Tumbling, a major element of gymnastics, requires a lot of power. It is during the tumbling passes which many gymnasts appear to defy gravity. All the crazy flips and twists I could only dream of doing.
Here is a fun video I found of some crazy tumbling passes. Its pretty insane what some of these people can do. One of the reason these tricks are possible is the floors they are tumbling on are springy, making it much easier to obtain the height necessary to perform these moves. Yet most of it even leaves me wondering how its physically possible!
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That video is totally amazing--thanks for posting it. Again, I'll encourage you to go to the step further and use a great visual like this to explain a concept like momentum (one of your tags). Momentum may seem obvious to you, but it's not necessarily obvious to the average layperson. Great work!
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