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  2. Spotting (weight training) - Wikipedia

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    A man (lying down) performs a bench press with a spotter. Spotting in weight or resistance training is the act of supporting another person during a particular exercise, with an emphasis on allowing the participant to lift or push more than they could normally do safely. [1]

  3. List of cheerleading stunts - Wikipedia

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    Group stunts occasionally include a front spot. These can be all-girl or co-ed. A "partner stunt" will involve two athletes – a flyer and a main base. These tend to be co-ed, but all-girl versions do occur. A third athlete, a spotter, will be involved depending upon the skill level of the stunt executed and the rules and regulations for that ...

  4. Spotter - Wikipedia

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    Weather spotter, an individual who observes the weather to inform media or others Storm spotter, a weather spotter who observes severe weather events; Aircraft spotter, a hobbyist who tracks and records the movement of aircraft; Bus spotter, a hobbyist who seeks to see all buses in a particular fleet or produced by a particular manufacturer

  5. Spotting (climbing) - Wikipedia

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    Spotters helping a climber on The Chube V2 (5+), in Joshua Tree. Spotting is a climbing technique that is used mostly in bouldering, where other climbers stand beneath an active climber on a route in order to break the impact of any fall, and to reduce the chance of an uncontrolled fall that could result in a serious head or back injury.

  6. Power rack - Wikipedia

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    A power rack (also known as a power cage, squat cage or squat rack) is a piece of weight training equipment that functions as a mechanical spotter for free weight barbell exercises without the movement restrictions imposed by equipment such as the Smith machine. Its general design is four upright posts with two adjustable horizontal bar catches ...

  7. Spotter (maneuvering) - Wikipedia

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    A spotter is a person used in vehicle maneuvers to assist a driver who may not have a clear view in their direction of travel. [1] [2] They are most commonly used in: Off-road rock crawling; Reversing truck and trailer combinations, such as semitrailers, b-trains and road trains; Placing oversized freight using a forklift

  8. Trust fall - Wikipedia

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    A trust fall is an activity in which a person deliberately falls, trusting the members of a group (spotters) to catch them. [1] It has also at times been considered a popular team-building exercise in corporate training events. There are many variants of the trust fall.

  9. Storm spotting - Wikipedia

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    The session was created by Woodall to offer training that extended beyond the Weather Service's "basic" and "advanced" training. Training focuses primarily on the various weather elements storm spotters witness in the field including properly identifying tornadoes, wall clouds and other storm features.