"frogstand" meaning in English

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          "ref": "2001, Shirley Ann Holt-Hale, On the Move: Lesson Plans to Accompany Children Moving, page 216:",
          "text": "If children begin to experiment with frogstands and headstands as inverted balances, it is then time to teach them the proper mechanics for assuming and maintaining these positions .",
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          "ref": "2004, Michelle Nemec, Darryl Buchanan, Andrew Watt, Jump Into PDHPE, page 19:",
          "text": "How long can you hold a headstand, frogstand or handstand?",
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          "ref": "2020 September 1, Michael & Yannick, “How to do the Frogstand to Handstand”, in Calisthenics Family:",
          "text": "Of course, it will be much easier if you can master the frogstand itself before you start learning how to do the frogstand to handstand.",
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          "ref": "2021, James Patterson, Till Murder Do Us Part:",
          "text": "In vert, you do all kinds of fun, carzy shit. Like shifties and frogstands, ollies and gazelle flips, up and down ten-foot ramps.",
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          "ref": "2024, “Frogstand Calisthenics Skill Tree”, in We Do Calisthenics:",
          "text": "A frogstand, sometimes referred to as the \"crow pose\", is a calisthenics exercise that builds finger and wrist strength while placing a notable demand on the shoulders and triceps.",
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        "(gymnastics, exercise, skateboarding) A position that involves balancing on one's hands with the knees tucked towards the chest, resembling the posture of a frog."
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          "text": "Hey, Mom, I did five forward leaps from a frogstand in place today.",
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        "A position in which one squats while resting one's weight on the hands, which are placed between the legs, sometimes preliminary to leaping forward."
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