Trampoline Safety & Maintenance Tips

Backyard trampolines can be quite a fantastic way to keep your kids active and faraway from their screens. Just don’t allow an injury end the fun. Follow these suggestions to help keep your young – and old – trampoline fans safe this season.

Trampoline Safety & Maintenance Tips

1. Put it in a safe place
Don’t set up your trampoline below utility lines, trees with low-hanging branches or clothes-drying lines.2. Ensure that it stays clean
Leaves and dirt can erode the trampoline’s mat and springs. Hose it down when it starts collecting yard debris, or wipe it off with a wet rag. Don’t use any strong solvents to clean your trampoline as these can also erode the materials.

3. Perform a once-over more than once
Regularly examine the trampoline for warped or damaged springs, damaged frames, tears or fraying in the mat and deteriorating stitching.

4. Cover the metal
Invest in shock-absorbing pads that cover the trampoline’s springs, hooks and frame.

5. Avoid the asphalt
Even with a safety net or crash mats, setting your trampoline on concrete is way too risky.

6. Develop a safety zone
Keep a minimum of eight feet of ground surrounding the trampoline clear.

7. Slippery when wet
Make sure the mat is dry before using after a rainstorm or morning sprinkler rotation.

8. Avoid overloading
Your trampoline’s instructions will include a weight limit – never exceed it. It could damage the equipment and increase the possibility of parts breaking and causing injury.

9. Only kids 6 years and older
The American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons advises against kids younger than 6 using trampolines.

10. One at a time
More than one jumper at a time creates more tension, meaning kids could lose control of how high and just how far they bounce.

11. Exit strategy
Don’t let kids bounce off trampolines onto the ground. Those exciting dismounts cause a great deal of accidents.

12. Save your grass
Move your trampoline around your yard (using two people to prevent damaging the frame) throughout the year to prevent creating a giant circle of dead grass.

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