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POSITION RIDER [11 records]

Record 1 2013-09-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Roller Skating and Skateboarding
CONT

Handstanding is also possible. The rider grasps each end of the board with his hands and pushes off gently. Slowly he adopts the handstand position. This is one of the most dangerous freestyle tricks and it is vital that helmet and pads should be worn. When the handstand is mastered the rider can carry out intricate manoeuvres while in that position; even a 360 degree spin(which has a degree of difficulty of 9 on a scale of 10).

Key term(s)
  • hand-stand

French

Domaine(s)
  • Patin à roulettes et planche à roulettes
DEF

Exercice d'équilibre sur la planche, en appui sur les mains et sans poser la tête, jambes dressées à la verticale.

CONT

Handstand, descente, airborne, chacun se perfectionne dans telle ou telle discipline [...]

OBS

handstand : anglicisme au Canada.

Spanish

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Record 2 2013-09-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Roller Skating and Skateboarding
CONT

When the handstand is mastered the rider can carry out intricate manoeuvres while in that position; even a 360 degree spin(which has a degree of difficulty of 9 on a scale of 10).

Key term(s)
  • three hundred sixty degrees
  • three hundred sixty degrees spin
  • three hundred sixty degree spin

French

Domaine(s)
  • Patin à roulettes et planche à roulettes
DEF

Rotation de 360 degrés effectuée en pivotant sur deux roues et en soulevant une extrémité de la planche, tour complet sur soi-même.

CONT

Ainsi, en 360 degrés par exemple, le pied arrière soulève la planche et maintient l'équilibre alors que le pied avant agit comme une force qui entraîne le skate dans la rotation.

Key term(s)
  • trois cent soixante degrés

Spanish

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Record 3 2011-06-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Horse Racing and Equestrian Sports
CONT

To practice the development of the fixed hand it is first necessary for the rider to establish strong contact with the horse's mouth while his head is in natural position.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Courses hippiques et sports équestres
DEF

Celle du cavalier qui accompagne les mouvements de la tête du cheval, avec une tension constante des rênes.

Spanish

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Record 4 2008-03-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Horse Racing and Equestrian Sports

French

Domaine(s)
  • Courses hippiques et sports équestres

Spanish

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Record 5 2005-12-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Horse Racing and Equestrian Sports
CONT

... at rising trot you’ll spend half of your time in a full seat - balanced over your feet, with your legs AND your crotch and seatbones in contact with the horse. You’ll spend the other half of your time in a half-seat, with your crotch and seatbones OUT of the saddle. Rising to the trot means alternating rhythmically between full seat and half-seat (three-point and two-point).... Your half-seat will be easy if your stirrups are the correct length, and impossible if they aren’t - so DO check this before you begin! When you ride in a half-seat, your legs should be relaxed, KNEES BENT, your heels low, your head up with eyes looking forward, and your hands forward holding the mane or a neckstrap (essential to helping you learn to keep your balance without hurting your horse’s mouth).

OBS

In Western riding, this means rising up out of the saddle with the weight in the stirrups. In English riding, the term may mean lightening the seat by pushing more weight down into the heel and slightly inclining the body forward(but not so far that the rider is in a two-point, or jumping, position), or a position used for the hand-gallop, a speed faster than canter.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Courses hippiques et sports équestres

Spanish

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Record 6 2005-06-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Trucks and Dollies (Materials Handling)
CONT

Fork truck characteristics... The counterbalance truck is available in two basic designs, either the sitdown rider or standup rider... Because of the standing operator position, the standup rider is better suited to short distance operations requiring the operator to mount and dismount the vehicle frequently.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Chariots de manutention
CONT

La position du conducteur [...] permet également de différencier les chariots de manutention. Ils peuvent être à conducteur porté [...] debout : sens de la marche ou de côté, avec poste de conduite non élevable [ou] avec poste de conduite élevable.

OBS

On écrirait mieux «charriot».

OBS

charriot : Cette graphie, puisée des Rectifications de l'orthographe recommandées par le Conseil supérieur de la langue française, est attestée dans le Petit Robert (2004).

Spanish

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Record 7 2004-07-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Sports Facilities and Venues
  • Cycling
CONT

The indoor events are held in velodromes with tracks that are 333.3-metres long and 7-metres wide, with a banked racing surface of 33 degrees.

CONT

Competitors in the individual and team pursuit line up at opposite ends of the track. It is particularly interesting to watch the skill involved when the lead rider of the four-man team rapidly changes position. As he tires, he swings up the banking of the track and then goes down to the tail of the team for a brief rest.

CONT

It took me five Laps on the blue boarding to work up enough nerve to move onto the first banked section of ’real’ track, after another five Laps I was trembling with nervous energy and decided to slow down and have a breather.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Installations et sites (Sports)
  • Cyclisme
CONT

Les épreuves en salle se font dans un vélodrome avec piste de 333,3 mètres de long sur 7 mètres de large avec section inclinée à 33 degrés.

CONT

À la poursuite individuelle et par équipes, les cyclistes se placent à des extrémités opposées de la piste. Il est très intéressant de surveiller l'adresse des cyclistes, alors que le meneur de l'équipe de quatre hommes change rapidement de position. Quand il se sent fatigué, il monte sur la section inclinée pour se laisser retomber à la queue afin de se reposer brièvement.

PHR

Section inclinée de la piste.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Instalaciones y sedes deportivas
  • Ciclismo
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Record 8 2004-06-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Sports Equipment and Accessories
  • Horse Racing and Equestrian Sports
CONT

The Australian saddle is, quite simply, a big dressage saddle. The stirrups hang in a dressage position, and they are free swinging.... Put simply, there is no saddle more comfortable for the trail horse, and the rider, than an Australian stock saddle.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Équipement et accessoires de sport
  • Courses hippiques et sports équestres
CONT

Selle australienne : À vendre [:] véritable selle australienne (Australian Stock Saddle) - Fabriquée en Australie - Selle lourde et portante - Etriers larges - Sangle australienne - Idéale pour entraînement et randonnée - Parfait état - Poids 16Kgs [...]

Spanish

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Record 9 2003-10-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Cycling
OBS

The term "lap" may also be used to mean "pass" or "overtake" the leading cyclists.

OBS

Technique/tactics.

OBS

A rider shall be considered to have lapped the main group upon reaching a position to take shelter behind the main group.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Cyclisme
OBS

Technique/tactique.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Ciclismo
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Record 10 2003-02-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Cycling
CONT

Pursuit lines. Located in the middle of each straightaway, these are the start and finish lines for pursuit events.

CONT

Riders shall draw for position on the starting line. The riders shall line up radially at the pursuit line in the home straight with the rider drawing No 1 on the inside.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Cyclisme
CONT

Lignes de poursuite. Situées au milieu de chaque ligne droite, elles indiquent le point de départ et d'arrivée pour les épreuves de poursuite.

CONT

Un tirage au sort détermine l'ordre de départ des coureurs, ils sont ensuite placés les uns à côté des autres sur la ligne de poursuite.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Ciclismo
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Record 11 1995-02-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Martial Arts
DEF

In traditional karate, it is a fighting position in which the person has to stand with his knees bent, feet wide apart and parallel, with the weight of the body evenly distributed on both legs, the way a horse rider would when mounting.

CONT

The straddle-leg stance is basic in the acquirement of stable posture and in the training of the legs and hips.

CONT

When they first practice the horse stance, students tighten up, complain, try to endure, and suffer in the process.

CONT

The side stance’s strength is to the sides.

CONT

Standing in the middle stance for long periods is an effective exercise for building leg strength.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Arts martiaux
DEF

En karaté traditionnel, c'est une position de combat où le pratiquant se tient avec les pieds très écartés et parallèles, talons sur une ligne, genoux fortement pliés et tendus vers l'extérieur, poids du corps également réparti sur les deux jambes, à la façon d'un cavalier sur sa monture.

CONT

C'est la position du cavalier de fer, également appelée tekki ou naihanchi dachi.

CONT

Position du cavalier («kiba dachi») [...] C'est la troisième position fondamentale.

OBS

Les termes français et anglais proviennent du terme japonais «kiba dachi», dont l'utilisation est de loin la plus répandue dans toutes les écoles de karaté traditionnel.

Spanish

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