Physical Education GCSE

Longitudinal axis

What Longitudinal axis means in Physical Education GCSE, as defined for OCR.

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Runs from head to toe through the spine, and rotation about it occurs in the transverse plane, as in a full twist in trampolining or a pirouette in dance.

OCR · 1.1.c. Movement analysis - Planes of movement and axes of rotation

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1.1.c. Movement analysis - Planes of movement and axes of rotation (OCR GCSE)

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