La technique Esmonde, appelée aussi ESSENTRICS est une combinaison d’étirements scientifiques (PNF, tai-chi, yoga), de mouvements de ballet, de physiothérapie et de chiropractie. Sa pratique favorise la relaxation musculaire, aide à réaligner les structures du corps, et améliore la posture. Les mouvements de rotation constants renforcent et amincissent le corps en entier.

 

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The Breton shuffleboard is a precision sport that opposes 2 players or 2 teams (from 2 to 4 players). Throw the cast iron pucks on the wooden board and get closer to the master (the little puck) to score points. Even if we talk about shuffleboard, it is a sport because there are federations and national and international competitions.

breton palets

Athletic speed walking is a discipline that is practiced according to distance tests (20 to 50km) that participants must travel as quickly as possible. There is a rule that the support leg must be stretched (not bent to the knee) from the moment the foot touches the ground until it passes below the body.

speed race walking

The basic athletic walk begins in principle beyond 50 km, where the speed march ends. But classically the long distance races have at least a distance of 100 km. There are events of very different distances like the 100 km, the 150 km, 200 km etc. There are also long distance races (or ultrafond) much longer as the Paris-Colmar with a distance of nearly 450 kilometers.

distance race walking

Sports walking is a free practice or framed, at a pace more sustained than the movement of everyday life (up to 8 km / h), on landscaped grounds or carpet.

sport walking

Jogging is the wellness run accessible to everyone to feel good in their body, to breathe their minds, to stay in shape or just for fun, without a performance objective.

jogging

The road race is a set of athletic disciplines, part of the category of non-stadium races, which encompasses all the pedestrian races that take place outside the athletic rings on paved roads. These are usually cross-country or ultra-deep races.

road running

Trail running consists of running on trails in nature and in the mountains. This sport offers a sense of discovery and freedom.

trail

A sled dog race is a sporting competition for a race in which dog teams pull sledges driven by a musher on snow or ice by means of harnesses and draft lines. The team finishing the race in a minimum of time is declared winner. This sport can also be practiced in the summer, dogs pulling a wheeled vehicle.

sled dog racing

The horseback ride is a recreational and outdoors activities consisting from riding for a short time on various routes.

outdoor riding

Petéca is a Brazilian ancestral sport. It's a mixture of volleyball badminton and Basque pelota. The game consists of hand-swapping the petéca, a kind of big shuttlecock made up of four big feathers on a rubber base between two players on both sides of a net.

peteca

Horse racing is an equestrian performance sport that usually involves two or more horses mounted by jockeys (or sometimes driven without riders) over a set distance for the competition. It is one of the oldest of all sports, because its basic premise - to identify the fastest horse on a given course or distance - has not changed since at least classical antiquity.

horse racing

Endurance is a cross-country race on horseback and in the wild, in which the goal is to travel a long distance: from 20 km to 160 km in one day, or 2 × 100 km over two days. This timed race must be completed as quickly as possible while maintaining a frame in perfect health.

endurance riding

Doma vaquera is an equestrian discipline with its own rules, regulations and competitions. As with all equestrian disciplines, the doma vaquera is subject to a multitude of rules, which aim to respect the Andalusian tradition. The costume and accessories of the vaquero, the harnessing and the grooming of the horses, the equestrian technique are fixed by the regulation. The presentation of the horse, his grooming and the attire of the rider are included in the judges' note.

doma vaquera

The Equestrian All-Around Competition (or EAC) is an equestrian sport that brings together in one discipline three distinct events: a show jumping event, a dressage event and a specific event: cross country or cross country.

eventing horse riding

Dressage is a basis for all equestrian disciplines aimed at developing the horse-horse relationship and advancing the qualities of the horse.

dressage horse riding

Ethological riding is a work inspired by equine ethology, consisting in interacting with a horse while taking into account the psychological peculiarities of the animal.

ethology

The horse-ball is a equestrian collective sport adapted from the game of Argentinean Pato and Asian Bouzkachi, which opposes two teams of 4 to 6 players (4 on the field, the others in reserve). It is played with a ball equipped with six straps with the goal of scoring goals in the opponent by throwing in a circle in height. The matches are played in two halves of 10 minutes.

horseball

Jumping is about jumping through various obstacles without making them fall. They jump in isolation, in combination or in the form of courses.

showjumping

The equestrian hike is a hobby in nature that allows you to go horse riding for a duration ranging from a few hours to several days.

trail riding

Aerobatics in a circle is an equestrian sport that consists of performing, individually or as a team, acrobatic and aesthetic figures on a horse running at a pace or gallop at a constant pace on a circle.

equestrian vaulting

The flag football is a sport derived from Canadian football and American football where tackles are replaced by tearing strips of cloth (said flag) hung on the belt of the players. There are several versions of this sport, depending on the type of game surface (indoor, beach, lawn), the authorization or not of the contacts and the number of players. The most common variant is the "5 on 5 non-contact ". As its name indicates, contacts are prohibited, which brings a more technical and strategic dimension to American football.

flag football

The Canimarche or Canirando is an activity that focuses on the beauty of the landscape. The equipment is the same as that of canicross.

dog hiking

Riding, more commonly known as riding, refers to the ability to ride, ride, horseback or jump with horses. This general description includes the use of horses for practical work, transportation, recreational activities, artistic or cultural exercises, and competitive sports. The art of riding on horseback practicing different disciplines to acquire the fundamentals.

horse riding

Polo is an equestrian team sport involving two teams of four players. Players hitched on their mounts score points by driving a small plastic ball or white wood in the goal of the opposing team using a long-handled mallet. The traditional polo sport is played on a large grass field measuring up to 300 meters long.

polo

Canicross (or cani-cross or canicourse) is an athletic sport that combines a runner and his dog, linked together to perform the same physical effort.

canicross

Western riding is a horse riding that has developed in the western United States. There are disciplines of work but also of leisure and competition.

western riding

Badminton is a racket sport that opposes 2/4 players on a field separated by a net. Players score points by dropping the wheel in the opposing court.

badminton

Baseball is a grassroots sport derived from the same roots as cricket, which is practiced on grass and sand. It is played with bats to hit a pitched ball, and gloves to catch the ball.

baseball

Cricket is a collective ball and bat game between two teams of eleven players each. It is usually played on an oval shaped field, grass, in the center of which is an area of twenty meters in length, at each end of which there is a wooden structure, the wicket. A meeting is divided into several rounds.

cricket

Crossminton is a variant of badminton that is played without a net. Often called Speedminton, which is the registered trademark of the sporting society.

crossminton

Frescobol is a racket sport that is played mainly on the sand. Two players make a series of strikes by trying to make as many exchanges as possible without dropping the ball: it is therefore necessary to deal with the strengths of his teammate. Once the players feel capable, they gradually increase the distance between partners, and try to be as regular as possible, it maximizes the exchanges and the pleasure of the game.

frescoball

American football is a team sport of field winners opposing two teams of eleven players who alternate between defense and attack. The goal of the game is to score points by carrying or throwing the ball to the opponent's in-goal zone.

american football

The padel is a snowshoe sport derived from tennis, played on a smaller court, framed by walls and fences. The calculation of the score is the same as tennis and the balls used have a slightly lower pressure. It is played only in doubles and the service must be done with a spoon. His biggest difference with tennis, however, is that the balls can be played after rebounds on the walls or the fence, in a similar way to squash.

padel

Racquetball is a racket sport. He adapted squash rules to a Gaelic handball court with a shortened tennis racquet and a ball that was bigger than squash and faster than tennis. The goal of racquetball is to gain points by preventing his opponent to return the ball to the main wall before his second rebound or when an impediment is pronounced. However, players only earn points when they hold the service.

racquetball

Softball, also called softball is a collective sport, derived from baseball, practiced by two teams of nine to twelve players alternating between attack and defense. The goal of the game is to advance the runners around four bases, called "goals", up to the marble, and score as many points as possible.

softball

Speedball is a snowshoe sport that is played alone, at 2 or 4, with a short racket and a ball that revolves around a fixed mat. Extremely fast sport that develops coordination.

speedball

Squash is a racket sport that is played with a small black ball on a field completely surrounded by walls. Squash is one of the most expensive sports in calories

squash

Table tennis is a racket sport that opposes 2 or 4 players on a table separated by a net. the point is scored when the opponent does not return the ball to the opposing side.

table tennis

Pickleball, also known as light tennis, is a variation of traditional tennis. It is often presented as a North American racket sport that combines elements of tennis, badminton and table tennis. It opposes 2 or 4 players on a ground of 13x6 meters delimited by lines and a net. The rackets are full and the ball is perforated plastic.

pickleball

Tennis is a racket sport that opposes 2 or 4 players on a field delimited by lines and separated by a net. the point is scored when the opponent does not return the ball to the opposing side.

tennis

Beach tennis is a snowshoe sport. His playful practice has evolved into a regulated sport, adapting tennis to the conditions of the beach. It opposes 2 couples on a Sand Ground. The points are counted like tennis but without notion of advantage. The ball must be hit before touching the ground.

beach tennis

Archery is a sport of precision, concentration and skill in which athletes try to shoot their arrows at the center of a target with their bow at varying distances.

archery

Basketball is a team sport between 2 teams of 5 players. The goal of each team is to score a basket: pass a ball within a hoop, attached to a panel.

basketball

3D shooting is an international discipline of archery. However his practice differs between IFAA, WA and FFTA. In general, it is a shot on a course where the targets, of varying distances, are animals in 3D.

3d archery

Archery in the field is shooting at targets of varying and often unmarked distance, usually in woods and rough terrain. In addition to being a sport in its own right, it can be used to improve the techniques and skills required for bow hunting in a realistic outdoor environment. Archers sometimes call "field gear" the extra skills required to cope with difficult terrain and lighting.

field archery

American billiards, or US pool, is a sport of strategy and precision that is practiced on a pool table with six holes and fifteen balls numbered and colored.

pool us

French billiards or Carambola is a sport of strategy and precision that is played on a billiard table without pocket. It must succeed in touching the other 2 balls with his.

carom billiard

English billiards or blackball is a sport of strategy and precision that is practiced on a pool table with six holes and 7 red balls, 7 yellow, one black, one white.

blackball

Billiards playing on a six-pocket table with 22 balls (15 red, six colored, one white), the objective is to pocket a red ball and a colored ball alternately.

billiard snooker

The boomerang is a sport of throwing a bent projectile which, in a certain way, returns to its point of departure. There are competitions around the world, with different types of events. According to these, the classification is established according to the length of the trajectory, its precision, its duration, the speed, or imposed catch-ups.

boomerang

The bourle is a traditional bowling game from the north of France, very practiced until the beginning of the twentieth century, but still relevant today. A variant, the Flemish ball, is also practiced. The verb "bourler" that stems from the word "Bourle" means "stagger" near the "étaque".

bourle

Bowling, also known as bowling, bowling or simply bowling in Canada, is a game that has been popularized in its current form in the United States as bowling with a ball.

bowling

Streetball or basketball street is a variant of basketball, usually practiced on outdoor grounds, whose structure and application of the rules of the game are much less formal. As such, its format is more conducive to allowing players to publicly show their own individual skills.

street basketball

Curling is a precision sport practiced on ice with granite stones, cut and polished to an international size. The goal is to place the stones as close as possible to a circular target drawn on the ice, called the house.

curling

The steel tip dart is a user-friendly precision sport that develops concentration, mental agility and coordination. Played on traditional target. The points of the darts are steel

steel tip darts

The steel tip dart is a user-friendly precision sport that develops concentration, mental agility and coordination. Played on electronic target. The points of the darts are plastic.

soft tip darts

The frisbee or ride-buck, or encore discoplane, designe a type of feather here is to launch a disque et plat rond clothing for planer sur lui-même et auquel on women plus ou moins d'effet lors du lancer.

flying disc

The mölkky is a Finnish skill game inspired by kyykkä, a traditional throwing game. Being practiced outdoors, the objective of the mölkky is to score exactly fifty points by knocking down pins numbered from 1 to 12 by throwing a stick of wood. Not requiring the necessary strength of the kyykkä, the mölkky can be practiced without condition of age or physical condition.

finish skittles

Pétanque is a precision sport that is played with steel balls and a jack (a ball 3 cm in diameter), also called goal or small. Place the balls closest to the jack to score points. At 13 points, you win the game! With family, friends or in a club, petanque is a sport that is practiced in leisure and competition. A petanque game opposes 2 players or 2 teams of 2 to 3 players each. The number of balls played during the game depends on the number of players. The petanque is played on many grounds: bowling alley, public square, dirt road, beach, park, garden. In competition, the official size of the field is of 4x15m but one can also play in leisure on non-delimited grounds.

petanque

Aikido is a combat sport that consists of techniques with weapons and bare hands using the strength of the opponent. There is no aikido competition.

aikido

Boxing, also known as noble art, is a combat sport in which two opponents, of the same weight and same-sex category, meet in a ring, wearing padded gloves to limit the risk of cuts, and exchange punches, worn in the face and bust. The fight is divided into time intervals, the rounds, separated by a minute of rest announced by a bell where the pugilist can be advised and treated if necessary.

boxing

French Boxing Savate is a percussion combat sport that consists, for two opponents equipped with gloves and slippers, to be shot with fists and feet. Forbidden shots: elbow and punches below the belt. It is currently an international discipline that belongs to the group of box feet-fists.

savate

Cardio boxing is a very dynamic form of physical activity, which appeared in the United States in the 1990s. The techniques are used in the various types of boxing "fist" as well as in some more traditional martial arts. This form of practice requires the upper limbs and the lower limbs while developing cardiorespiratory function and cardiovascular endurance.

cardio boxing

The full-contact is a combat sport belonging to the forms of box-feet fists. Two teams of gloves and slippers meet in a ring. Fists and feet must be worn above the belt.

full contact

Kick-boxing is a sports discipline belonging to the group of box-feet fists. Two advesaires wearing gloves meet in a ring. Blows allowed: fist, knee, foot. Elbows and projections are forbidden

kick boxing

Thai boxing, or muay-thai is a martial art, and more precisely, a combat sport, classified in the West among the boxes feet-fists. Two opponents teams of gloves meet in a ring. Blows allowed: fist, elbow, knee and foot. Melee may end with a projection

muay thai

Fencing is a combat sport. This is the art of hitting an opponent with the point or edge (thrust and size) of a weapon on the valuable parts without being hit.

fencing

Krav maga is a self-defense method used by many police and military forces around the world such as the FBI, DEA, Marines, GIGN, Foreign Legion and SAS. Combining techniques from boxing, muay-thai, judo, ju-jitsu and wrestling

krav maga

Self-defense is the art of self-defense or unarmed self-defense. It refers to the set of combat techniques to deal with an attack when one is disarmed. His teaching most often uses know-how from different martial arts or combat sports.

self defense

Wrestling is a sport discipline and a combat sport. There are a very large number of varieties, but three main types can be distinguished: free wrestling (LL), Greco-Roman wrestling (GR) and female wrestling (LF). Wrestling is a hand-to-hand combat system in which opponents are measured in hand-to-hand combat. The goal is to win the fight by either dropping the opponent on the ground and keeping both shoulders glued to the carpet: it is the fallen; either by winning at the points.

wrestling

Field hockey is a collective ball game involving two teams of eleven players with lacrosse. The principle is to score more points than the opposing team.

field hockey

Beach soccer is a sport that is similar to football and opposes 2 teams of 5 players on a reduced sand beach. We play barefoot with a soft ball.

beach soccer

The floorball, also known as unihockey in Switzerland, is a collective sport where 2 teams of 5 players and a goalkeeper compete in 3 third-time of 20 minutes. The goal is to put the ball in the opponent's goal using a stick. This sport can also be played in 3 against 3 (in addition to a goalkeeper) on a small ground equivalent to half of the big ground. This mode of play is particularly used among the youngest.

floorball

Golf is a sport of precision playing outdoors, which involves sending a ball into a hole with the help of clubs. The goal of the game is to perform, on a defined course, the least possible shots. Precision, endurance, technicality, concentration are essential qualities for this activity.

golf

Ice hockey, most often called hockey, is a team sport played on a specially equipped ice rink. The goal of each team is to score goals by sending a vulcanized rubber disc, called a puck or puck, inside the opposing goal at one end of the rink. The team consists of several lines of five players, who take turns on the ice, as well as a goalkeeper, who move in ice skates and handle the puck with a hockey stick also called crosse in France or hockey stick in Belgium and Switzerland.

ice hockey

Bandy or Russian hockey is a collective sport, the ancestor of ice hockey. The bandy is played on frozen football fields. Each team has eleven players on the field. Players with skates fight with a stick a small orange cork ball. The offside system is similar to that used in football. The game lasts twice forty-five minutes with a break of fifteen minutes between the two periods. The goalkeeper does not have a stick, he stops shots in hand.

bandy

Inline hockey, often referred to by the more generic term "roller hockey", which also includes the discipline of rink hockey, or by its English name inline hockey, sometimes abbreviated as RILH, is one of the roller hockey disciplines. It is practiced with skates with aligned wheels (inline skaters), usually indoors. Each match opposes two teams, consisting of a goalkeeper and field players, who take turns in lines of four (two defenders and two attackers). The goal is to score more goals than the other team, by sending with a stick (or hockey stick) a plastic disc, called a puck or puck, for the opponents' goal, located at end of the field to the opposite of his own goal.

inline hockey

Ball hockey is a team sport and a variant of ice hockey and a specific variant of street hockey. It is played on foot on an unglazed surface and the players are equipped with a stick. The goal of the game is to score more goals than the opposing team by throwing the ball into the net of the opposing team.

ball hockey

Rink hockey, also known as ice hockey, is a roller-skating discipline. This collective sport is practiced with traditional skates more commonly known as quads and a wooden stick or, more rarely, carbon. Called hardball hockey in the United States and rollhockey in Germany, it can also be referred to as the more general term roller hockey which also encompasses the discipline of roller in line hockey. Rink hockey is played five (one goalkeeper and four field players), plus substitutes, on a rectangular track (the rink) usually made of concrete or flooring. The goal is to score in the opposing goal with a round ball. Contact is prohibited.

rink hockey

Street hockey is a variation of ice hockey where the game is played outdoors on foot, or with rollerblading or rollerblading using a ball or puck. The ball and the puck are generally designed to be played on non-ice surfaces. The goal of the game is to score more goals than the opposing team by shooting the ball or puck into the net of the opposing team.

street hockey

Lacrosse is a team sport of Native American origin where players use a stick to put a ball in the opponent's goal. The original sport is today called lacrosse in the field. From it were born two other variants of lacrosse: female lacrosse in the 1890s in Scotland, then box lacrosse in the 1930s.

lacrosse

The Foot5 is a variant of football that is played with 5 players on a small pitch (18 to 20m wide and 30 to 35m long) with a synthetic coating.

5 a side football

The BMX freestyle is a BMX discipline. It consists of aerial tricks or ground riding a BMX bike, smaller and stronger than a conventional bike. It contains five types of events, so the most adopted in competition is the Park, which takes place in a skatepark.

bmx freestyle

BMX Supercross is a BMX discipline. This is a race between eight competitors who have to travel on a track of 340 to 400 m. This track has the peculiarity of being dotted with bumps that either jump or wind up by wheeling the bike on the rear wheel.

bmx race

The all -way bike hiking is a sporting activity that is practiced on roads, paths and routes marked with a all -path bike (VTC). This activity allows you to discover the nature of the small walk to the big hike over several days.

hybrid bikes

Voyage bike is a sporting activity that is practiced on roads and paths using a specific all -terrain (VTC) bike (VTC). If this activity allows walks to discover nature and explore it in a sporty and original way, it can also be a combination of mode of travel and activity to go on an adventure during the holidays and/or a stay jock.

touring bikes

The cani-VTT or bike-jöring is a canine sport that is defined as the union of a dog and a cyclist, interconnected and doing the same physical effort on a marked course.

bike-joring

MTB downhill is a sporting discipline in which the goal is to descend, using an ATV, specially designed slopes across the mountain in the shortest possible time. The rider must demonstrate commitment, technical skills and a keen sense of flying to tackle the roots, tilts, bumps, jumps and other natural obstacles encountered on a descent.

downhill mtb

The all-mountain is a practice out of competition, which is similar to the trekking in the mountains. It is a versatile practice with bikes that can do almost anything. It is not uncommon to push or carry the bike in mountain routes when portions thereof do not allow rolling. The all-mountain bike may also have the name of Mountain. The practitioners of this discipline generally prefer the trails to wide slopes of mountain pastures, giving their course more interested in steering.

all mountain mtb

Football opposes 2 teams of 11 players on a field that can be grass, synthetic or shale. Studded shoes and standard balloons are the iconic products of the sport.

11 a side football

The cross country is a sport where the goal is to get to a specific location using a bike as soon as possible, through hard climbs and technical descents. Depending on the type of course and speed, mountain bike cross-country can be a recreational sport and competitive sport generally practicing off the roads.

cross country mtb

The mountain biking, close to hiking but cycling is probably the most popular practice of mountain biking. This is to walk more or less sporty way on various roads. There are a large number of marked hiking trails permanent and occasional walks organized by clubs or associations.

sport trail mtb

Cyclo-cross is a cycling discipline that is practiced in the fall and during the winter. The circuit is composed of paths, meadows, even sand, as on the cyclo-cross of Koksijde, and a little road; Artificial obstacles are placed on the circuit to force participants to dismount and transport the bike. To skip these punctual obstacles some practice the jump of the rabbit.

cyclo-cross

Road cycling is a sport, one of the disciplines of cycling. It is played at amateur but also professional level in many countries. . This sport is close to the cycling track or cyclo-cross competitors can sometimes be the same. Road cycling is a very demanding sport that is distinguished from cycling, amateur sport in which leisure and tourism are privileged. Sport Individual ranking team, road cycling is a matter of endurance and tactics. It is essential to know to save.

road racing

Cycle tourism is first and foremost tourism bicycle. We can not separate the two aspects of this activity which is primarily entertainment and is very remote, at its origin, any competitive practice. Cycle tourism is to find sites, landscapes, places to go to meet people using the bicycle as a means of locomotion.

bicycle touring

The gravel is a cycling which mixes passages on road and on trails, paths and walkways. She approaches the cyclocross but with lower performance concept, and is exercised generally for longer trips where a need for extra comfort.

gravel cycling

Track cycling is a sport practice that combines several events and takes place on a velodrome. It is always practiced on bicycles with fixed gears, that is to say that unlike a freewheeling bike the practitioner is obliged to pedal permanently until the complete stop of his bike.

track cycling

The city bike is a physical activity that consists of cycling on various distances in urban and peri-urban flat or hilly.

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