Trampoline

Colcoops

Summer is coming the wee one wants a trampoline and mum wants an enclosure. Any deals about?

hjb123

Toys R Us or Homebase!

Our neighbour has one with an enclosure or fence round it so their kiddies cant fall off and cant remember whether they got it from Toys R Us or Homebase - know it was one or the other cos one of them was out of stock of the fence for the outside and they wanted that!

grumbler

Big W: Trampolines

Colcoops

Best price so far at Argos for 8 foot with enclosure £130 but no stock

kittiwoz

I'd like to sound a note of caution. I am a trampolinist with a uni club and have completed the basic level coaching course. Trampolines are dangerous. Injuries can be crippling and are not necessarily the result of falling off the trampoline but often of landing awkwardly on the bed. Bouncers I have seen at uni who have taught themselves to sommersault on garden trampolines invariably do so using the dangerous technique of pulling their shoulders down to "whip" a sommie rather than lifting up and generating rotation by pushing their hips back, then accelerating their rotation by tucking in. They then have to be re-taught from scratch how to use good technique to produce a controlled, safe somersault. It has been suggested to me that this is the inevitable result not only of a lack of qualified supervision but also of these beds not allowing performers, especially lightweight performers, to generate sufficient air-time to complete a safe sommie. Even if somersaulting is not attempted serious injuries can still ocurr, especially as a result of twisting moves and one footed landings. The suitability of trampolines as toys is seriously suspect.

Colcoops

kittiwoz wrote:

I'd like to sound a note of caution. I am a trampolinist with a uni club and have completed the basic level coaching course. Trampolines are dangerous. Injuries can be crippling and are not necessarily the result of falling off the trampoline but often of landing awkwardly on the bed. Bouncers I have seen at uni who have taught themselves to sommersault on garden trampolines invariably do so using the dangerous technique of pulling their shoulders down to "whip" a sommie rather than lifting up and generating rotation by pushing their hips back, then accelerating their rotation by tucking in. They then have to be re-taught from scratch how to use good technique to produce a controlled, safe somersault. It has been suggested to me that this is the inevitable result not only of a lack of qualified supervision but also of these beds not allowing performers, especially lightweight performers, to generate sufficient air-time to complete a safe sommie. Even if somersaulting is not attempted serious injuries can still ocurr, especially as a result of twisting moves and one footed landings. The suitability of trampolines as toys is seriously suspect.

Maybe a cat then.

windym_2

Colcoops wrote:

Best price so far at Argos for 8 foot with enclosure £130 but no stock

8ft is really too small, by the time you have the thing up you will only get about 6ft of jumping space which can be dangerous with kids.

I bought my 12ft one with enclosure from http://www.sport-e.com/rf/navigation/usersearch.do?Ntx=mode+matchallpartial&Nu=this_product&Np=1&Nty=1&Ntk=littlewoods_search&Ntt=trampoline if you look around you may find the odd code on the vouchers forum.

Or Lx Direct (loads of codes) http://www.lxdirect.com/rf/navigation/usersearch.do?Ntx=mode+matchallpartial&Nu=this_product&Np=1&Nty=1&Ntk=littlewoods_search&Ntt=trampoline

simsnstuff

i bought a 12ft in costco

windym_2

Try here http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=115418&highlight=lxdirect

whitty999

Last summer my neice broke her leg on one,Her friend broke her wrist,At the hospital they said that the most accidents during the summer was people using trampolines,Not just kids either

unsure

I saw an 8 ft trampoline with enclosure on sale at Woolworths at the weekend for £79.99.....but be warned....

My wife's a GP: she says the number of injuries, particularly broken bones she has seen from trampoline injuries has soared in the last couple of years as they've become "must have" garden items. For that reason we';ve ignored our own kids pleas for one. Obviously things like using an enclosure and siting the trampoline in a pit reduce some risks...but not all. Putting more than one kid on the tramp is guaranteed to produce tears and injuries (greater or lesser is really just a matter of luck!) in no time at all, especially as all the "fun stuff" is probably what they shouldn't be doing unsupervised/untrained. As Kittiwoz says these things really aren't toys and should be used carefully. Sorry to sound like a killjoy!