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  2. List of skateboarding terms - Wikipedia

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    Backside: A trick executed with the skater's back to the ramp or obstacle, or a rotation of the rider/board where the front foot moves forward (e.g. a regular-footed skater turning clockwise). Boardslide: A trick in which the skater slides the underside of the deck along an object. Caballerial: A 360-degree ollie while riding fakie.

  3. Glossary of table tennis - Wikipedia

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    Large wheels on the bottom of the legs of some table tennis tables. Chop A chop is the defensive, backspin counterpart to the offensive loop drive. [5] A chop is essentially a bigger, heavier push, taken well back from the table. The racket face points primarily horizontally, perhaps a little bit upward, and the direction of the stroke is ...

  4. Pushin Forward Back - Wikipedia

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    "Pushin Forward Back" is a song by the American rock band Temple of the Dog. Featuring lyrics written by vocalist Chris Cornell and music co-written by bassist Jeff Ament and guitarist Stone Gossard , "Pushin Forward Back" was released in 1991 as the third single from the band's sole studio album, Temple of the Dog (1991).

  5. List of sports idioms - Wikipedia

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    In boxing, a boxer who holds back from using all his strength is said to pull his punches. Often used in a negative sense, in the phrase "pull no punches". The boxing term dates to 1934, the figurative to 1937 (OED). [59] punch-drunk Boxing: dazed, bewildered, or confused; or behaving in such a manner.

  6. Volleyball jargon - Wikipedia

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    Pepper: A drill in which players hit a ball back and forth in a pass, set, spike, pass, set, spike, etc. pattern without a net; Perimeter defense: A defensive formation of back row players where players set up along the edges of the court to dig. Middle back is deep in the center and right while left-back shift back and towards the sidelines.

  7. Pushforward - Wikipedia

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    The notion of pushforward in mathematics is "dual" to the notion of pullback, and can mean a number of different but closely related things.. Pushforward (differential), the differential of a smooth map between manifolds, and the "pushforward" operations it defines

  8. Glossary of dance moves - Wikipedia

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    The leader steps forward on either foot whilst the follower steps backward on the opposing foot (e.g.: the leader steps forward on their right foot whilst the follower steps back on their left). Both partners will then step to the side on the other foot, and conclude the figure by closing the first foot beside the second (hence the name "closed ...

  9. Professional wrestling strikes - Wikipedia

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    An attacking wrestler uses one hand to take hold of an opponent by the nape or hair and leans them forward while extending the other arm in a raised position, clenching the fist before throwing the forearm forward down onto the opponent, clubbing the opponent across the back of the head/neck. This will often send the opponent to the mat front ...