• The upright spin is one of the three basic figure skating spin positions. The International Skating Union (ISU), the governing body of figure skating,...
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    basic spin positions were used. There are two types of spins, the forward spin and the backward spin. There are three basic spin positions: the upright spin...
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    of test pilots during certification spin-testing of light airplanes. Inverted spinning and erect or upright spinning are dynamically very similar and require...
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  • A layback spin is a variation of the upright spin, a spin in figure skating. British figure skater Cecilia Colledge was "responsible for the invention"...
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  • compulsory figures scratch spin An upright spin in which the skater has the free leg crossed over the ankle of the spinning leg season's best A skater's...
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    similar to preparation and entry phases of the upright spin. At the end of the entry, the skater begins to spin by executing small circles on the backward...
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    effect. Once set in motion, a top will usually wobble for a few seconds, spin upright for a while, then start to wobble again with increasing amplitude as...
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  • Biellmann spin is a difficult variation of the layback spin in figure skating. It was made popular by world champion Denise Biellmann. The Biellmann spin is...
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  • jumps (maximum one double jump), (d) flying spin, (e) camel or sit spin with only one change of foot, (f) spin combination with only one change of foot,...
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    succession". There are three basic positions in spins: the camel, the sit spin, and the upright spin. Step sequences have been defined as "steps and turns...
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  • Upright spin 3 revs; Step sequence; Forward spiral; Backward spiral on a curve Level 2: Perimeter skating; 3 jump; salchow or toe loop; upright spin (5...
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    and upright wheels, all-purpose treadle driven wheels used to spin both woolen and worsted-spun yarns; and the charkha, native to Asia. Spinning yarn...
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    upright spin, the sit spin, and the camel spin. Skaters also perform flying spins and combination spins. Camel spin Sit spin Upright spin Pair camel spin Pair...
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    television. He appeared on The Ed Sullivan Show in 1957, and his fast forward upright spin was described as being "faster than an electric fan." He also appeared...
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  • April 2003, Ruh set a Guinness world record for the most continuous upright spins on ice (105). She toured with Stars on Ice, Champions on Ice, and numerous...
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    way a top stays upright while spinning. Spinning plates are sometimes gimmicked, to help keep the plates on the poles. Plate spinning has existed since...
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    spin or wrist spin action. Therefore, there are four types of spin bowling: off spin, leg spin, left-arm orthodox spin and left-arm unorthodox spin....
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    solo spin combination, the spin combination has three basic positions: the camel spin, the sit spin, and the upright spin. Also like the solo spin combination...
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    Pambaram (category Spinning tops)
    balance are the keys to the enchantment of its spin. The Pambaram keeps its upright posture while spinning on its sharp bottom tip when you give it a good...
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  • spin rotation. The fourth step is to displace the elevator control toward its neutral position (forward movement when recovering from an upright spin;...
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  • This is a list of characters in the Disney animated series TaleSpin. TaleSpin was previewed on The Disney Channel in May through July 1990, and premiered...
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    because he eliminated a double-toe loop. He received low marks for an upright spin because he did not clearly change skating edges. Lysacek won his second...
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    sit spin, one of the three basic spin types. The other two are the upright spin, about as old as the art of ice skating itself; and the camel spin, invented...
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  • direction of spin to the cricket ball. The other spinning technique, generally used to spin the ball in the opposite direction, is wrist spin. Although there...
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    knocked over one of their own spinning wheels. The device kept working normally, with the spindle now pointed upright. Hargreaves realised there was...
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    Rotation (redirect from Spin move)
    own center of mass is known as a spin (or autorotation). In that case, the surface intersection of the internal spin axis can be called a pole; for example...
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    wheel (also called a flax wheel) or an upright wheel (also called a castle wheel) is invaluable when spinning flax to make linen. The ends of flax fibres...
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    rotation induced by the spin as the spin continues.: 4  As the pilot becomes less aware of the spin, any correction of the spin may cause the pilot to...
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  • Indoor cycling (redirect from Spin class)
    Indoor cycling, often called spinning, is a form of exercise with classes focusing on endurance, strength, intervals, high intensity (race days) and recovery...
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    Angular momentum (redirect from Spin-down)
    characteristic spin (possibly zero), and almost all elementary particles have nonzero spin. For example electrons have "spin 1/2" (this actually means "spin ħ/2")...
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