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The Trampoline Award scheme is a progressive ten level programme, each level having a Badge and Certificate. A trampolinist who achieves all ten awards will be eligible for the British Gymnastics Trampoline Medal.

Aims of the Award schemes:
- to impart a sense of fun and satisfaction from Trampolining
- to build a solid foundation for juniors from which to develop
- to provide a systematic structured progression for juniors in a safe environment
- to develop strong bodies, minds and characters

SOME NOTES TO PARENTS ABOUT AWARD SCHEMES

Motivation should be instinctive, deriving a sense of joy and satisfaction from exploring, endeavouring, struggling and ultimately succeeding in physical movement challenges. The sport should be loved without the stress of being overtly examined and it is important for our coaches, parents and children alike not to become carried away with the awards. Often we joke that the children like receiving badges while the parents are ecstatic. There are many pressures on the modern day child to achieve without making a recreational sport overly competitive - Children should not be coming to trampolining

lessons to only collect badges and we must keep sight of the Aims of the awards (above).

Child psychologists however explain extrinsic motivators in the form of incentives, such as badges, are important to children. “Children tasting success and failure - in that order - are most likely to continue in the struggle to achieve.” (Dennis Child Psychology and the Teacher Page 48).