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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