i'm sincerely not arguing. this position paper, as well as others, come from the medical profession and the very Docs that see these patients in emergency rooms across the country. these facts are put to a database that tracks these injuries. and on backyard trampoline beds. you can see that they say nets would be better than not. why? because if they break their neck and become instantly unconscious when they strike the trampoline bed, they would rather see them contained to the fall itself with primary injury. not additional secondary injuries, yet proximately related, where falling downward to the ground could exacerbate a spinal cord injury causing death or additional injuries that have the potential for death given an unconscious flying projectile with no motor control.
and if the "conclusions" that someone reaches find that trampolines are safe when used other than in the environment i described, then i'm dumbfounded. and it is apparent that their are 3 million households that disagree with me. but possibly near a million that don't. and then there is my job other than coaching...never mind. There are over 3 million backyard trampolines in use in the USA. and there are over 600,000 (up from 100,000 in 2005) reported trips to emergency rooms across the US due to just backyard trampolines alone. this does not include trampolines inside gymnastics schools, and only recently include trampoline parks that are popping up all over the country and are comparatively in their infancy of 3 years in business. there have been 2 deaths in the US and 1 out of the US to a USAG athlete in the whole history of gymnastics. 1 was due to a mini-trampoline, 1 from a competition trampoline in a competition and 1 in Japan at Chunichi Cup on the old vaulting horse during a Yurchenko. therefore, 2 out of these 3 deaths were due to trampoline and a trampoline device.
backyard trampolines average approx 10 deaths every decade. and these are just the ones i'm aware of since 1980. when it comes to this issue and as i was asked what my position was on this issue, it doesn't matter what day it is for me. trampolines of any kind should only be used inside a gymnastics school under the close supervision of trained and experienced coaches. no exceptions for me. that's all... lest i risk that either you or the proverbial dead horse gets up and starts beating me.
), most crack me up, some I agree with and some I don't. Everyone's entitled to an opinion. I also stand by my post! Yes, people die, but rarely. They also die using other toys. I stand by the stats that I have read... nets can have an impact on injuries.
