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BELLY ROLL [1 record]

Record 1 2010-07-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Track and Field
DEF

A technique of high jumping in which the jumper leads with the leg farthest from the bar, turns to cross the bar on his stomach, and lets his trailing leg follow over the bar after his body.

Key term(s)
  • straddle style

French

Domaine(s)
  • Athlétisme
OBS

Le sauteur culbute à plat ventre par-dessus la barre. L'esquive consiste à enfourcher la barre, puis à dégager la jambe d'appel en la soulevant très haut sur le côté. Pendant toute la suspension, le sauteur est animé d'un mouvement de rotation sur lui-même [...]

OBS

D'après Jean-Paul Baert, Entraîneur national, les termes «rouleau ventral» et «saut en ventral» sont d'usage international.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Atletismo
OBS

Altura.

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