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Rotation of a player one or more times around a vertical axis may be called spin in figure skating, twirling (of the baton or the performer) in baton twirling, or 360, 540, 720, etc. in snowboarding, etc. Rotation of a player or performer one or more times around a horizontal axis may be called a flip, roll, somersault, heli, etc. in gymnastics ...
When supported by one leg, that leg is known as the supporting leg and the other as the free, raised, or working leg. During airborne turns, the first leg to leave the floor is the leading leg. Trunk, arm and head positions can vary, and in turns with one supporting leg, the free leg may be straight or bent. Turns can begin in various ways as well.
The ball-and-socket joint (or spheroid joint) is a type of synovial joint in which the ball-shaped surface of one rounded bone fits into the cup-like depression of another bone. The distal bone is capable of motion around an indefinite number of axes, which have one common center. This enables the joint to move in many directions.
4.8.2.1 Sports that use a netted racket. 4.8.2.2 Sports that use a non-netted racket, or paddle. 5 Board sports. 6 Climbing. 7 Combat sports: wrestling and martial arts.
A choreographic sequence is a required element for figure skating in all international competitions. [1] According to the International Skating Union (ISU), the organization that oversees the sport, a choreographic sequence "consists of any kind of movements like steps, turns, spirals, arabesques, spread eagles, Ina Bauers, hydroblading, any jumps with maximum of 2 revolutions, spins, etc." [2 ...
[1] The Magnus effect is named after Heinrich Gustav Magnus, the German physicist who investigated it. The force on a rotating cylinder is an example of Kutta–Joukowski lift, [2] named after Martin Kutta and Nikolay Zhukovsky (or Joukowski), mathematicians who contributed to the knowledge of how lift is generated in a fluid flow. [3]
A suspect is in custody after a knife attack at Grand Central 42 Street subway station in New York injured two with neck and wrist slashes.
Cross-country BigBall - a golf-like sport where players use soccer balls and baseball bats to race to a goal. [4] [5] Cycle ball - a hybrid sport combined bicycle and Futsal; D. Disc golf – a hybrid Frisbee with elements of golf. [6] Double disc court - a combined of Frisbee and Volleyball; F. Foobaskill – another hybrid of association ...