics, competitive trampolining involves routines being performed with athletes being scored on routine difficulty, technique and horizontal displacement.
The sport first made its Olympics debut at the 2000 Sydney games and has been a staple ever since.
British influence in trampolining at the Olympics has also shone in recent years.
Bryony Page won gold for team GB at the 2024 Paris Olympics with her stunning routine.
Katie Pain, president of Southampton University Trampolining Club (SUTC) believes that the increased visibility of trampolining in the Olympics, has increased the popularity of the sport.
She said: “I think it’s becoming a bigger thing with more people becoming aware of it through the Olympics and higher levels.
“People see it and go ‘that’s cool, I want in.'”
This increase in popularity has also been a consequence of the rise in trampolining content being shared on social media.
SUTC Social secretary Ollie Kenton said this was what attracted him to trampolining.
He said: ” I watched a youtube video when I was 11 of a guy doing flips, so I joined my local club.”
