ELI5: Explain Like I'm 5

Russian swing

Okay kiddo, have you ever been on a swing at the playground? You know how you kick your legs back and forth to make the swing go higher and higher? Well, a Russian swing is like a super duper big swing that two people can sit on together.

Instead of just kicking their legs, these people use a really big seesaw to launch themselves into the air! Imagine sitting on one side of a teeter-totter and having someone jump on the other side to send you flying up into the sky. That's what a Russian swing does, but it's much bigger and more powerful.

People on the Russian swing can do all sorts of cool tricks in the air too, like flips and twists. It's like doing gymnastics, but while flying through the air. It takes a lot of practice and skill to do all these tricks, but it sure does look amazing when they pull them off!
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