Warm-Up

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Warm-Up

An act or skit before the recording of a television or radio show to make the audience comfortable and to make it more likely to respond well to the television or radio show as it is being recorded. A warm-up usually involves one or more persons from the show telling jokes, answering questions and explaining how the production works. Warm-ups are intended to make the live audience more responsive, which in turn makes the television or radio audience more responsive. This helps marketing because it helps increase the number of viewers or listeners, which allows the show to charge more for advertising.

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For instance, if it is in a minor key, include minor tonality in the warm-up.

Warm-ups: building strong foundations for ensemble singing/ L'echauffement vocal : Pour un fondement solide de l'art vocal d'ensemble

TIME + ACTIVITY 40 seconds PA announces batter and begins to play walk-up music 30 seconds Pitcher throws final warm-up pitch 25 seconds Batter's walk up music ends 20-5 seconds Batter enters the batter's box 20-0 seconds Pitcher begins motion to deliver pitch + Time remaining on commercial countdown clock

Game pace

"During warm-ups I kick the ball, pass it under one foot and then the other, bring it up and caress it.

Football: Ron tricks keep show stress free

Some teachers who use an overhead to list the day's agenda and homework include the warm-up activities as well.

Warm ups--they're not just for gym

Stretching the neck muscles should be a routine part of all team warm-ups before major contact drills.

What the football coach should know about catastrophic cervical cord injuries

Here are some warm-ups you can do before you start exercising:

Every body needs exercise

Jeffreys shows how to adapt the conventional warm-up before athletic practice or competition into a systematic training program for movement in any sport.

The Warm-Up: Maximize Performance and Improve Long-Term Athletic Development (online access included)

And so I'm not sure I agree with the extent of warm-ups I see some teams doing these days.

Lack of a cutting edge once again cost Everton victory

"We have a pretty clear plan about selection for warm-ups and I don't think that will have changed after Sunday's result," he said.

Saker passed up Warwickshire job to stay with ECB

If you just take off running with no warm-up, you may be missing out on several advantages.

Runners, don't skip the warm-up

For example, in the "Connections" section, Warm-up 98 offers a graphic way to help children and adults understand the relationship of gallon, half-gallon, quart, and pint by using paper folding.

Math Warm-ups: Short Exercises for Review and Exploration

But not Torrel Harris, founder and president of Unique Sports Generation, which markets reversible warm-up suits stamped with National Basketball Association team logos.