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BACKWARD SKATING [2 records]

Record 1 2015-04-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Ice Hockey
CONT

In backward skating you push off with one skate ... to the outside and glide on the other foot ...; then, start the same procedure again beginning with the left foot. By continuously and quickly repeating this procedure over and over, your backward skating will be fast but controlled.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Hockey sur glace
OBS

Patiner à reculons en ligne droite. [...] Il s'agit de patiner à reculons sans faire de «croisés» de façon à maintenir la ligne droite.

Spanish

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Record 2 1979-06-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Ice Hockey
OBS

Skating backward while facing an oncoming opponent.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Hockey sur glace
OBS

Le mouvement commence par la rotation externe de la jambe à partir de la hanche, pour placer le patin en bonne position; l'action se fait par l'extension complète du membre intérieur, la poussée finale s'exerçant par la pointe du patin à mesure que le pied atteint l'extension à partir de la cheville.

Spanish

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