Meaning of rebound tumbling | Babel Free

Definitions

Synonym of trampolining.

historical, uncountable

Examples

“WILL sell⟳ Nissen trampolines (rebound tumbling nets).”

“Nissen – who as a swimmer had been a member of his school’s diving team – formed the “rebound tumbling” act the Three Leonardos in 1937 and performed in Mexico, where he discovered that the Spanish for a diving board⟳ was el trampolín. […] In the post-war years, when Nissen faced competition from other companies and the first national “rebound tumbling” competition was held, he continued to promote⟳ the trampoline in demonstrations.”

“[Justin] Wilson said he wants to remove⟳ a series of anachronistic laws, and his proposal also would repeal a ban on “lewd cohabitation” and laws regulating a bygone fad of “rebound tumbling,” a form⟳ of trampolining.”

“Although the apparatus was called a trampoline, the sport became known as “rebound tumbling,” a name⟳ that persisted in many places until the early 1970s. […] Despite the improvement in equipment, the concept of rebound tumbling persisted and the understandable desire to remain⟳ in the center of the trampoline took precedence over the real potential of the equipment to send⟳ the gymnast high into the air.”

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