Straight Jump – vertical jump with the body held straight

Tuck Jump – pull the knees up to the chest during a straight jump the knees and ankle

Open or “Open Tuck” — to do a tuck but not hold the knees. Used when doing multiple flips with twists so arms can create twist and the abs are used to tuck tight. Its hard to hold it without arms as int he Tuck Jump

Pike Jump –  legs are straight, lifted up towards the body

Straddle Jump – legs are spread sideways like a star, the arms reach out to touch the toes

Hands & Knees Drop - a landing position landing on all fours to help  build skills. (See the GRT Freestyle Trampoline Program)

Swan Jump — jump and bend back bringing feet up behind you with hip extension and open shoulders

Seat Drop – landing in a seated position with the legs straight out in front 

Turn Half Twist and Full Twist – a straight jump rotating the body either 90 degrees to face the opposite direction for a half twist or a 360° rotation for a full twist

Swivel Hips – a seat drop landing, followed by a bounce up to a straight position (without landing) then a half twist to land in another  seat drop, facing in the opposite direction

Stomach Drop – landing face down, with the arms bent to form a diamond shape in front of the face

Back Drop – landing on your back with the legs bent up at about 90° on landing 

Roller — Seat Drop Full Twist To Seat Drop

Turn Table – from stomach drop, perform a half twist then land in stomach drop. Imagine A Turtle turning around.

Cradle – from back drop, perform a half twist then land in back drop 

Crash Dive – a front flip performed in a straight position that lands in the back drop position

Pullover – a three quarter back flip from back drop position that lands on the feet

Porpoise (USA) or Bounce Roll (UK) - from back drop, perform a front flip to land in back drop position

BallOut – a front flip from back drop position that lands on feet, usually performed after a Crash Dive

Round Off — a cartwheel on the ground where athletes turns the body so they are pushed backwards after the cartwheel to connect it to a backwards flip. It is the most common start to any backwards tumbling pass because it can create power from a forward run and transition it to a backwards tumbling pass

Aerial — a roundoff with no hands

Dive Roll — a running jump into a front flip where the athlete rolls out of it as smoothly as possible and continues the movement on their feet afterwards

Front Hand Spring — a flip where the athlete puts hands down in the middle of a frontwards flip either on the floor or a raised platform and flips over it  and lands facing forwards 

Back Hand Spring — a flip where the athlete puts hands down in the middle of a backwards flip

Barani – a front flip with a half twist

Cody – a back flip from stomach drop position that lands on the feet

Kaboom – a three quarter back flip from back drop position initiated by the heels bouncing off the trampoline

Zack – a three quarter front flip from the stomach drop position that lands on feet. The reverse of a Kaboom.

Arabian – an early half twist into a back flip so it feels more like a front flip for the athlete 

Front Full – a full-twisting front flip

Back Full (or just “A Full”) – a full-twisting back flip

Cork — from snowboarding and skiing also adopted by “Trickers” who are Freestyle Martial Artists. To Learn About Different Freestyle Categories see our Full Training Program

Rudy – a single straight front flip with one and a half twists

Randy – a single front flip with two and a half twists

Adolph – a single front flip with three and a half twists

Full-In – a double back flip with a full twist in the first flip 

Full-Out – a double back flip with a full twist in the second flip 

Fliffus – a double front flip with a half twist

Triffus – a triple back flip with a full twist in the first flip

Quadriffus – a quadruple back flip with a full twist in the first flip

Full In-Rudy Out – a double front flip with a full twist in the first flip and one and a half twists on the second flip. Skills are named based on where the twists are in the flip and how many ‘fulls’ or ‘halves’ ‘in’ the first flip compared to ‘out’ on the last flip before landing

Miller – a double back flip with three full twists - invented by 'Wayne Miller' a famous American Diver

Miller Plus/ Killer – a double back flip with four full twists 

Miller Plus Plus/ Killer Plus/ Thriller – a double back flip with five full twists 

Tsukahara -“Tsuk” – a Barani followed by a back flip where hands are placed on the surface like a roundoff on floor

Adolph – a single front flip with three and a half twists