warmup area
Pre-competition preparation space
A warmup area is a designated space where performers, athletes, or speakers prepare before going on stage, entering competition, or taking the floor.
Runners stretch in the warmup area before a race; musicians tune instruments and run through passages backstage.
The term implies a transitional zone between waiting and performing: The warmup area was crowded with nervous contestants.
- stretchingExtending muscles or material
- dynamic stretchingMotion-based flexibility preparation
- leg swingsPendular lower-limb stretches
- jumping jacksExercise spreading limbs rhythmically
- backstageTheater's hidden area
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- training facilitiestraining camp, training center, training ground, gym, gymnasium
- sidelinesbench, boundary, dugout, touchline, edge
- track and fieldtrack and field, sprinters, sprinter, sprinting, sprint
- field eventsshot put, discus throw, javelin throw, hammer throw, high jump
warmup areamain stage
Principal performance platform
playing field · center court · center ice · center stage · race course
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