2. History of U.S.T.A Founded in 1971 by Larry Griswold and George Niessen Began with 200 members Consisted of three events: tumbling, trampoline, and double-mini Offered only one division (level) of competition for each event First Nationals competition had 250 athletes
3. U.S.T.A. Today Grown to almost 6000 members Offers nine levels for tumbling and six levels for double-mini and trampoline Largest Nationals competition to date - 2200 athletes Has seventeen Hall of Fame members Is an allied member of A.A.U. (Amateur Athletic Union)
23. N.T.J.C – National Tumbling and Trampoline Judges Committee Committee responsible for judging athletes Duties of NTJC Certification to become a judge:
Lower level tumbling uses a single layer mat 42’ long and 6’ wide. These mats are called panel mats. Upper level tumbling requires a rod floor with a double set of mats that is 100’ long and 6’ wide. This tumbling strip is known as the rod floor.Sub-Beginner tumbling is the only level that has one five-skill pass.All other tumbling levels have two passes.Sub-Novice passes are three- and five-skill passes.Novice, Intermediate, and Sub-Advanced are five- and eight-skill passes.Advanced and Elite do two eight-skill passes.Lower level tumbling skills consist of forward rolls, backward rolls, cartwheels, round-offs, and forward or backward walkovers and limbers.Upper level tumbling skills consist of passes that start from a run or hurdle and contain a combination of handsprings and/or forward and backward somersaults (somis).Lower levels: Sub-Beginner, Beginner, and Advanced BeginnerUpper levels: Sub-Novice, Novice, Intermediate, Sub-Advanced, Advanced, and Elite
The trampoline bed must be 14’ long by 7’ wide with matted landing decks on both ends. There must also be other mats surrounding the trampoline. During competitions, there must be spotters on the four corners of the trampoline. It is also recommended that for Advanced and Elite there are spotters at the end of each landing deck as well. These spotters are just there in case someone would begin to fall off the trampoline.All levels do a ten-skill pass.Each level has certain required skills that must be performed somewhere within the ten-skills. You may choose from a list of skills to make up the rest of the skills needed to make a ten-skill pass.The Beginner level is the only level in which somersaults are not allowed. This level consists of only jumps and other contacts with the bed.Beginning with Novice, you add somis to level requirements.Elite is the only level in which non-somersaults skills are not allowed. Therefore, an Elite pass must consist of ten somersaults in any combination.
A double-mini is a mini trampoline in which you run up to it, perform two skills making two to three contacts with the trampoline bed, and land on the landing mat on the opposite end of the run-up mat.The Beginner level is the only level to have two passes. All other levels have three passes.The Beginner level also consists of jumps, no somis.Novice, Intermediate, and Sub-Advanced levels require certain combinations of jumps and somis.Advanced and Elite require all passes to have two somis, no jumps.
Duties of NTJCCertification to become a judge:Be at least 17Pass all test with a minimum of 80%Pass the applied judges course by 80%
These athletes qualified for the U.S.T.A. National Team by receiving a certain number of points in a series of Team Trial competitions.
These athletes qualified for the A.A.U. National Team or the Stars of Tomorrow Team by competing in the A.A.U. Team Trials competition.