How to Do an Animal Drop on the Trampoline

Trampolines offer young and old alike the experience of temporarily leaving Earth's gravity to jump really high with little effort. While suspended in air, normal Earth rules don't apply, you feel like you can do anything, even be another species. Doing an animal drop, or falling while impersonating an animal, can make trampolining more fun. Animal dropping can even be a game itself -- friends challenge each other to impersonate different animals midair, if the jumper succeeds, he gets to challenge his friend, if he fails he has to keep trying until he gets it.

Instructions

    • 1

      Jump around the middle of the trampoline until you get good height.

    • 2

      Form your body into an animal shape at the highest point in your jump. For an alligator, extend your arms in front of your face to be jaws; for a moose, hold your hands to be antlers; for a "lion," thrash a paw out and growl as loud as you can. The possibilities are limited only by your imagination.

    • 3

      Land on all fours to really drop like an animal.