Unusual sports

Unusual sports

Of or pertaining to a sport of which is not widely popular or well known among people.

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A vault in which the top half of your body goes over the object, grasping something on the other side, where the rest of your body comes over in a motion similar to a handspring. A good vault for a ...

dash vault

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A Dash vault involves running at a wall or rail between waist and chest height and jumping legs first over the obstacle, planting your hands at the last second to push off. This vault is useful for ...

nollie

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A nollie is much like an ollie however to gain lift off you push down and launch from the nose of the board. Nollie comes from the words nose ollie.

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A situation created by the attacking side in which the defending side cannot make a move unless a sacrifice is made in order to defend. In other words, the defending side moves are restricted.

Fork

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Also known as a double attack, is a tactic in which a single piece can make two or more direct attacks in a simultaneous manner. The defending side is given the option to choose in which piece must ...

Skewer

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Also known as an X-ray attack or reverse pin, is an attack when two pieces line in the range of the attacking piece. The defending side is left with the option of moving the more valuable piece to ...

Battery

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A planned formation that is composed of two or more chess pieces with the intention of capturing the opponent's king or gaining an advantage in the exchanges that can happen.