I really hate the enclosers it makes you feel all blocked in and like your going to kick the side everytime you go over.  Falling off the trampoline isnt really that bad either as long as they are falling on grass and not cement.  Falling off is like when a baby touches a hot stove, it hurts them to where they never want to do it again and its the same on a tramp.  Once you fall off once you wont make that mistake again for at least a long time.
Trampolines are really alot of fun even if your kid dosn't cheer.  They arn't as bad and dangerous as they are made out to be on here and if you got the money then go for it.  You can really do so much on them, and if your childs on it enough and learns how to use it then they could get really good.

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Yea, I agree there too. But everything is dangerous. Swimming, skateboarding, roller hockey, sky diving, CHEERLEADING (gasp!). There is a common denominator though. Common sense. Unfortunatly, those who don't have it are the ones who ruin it for everyone else. I've actually had my daughter fall directly ON TO  the net and it held her up GREAT. But what's funny is, even her coach laughs at her about this, she HATES  the tumble track. She will tumble on the rod floor and the regular floor, but NOT the tumble track. He trys to force her but she will not. She says it's cause she can't control the way she lands and is afraid to get hurt (again). Funny how she won't tumble on the tumble track but likes to "play" on it.

I guess when you get to a certain level of tumbling, your body knows when it's not right. It's a false sense of security because you can get such height. You know you can just bounce yourself over, instead of controlling yourself and learning to do things right. Now don't get me wrong, I'm not saying that the tumble track isn't a good tool. It actually is because kids learn to tumble backwards without getting hurt by falling. But I just don't think the tumble track or the trampoline are good places to do advanced tumbling and LAND on the surface. That's the reason for tumbling OFF of the tumble track to land. On the trampoline, you can't do that.

I guess just common sense is in order for trampolines. You wouldn't dive in to the shallow end, but a kid would. They don't know better unless a parent makes the rules..... AND STICKS TO THEM.

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