standing starts
Motionless initial accelerations
A standing start is beginning from a stationary position rather than one already in motion.
In racing, cars or runners wait motionless until the signal, unlike a rolling start where vehicles are already moving.
The phrase extends to any endeavor begun without momentum: Building a business from a standing start is harder than acquiring one.
- on your marksPre-race command
- springboardsFlexible platforms for jumping
- catapultsDevices for launching projectiles
- jumpstartsRevives with sudden energy
- bobsleddingWinter racing on ice
drag racing · rowing · hurdles · torque · dead stop · swimming · pole positions · track cycling · velodrome · acceleration · zero to sixty · sprinting · explosive power · reaction time · anticipation · stance · balance · muscle memory
- HillclimbingPikes Peak, Prescott, hairpin turns, steep grades, switchbacks
- sprint trainingsprints, wind sprints, hill sprints, speed work, striders