Athlete's Guide to Gymnastics Canada Trampoline Levels 1-Senior 2026

Any athlete may enter the sport in Levels 1-4. To register in a higher category you must meet a mobility standard in the previous category, and all of the requirements for that level must be met at the same time. Once you have competed in a level you ordinarily may not move down. Petitions to enter at a higher level or move to a lower one go to GymCan through your Provincial TG Technical Committee.

Individual trampoline (TRI) mobility standards

Moving from L7 to Senior is based on any routine. Level 4 athletes can mobilize only at their first 5 competitions each season. Provinces must give GymCan the list of athletes who met mobility after each Provincial Cup, otherwise the athlete is not eligible to compete in the new category.

Source: 2026 TG Canadian Pathways (Gymnastics Canada), section 2.0.

• Elite Canada: you must have met mobility for the category you want to compete in.
• Canadian Championships: you must have met the qualification standard for your category within the competition season. Provinces may not set additional qualification scores for Canadian Championships (they may set extra scores for provincial funding).
• If you switch category within the season (for example L6 to L7), you do not need to re-qualify in the new category. The one exception is mobility from L4 to L5, where you must qualify again once in L5.
• Athletes who competed at Worlds or the World Age Group Competition the year before automatically qualify for Canadian Championships in that event, in the category they were selected for. National Team members can also petition GymCan directly.

Individual trampoline (TRI) qualification standards (score with minimum DD)

For Novice, L5, L6 and Junior the score is the compulsory plus any optional routine from the same competition. For L7 and Senior it is any routine.

Source: 2026 TG Canadian Pathways (Gymnastics Canada), sections 3.3, 3.4 and the Qualification Standards chart.

Levels 1-4: Routine 1 is a compulsory routine performed as written (no DD is given). Routine 2 and the final routine are voluntary routines of 10 elements, with a bonus equal to the DD. DD ranges: Level 1 1.9-3.9, Level 2 3.9-5.2, Level 3 5.2-6.5, Level 4 6.5-7.9. These levels compete at provincial events (Provincial Cups and Provincial Championships).

Novice/Level 5, Level 6 and Junior (national events): two voluntary routines in the preliminary, then a voluntary final.

• Preliminary Routine 1 is 10 different elements with requirements, performed as separate elements: 9 elements with at least 270 degrees of somersault, one element landing on the front or back, one element from the front or back, one double somersault, and one element with at least 540 degrees of twist and at most 450 degrees of somersault. No DD is given for it.
• Novice/Level 5 Routine 2 also requires one element with at least 720 degrees of somersault.

Level 7 and Senior: two voluntary routines of 10 elements in Q1, and the best one counts, then a voluntary final.

Source: 2026 TG Canadian Pathways (Gymnastics Canada), sections 5.0 and 6.0.

• Missing requirement: the difficulty judges apply a penalty of 2.0 for each missing requirement. Requirements may be combined into one element where applicable. In an incomplete exercise, the penalty applies only if the missing requirements could not have been completed in the missing element(s).
• Levels 1-4 compulsory routines: a compulsory routine must be performed exactly as written. If you perform a different skill it is an interruption, and no difficulty (DD) is given for the compulsory routine.
• Levels 1-4 repetition: repeating a 0.1 difficulty element is a 0.4 penalty, on top of losing the difficulty of the repeated element.
• Minimum DD, Levels 5, 6, 7, Junior and Senior: if you do not reach the minimum DD in a complete routine, the penalty is 0.1 for every 0.1 below it, applied by the DD judges. On trampoline there is no maximum penalty. In Levels 1-4 minimum DD is expected, but no penalty applies if it is not met.
• The FIG limit of difficulty per element does not apply within Canada.

Source: 2026 Canadian Competition Rules (Gymnastics Canada), section 2.3; 2026 TG Canadian Pathways, sections 4.0 and 6.1.

• The competitors (or pairs, in synchronized) with the 10 best scores from the Preliminaries go through to the Final. There is no limit of 2 competitors per club or per province.
• Start order for all finals is reverse order of merit.
• At Elite Canada the format is a fresh start final: finalists are determined by the Preliminary Round, and you must also reach a minimum score to qualify.
• At Canadian Championships (and the Third Domestic Trial, when applicable) your preliminary and final scores are added together (cumulative) for ranking.

Minimum Q1 score for a fresh start final (individual trampoline, TRI)

Synchronized (TRS) minimums: L5/Novice 24.0 (women), 25.0 (men), 24.0 (mixed); L6 25.0 (women), 27.0 (men); Senior 29.0 (women), 31.0 (men), 29.0 (mixed).

Source: 2026 Canadian Competition Rules (Gymnastics Canada), section 2.1.

Tie in Q1:

1. The gymnast with the higher sum of the scores of the two exercises.
2. For Levels 1-6 and Junior only, the gymnast with the higher second routine score.

Tie in finals, or still tied in Q1, using the second exercise (Levels 1-6 and Junior) or the counting exercise (Level 7 and Senior):
3. The gymnast with the higher T score (S score for synchronized).
4. The gymnast with the higher H score.
5. The gymnast with the higher D score.

If there is still a tie, it will not be broken.

Provinces can add their own tie-breaking rules for Levels 1-4.

Source: 2026 Canadian Competition Rules (Gymnastics Canada), section 7.1; 2026 TG Canadian Pathways, section 4.0.

A 4 execution judge system is used, with the highest and lowest scores per element removed. The Competition Jury list must be posted before the start of the competition. Time of Flight is part of all trampoline score calculations.

Protests

• Only written protests are allowed. Coaches get the form at the head event table and submit it to designated GymCan staff.
• Protests can only be made for Degree of Difficulty scores. They cannot be made for Execution, Horizontal Displacement or Time of Flight scores, except for an obvious calculation error.
• Only coaches can protest, and only for their own athletes.
• The Chair of the Judges Panel confers with the Difficulty Judges to decide whether the protest needs review or is unfounded and no video review is required.

Unsportsmanlike conduct (for example swearing, or disrespectful or unsafe behaviour towards officials, coaches, other competitors or volunteers) is penalized by the Chair of the Panel with 0.6. It could also mean disqualification or removal from the venue.

Source: 2026 Canadian Competition Rules (Gymnastics Canada), sections 3.1 to 3.2; 2026 TG Canadian Pathways, section 6.1.

• Any violation of the Canadian dress code rules brings a FIG dress code penalty of 0.2, deducted from the total score of any exercise where the violation occurs.
• Taping jewellery is not adequate. Medic alert bracelets and blood glucose sensors can be worn but must be taped.
• At club events (Elite Canada), wear your club competition attire in Preliminaries.
• At Nationals, wear your province's competition attire in Preliminaries. In Finals you may choose your attire, but it must not be another country's competition attire. Only athletes who are or have been members of a Canadian Team may wear current or past National Team attire. Current National Team members must wear the current sponsor's attire in final rounds at all domestic trial events.

Source: 2026 Canadian Competition Rules (Gymnastics Canada), section 2.5.

The province or club is responsible for providing the required spotters.

When warm-up is held in the competition gym, all competitors and coaches must dress in competition attire or equivalent. A violation costs a 0.2 penalty, deducted from the total score of your first exercise.

Silicone socks and shoes are not permitted.

Source: 2026 Canadian Competition Rules (Gymnastics Canada), sections 2.5.3, 2.5.8 and 2.6.1.

Gymnasts who are not present for their award (medal or ribbon) will not receive it, and may not receive the credit or the score they obtained during the competition. The exception is special permission given in advance by a GymCan representative. The Trampoline & Tumbling Program Committee (TTPC) makes that decision.

No awards are handed out for Third/Technical Trials.

For the awards ceremony you must wear a full club track suit at Elite Canada, or a full provincial track suit at the National Championships. Athletes on the current Junior or Senior National Teams wear the National Team track suit instead. If you break this dress rule, you do not receive your award.

Source: 2026 Canadian Competition Rules (Gymnastics Canada), sections 2.2 and 2.5.7.