The word pivot or pivot has one meaning or another depending on the context in which it is used. There are three areas in which it is possible to use it: in relation to mechanics, in certain team sports and in the business world.
In the world of mechanics
Some gadgets or machines work with fixed hinge systems that allow a structure to move or rotate independently. For this to be possible, a fixed point or axis that acts as a support or pivot is necessary. Thus, the pivot is what allows a machine to be oriented towards a place.
This structure has different modalities (there are mechanical and hydraulic pivots and there are also pivot joints of the bone system, for example in human knees).
In some team sports
In most team sports, each player has a specific role depending on their physical and technical qualities. The figure of the pivot or pivot has an important role in basketball and handball.
In basketball, the role of the pivot is normally exercised by a player of great stature. This characteristic allows him to be useful both in defense and attack and always close to the rim. When he is defending the pivot can block the shots of the rivals or block their positions and when he attacks his greater height allows him to pick up the rebounds more easily.
In handball the pivot is also a tall player with great physical strength. Its main function is to unblock the defense of the opposing team in order to create spaces so that other players on your team can throw the ball to the opposing goal more easily.
In other team sports, such as rugby or volleyball, the figure of the pivot does not exist.
Pivot in business strategy
When something rotates on an axis, the action of pivoting occurs. However, in business terminology the verb pivot is used in a very particular sense. It speaks of the ability to pivot of a company to refer to a certain quality: adaptation to changes and new trends. In this way, a company pivots when it adapts with agility and speed to the change processes that occur around it.
Therefore, the idea of pivoting is equivalent to change and implies a turn in the initial strategy in order to seek greater profitability (for example, pivoting a company can be based on a radical change in the price policy or alter the initial model of business).
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