Sentence examples for a pike position from inspiring English sources

Pausing to adjust his stance, he launches himself into a two and a half somersault in a pike position, entering the water with barely a ripple.

Out came the shap½ and in went a move they had been saving for Rio 2016 – the shang – otherwise known as a clear katchev in a pike position.

Some also assume a pike position underwater to stay shallow in the nearly 20-foot-deep pool and avoid hitting the bottom.

Starting in a handstand at the top of the bar, the gymnast swings down to three o'clock, bending at the hip into what's called a pike position along the way.

Back: Lat pull downs superset with prone position "Superman" (lifting both hands and feet up simultaneously, working upper and lower back strength) Seated Row superset with lower back extension Rear delt flies superset with plank pikes (simply get into plank position, transition body into a pike position by raising the hips up, then return to plank).

"I will try a little harder next time". Officials believe Fu is the youngest person to win a major international diving competition, winning the Alamo Invitational in May at Boca Raton, Fla. Fu, who turns 12 on Aug. 16, took the lead on the first of the eight dives, an inward 1 1/2 somersault in a pike position, and never relinquished it, winning with 443.04 points.

Once the flyer starts to come down she will hit a pike position.

Get in a "pike" position with your butt in the air.

Lower your feet to the floor in a piked position.

You should be on a sitting pike position.

He scored just 61.2 for the back two-and-a-half somersault, two-and-a-half twists from the pike position.