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Discover LudwigThe phrase "a two step run up" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts related to sports, dance, or any activity that involves a preparatory movement before a jump or action.
Example: "To achieve maximum height in your jump, practice a two step run up to build momentum."
Alternatives: "a two-step approach" or "a two-step preparation".
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His slow left arm off-spin, bowled from a two step run up, was seldom seen after the AIF XI tour.
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England can attest to Ricardo's specialist skill as a penalty-stopper, but Zidane, with a two step run-up, was too crisp in his execution for the goalkeeper to have any hope.
Bradley began literally climbing the wall in frustration — taking two or three steps, running up the wall, then hopping off, over and over.
When you have mastered a three step approach and are confident with your vaulting ability the approach can be extended to a 12 to 16 step run-up.
Working with a coach and a sports psychologist, he returned to the rudiments of jumping with hundreds of repetitions, first from a two-step run-up, then four steps, then eight, then eventually the entire runway.
Dani Alves takes a two-step run-up and sends the ball fizzing three or four feet over the bar.
Two and a half years later, Sulin stands atop a starting block in northern Germany, takes a two-step run-up, waggles her arms and legs mid-air, before landing in the 2-metre-deep turquoise water and splashing her giggling sisters who are paddling near the edges.
England can attest to Ricardo's specialist skill as a penalty-stopper but Zidane, with a two-step run-up, was too crisp in his execution for the goalkeeper to have any hope.
Utilising a new seven-step run-up rather than her usual nine, she cleared 1.80m, 1.83m, 1.86m and 1.89m easily on her first attempts.
I walked ten steps, ran ten.
Shara Proctor, who might have had hopes of gold while Okagbare busied herself with the 200m, managed only two steps of a run-up before clutching at her left thigh and leaving the arena with her hoodie pulled sorrowfully around her face.
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