the bed next to your hips. Fingers should be together and pointed toward the toes.
(c)
Push on the bed with your hands to rebound up to your feet (see Figure 5).
Figure 5 Seat Drop
The Hands and Knees Drop
To do this drop properly, there should be just as much weight on your hands as on your knees. Your
back should be about approximately parallel to the bed. Knees and hands should land
simultaneously, with the middle of the body landing in the centre of the trampoline. Hands should
be directly under the shoulders. Knees should be directly under the hips. Your toes should be
pointed.
To learn the hands and knees drop:
(a)
Get down on your hands and knees on the bed. Make sure you have weight on both your hands
and your knees. Do not sit on your heels.
(b)
Remain in this position and try to bounce. Do not rock back and forth between the hands and
knees, but develop an even landing on all four points.
(c)
From the standing position, prime the bed several times. Lift upward with your hips, reach
forward with our hands, and land on all fours. Look slightly in front of your hands on landing.
Push to rebound to your feet (see Figure 6).
Figure 6 Hands and Knees Drop
The Front Drop
Contact with the trampoline be should simultaneously take place with your hands, elbows, chest,
stomach, hips and knees. Knees should be bent.
You must come down level. If the landing is made first on your chest and arms, they will rebound
before your knees hit which will result in a straining action on you back. If this type of landing is
made with a traveling, diving approach there is a chance that your elbows may become skinned. If
the landing is made so that your knees and hips hit first, then they will rebound and your shoulders
and face will land heavily.