Editing Trampolining (section)

==Origins==
In the early 1930s, [[George Nissen]] observed trapeze artistes performing tricks when bouncing off a safety net. He made the first modern trampoline in his garage to reproduce this on a smaller scale and used it to help with his [[Diving (sport)|diving]] and [[Tumbling (gymnastics)|tumbling]] activities. He formed a company to build trampolines for sale and used a variant of the [[Spanish language|Spanish]] word ''trampolín'' (diving board) as a [[trademark]]. He used the trampoline to entertain audiences and also let them participate in his demonstrations as part of his marketing strategy.  This was the beginning of a new sport.

In the [[United States]], trampolining was quickly introduced into school physical education programs and was also used in private entertainment centers. Elsewhere in the world the sport was most strongly adopted in Europe and the former [[Soviet Union]]. Since trampolining became an [[Olympic Games|Olympic]] sport in 2000, many more countries have started developing programs.