You want children to put electronic devices down, and let's all family members get moving together? The trampoline is one of the simplest and most efficient answers.
It can not only improve cardiopulmonary capacity, coordination, and reaction speed, but also bring a continuous fun experience through various trampoline games.
The following are 20 trampoline games that are suitable for different age groups, and you can play these games directly.
1. Jumping competition
Required items: None
How to: You can choose one or more referees. Players get on the trampoline and show a jump display one at a time, which can include high jump, continuous jumps, fancy moves, and other moves. The referee can award scores(recommendation: 0–10 points) according to the action difficulty, stability, and height. Each player can play multiple rounds, and finally, the player who has the highest cumulative score wins.
Fun tip: You can add a “creative point” and “viewer count” to improve a sense of participation.
2. Monkey in the middle
Required items: A soft ball
How to: You can choose two players, let them stand on the edges on both sides of the trampoline and keep a stable standing posture, and one of them needs to take the soft ball. The third player stands in the middle of the trampoline to play a “monkey”. The edge players pass the ball by throwing and catching the soft ball, then the player in the middle needs to try to hold up the ball by jumping, reaching out, or moving position. Once the “monkey” receives the ball successfully, a player who finally passes the soft ball enters the middle and becomes a new “monkey”. Then the game continues in a loop.
Fun tip: You can set a scoring system, and each successful catch gets 1 point. Finally, the player who has the lowest score wins.
3. HORSE basketball shot game
Required items: Basketry + ball
How to: The first player needs to choose a shooting position and try to shoot. If successful, the next player must use the same way to shoot successfully at the same position. If not, this player will get a letter. If not successful, the next player can freely shoot at the basket. A player who spells out the “HORSE” will be eliminated, and finally, the remaining player wins.
Fun tip: You can add other jump actions, such as a jump shot in the air or a post-up shot.
4. Slam dunk contest
Required items: Basketball hoop + ball
How to: The players start the dunk challenge in turn. They can use the trampoline bounce height to finish dunk moves with different difficulty levels(single-handed, double-handed, turning movements, and so on). The referee can award scores according to the action difficulty, completion rate, and creativity(recommendation: 0–50 points). All players need to add up the total scores after finishing, and then the player who has the highest score wins.
Fun tip: You can set a theme round. For example, a “stylish dunk” or “creative dunk”.
5. Crack the egg
Required items: None
How to: One player sits in the middle of the trampoline, hugs both knees to the chest, and both hands hug both legs to form an “egg” posture. Then the other players jump around the “egg”, and let the “egg” loosen the posture through the shaking of the trampoline. Finally, the long “egg” persists, the better the grades.
Fun tip: Every player is the "egg" in turn, and records the time to rank.
6. Bubble pop
Required items: Bubble liquid
How to: One player is responsible for blowing many bubbles, and the other players jump on the trampoline. At the same time, they need to use their hands or bodies to touch the bubbles and expose all bubbles before the bubble lands as far as possible. A single-player challenge or a multiplayer competition is available.
Fun tip: You can set a time limit(such as 1 minute) and record the number of bubbles burst.
7. Chalk game
Required items: Chalks
How to: You can draw up different patterns or areas on the trampoline surface, such as a hopscotch grid, a digital area, a route path, and others. The players need to jump according to the game rules, for example, jumping the numbers in order, moving along the route, or finishing the task challenge.
Fun tip: You can combine the learning content, such as letters or simple arithmetic.
8. Elude the balloon
Required items: Water balloon or balloon
How to: One player needs to throw a water balloon or soft balloon inward outside the trampoline, and the other player on the trampoline needs to keep jumping. At the same time, they need to avoid attack by moving and changing the rhythm.
Fun tip: You can add the number of balloons and spend step by step, making the game more challenging and fun.
9. Action chain
Required items: None
How to: The first player shows an action on the trampoline, the second player needs to repeat this action completely, and then adds a new action, the third player repeats the first two player's actions, adding more, and so on. The action will continuously add, so the memory and executive difficulty will increase gradually. If a player occurs errors or misses an action who will be eliminated.
Fun tip: You can limit the action types and add a time limit, it can improve tension and challenge.
10. Simon says...
Required items: None
How to: One player serves as the “order” and sends out an action order. Only when it has a "Simon said" before the order, the other player can do the action, and if not have a "Simon said", the other player can do the action who will be eliminated. Such as “Simon says 'Jump up!'” is effective, “jump up” separately appears, then doesn’t do the action. The game keeps playing until the last player remains and wins.
Fun tip: You can add a quick and true/false order to improve reaction speed and make the game more fun.
11. Jumping relay race
Required items: Marker or timer
How to: You can divide the players into two teams, get on the trampoline, and finish the specify action one at a time(such as 10 consecutive jumps, 3 turns, or return after touching the edge of the trampoline). The player needs to quickly go down after finishing, and the player is replaced by the next team member. After all team members are finishing, the team with the shortest time wins.
Fun tip: You can set different difficulty levels(beginner or advanced) to improve the sense of game depth.
12. Color reaction challenge
Required items: Color tag(chalk or sticker)
How to: You can divide multiple color areas on the trampoline. A referee shouts out the color randomly, and then the players need to move quickly and land within the corresponding color area during the jumping process. Slow reaction or landing in the wrong area will be eliminated.
Fun tip: You can quicken the rhythm of shouting out colors gradually to improve the reaction training effects.
13. Action command level challenge
Required items: Action cards(can be made by yourself)
How to: You can prepare to write a card with an action in advance(such as “turn round + 3 jumps”, “sit down and then stand up, and so on). The players take out one card randomly and need to finish this action on the trampoline. If not finishing or faulting, the player will be eliminated or deducted points.
Fun tip: You can set a leveling mode of “finishing 3 cards in a row”, it is more challenging.
14. Low-altitude challenge(control jump)
Required items: None
How to: The players need to keep jumping on the trampoline, but it is required to control the jumping height as far as possible(such as not higher than knee height). Jumping too high or losing balance will be defeated. Then the player who persisted the longest wins.
Fun tip: This is a good game to train the control force, and it is more difficult than "high jump".
15. Synchronized two-player Jump
Required items: None
How to: Two players jump on the trampoline at the same time, and the goal is to keep consistent with the rhythm(synchronized takeoff and landing). The referee observes the degree of synchronization, and the smaller the error, the higher the score.
Fun tip: You can upgrade it to “three-player synchronization”, and the degree of difficulty will improve clearly.
16. Ultimate survival mode
Required items: Soft balls or light goods
How to: A portion of the players jump on the trampoline at the same time, and then other players softly throw goods(such as a soft ball) to the area. The players need to keep jumping while avoiding all goods, be struck by these goods will be eliminated. Finally, the player who remains wins.
Fun tip: You can add the number of throws gradually, making the game pace more and more nervous.
17. Height challenge
Required items: Tag(wall sticker, soft rope，and touchable items)
How to: You can set some tags at different heights on one side of the trampoline or above(it is recommended to divide into three levels of low, medium, and high). The players get on the trampoline in turn to try to touch the highest tag by jumping. Every player has 2-3 chances and records the highest touch height. You can improve the tag position gradually by round, and a player who doesn’t touch the current height will be eliminated or stopped advancing. And finally, the player who touches the highest position wins.
Fun tip: You need to take care of this game and avoid over-competition.
18. Precision landing point
Required items: Tag area(chalk circle, soft mad, or round sign)
How to: You can divide into one or multiple target areas on the trampoline surface(such as a center circle, and others). The players jump from the fixed position, adjust their bodies, and land accurately within the specified area as far as possible. You can also use a points system: the central area is 3 points, the intermediate area is 2 points, and the peripheral area is 1 point. Every player can try it 3-5 times, and the player who has the highest score wins.
Fun tip: You can reduce the target area gradually.
19. Keep the balloon off the floor
Required items: Balloon
How to: The player needs to keep jumping on the trampoline, and then always keep the balloon in the air and not touch the trampoline surface. A player can challenge alone(record the duration), and also many players can play it together(keep the balloon off the floor together). Once the balloon lands, the player will be defeated.
Fun tip: You can add many balloons to improve the game difficulty.
20. Freeze dance
Required items: Music playback device
How to: When playing music, all players can freely jump, make poses, or dance on the trampoline. When stopping the music suddenly, all players must keep the current posture at once(including after action lands in the air). If someone keeps moving, loses balance, or adjusts the action clearly will be eliminated. The game continues by many rounds, until the last player remains.
Fun tip: You can choose a referee who can control the music pause time randomly, and avoid the regular pattern, and can also add a “freeze at specified pose” (such as must stand on one leg) to add difficulty.
The core of these trampoline games is not only jumping, but also “interaction + rules + creativity”.
From competitive type to parent-child interaction, from simple gameplay to advanced challenge, every game can bring different fun experiences.
If you want the trampoline to really develop its value, you need to remember three points:
Diverse gameplay: Avoid the boredom caused by jumping repeatedly.
Moderate rules: Make the game more sense of participation and fairness.
Safety first: Control the number of people and avoid dangerous action.
A trampoline equipment actually is a small sports park. Only add these fun trampoline games, and you can take the simple jump time become a happy time that everybody looks forward to. Come and give it a try with friends!
