How does a trampoline routine have to finish?
I · Intermediate · Mistakes and the competition · 4 of 7Upright on the bed, on both feet, standing still for about three seconds. One controlled straight jump is allowed after the tenth element before stopping. Unsteadiness costs 0.1 to 0.3. Touching the bed with a hand costs 0.5 and falling, landing outside the bed or adding an eleventh element costs 1.0.
How it works
- Upright: "The exercise must end in an upright position on the trampoline bed."
- Out-bounce: "one (1) more controlled jump in a straight position" is allowed after the last element.
- Uncontrolled out-bounce: 0.1, for example for more than one arm circle, bent legs or a bent body.
- Three seconds: the gymnast "must stand upright and show stability for approximately three (3) seconds".
- Unsteady: 0.1 for each uncontrolled arm movement, step, bounce or slide, up to 0.2.
- Turning too soon: turning to the judges before being stable costs 0.2.
- One deduction: for these stability faults a single deduction is taken, for the greater fault, within 0.1 to 0.3.
- A hand down: touching the bed with one or both hands after landing, 0.5.
- Touching anything else: 0.5.
- A fall: to the knees, hands and knees, front, back or seat after landing, 1.0.
- Off the bed: landing or falling outside the bed, or doing an extra somersault to avoid a fall, 1.0.
- Eleven: performing an additional element, 1.0.
The glossary has the landing, the bounce, the trampoline exercise, the execution entry and the stick.
Tricky cases
A gymnast celebrates with their arms during the out-bounce. Is that penalised?
No. An athlete's celebration with the arms is listed as acceptable movement, as is one arm circle.
The gymnast takes a step and brings the same foot back. Is that two deductions?
No. The step is 0.1, and coming back with the same foot to a stable position is not a second one.
The gymnast cannot stop and does a back somersault to stay on. What happens?
A deduction of 1.0, for an additional somersault to avoid a fall.
The gymnast's feet touch the bed on the tenth element and they fall straight to their knees. Is that a fall deduction?
No. If there was never a recognisable landing, the element is not counted and there is no extra deduction for the fall.
Why the rule exists
Stopping dead on a surface that throws you back up is a skill of its own, and the last proof that the gymnast was in control of the tenth element. The out-bounce is allowed because killing all that height at once is not always safe. Three seconds stops a gymnast walking off a landing they did not hold.
Where it differs
| Where | What changes | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Individual | An out-bounce is optional | FIG TRA 16.2 |
| Synchronised | Both must out-bounce or both must stop, or 0.4 | FIG TRA 16.6 |
| Tumbling | Must end on the feet with a somersault, or 2.0 | FIG TUM 15.5 |
| Double mini-trampoline | Landing zones A, B and C, with 0.6 for B and 1.0 for C | FIG DMT 18.8 |
From the rule book
Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique, Code of Points 2025-2028, Trampoline Gymnastics, Trampoline, articles 16 and 20.2.2. Checked 14 October 2026. Official document: 2025-2028 Code of Points, Trampoline Gymnastics (PDF).