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Movement Analysis

Planes and axes of movement

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Overview

The sagittal, frontal and transverse planes, the frontal, sagittal and vertical axes, and the planes and axes of somersaults, cartwheels, twists, discus spins and running.

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Key term

What is an axis of movement, and how does each of the three planes divide the body?

Key term

Which movements and somersaults take place in the sagittal plane, and about which axis?

Key term

What is a plane of movement?

Questions from this subtopic

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  1. 1

    What is a plane of movement?

    Model answer

    A plane of movement is an imaginary flat surface passing through the body. Each plane divides the body into two halves.

  2. 2

    What is an axis of movement?

    Model answer

    An axis is an imaginary line about which the body or a body part turns.

  3. 3

    How does the sagittal plane divide the body?

    Model answer

    The sagittal plane divides the body vertically into left and right halves.

  4. 4

    How does the frontal plane divide the body?

    Model answer

    The frontal plane divides the body vertically into front and back halves.

  5. 5

    How does the transverse plane divide the body?

    Model answer

    The transverse plane divides the body horizontally into upper and lower halves.

  6. 6

    Describe the direction of the frontal axis.

    Model answer

    The frontal axis runs horizontally through the body from side to side.

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