Change on the fly

A flying change describes a quick change, exchange or replacement without interruptions.

The term is used in parallel in different areas:

• For the complete or almost seamless change between politics and business , specifically in an important position in a commercial enterprise (see also revolving door effect ).
• In equestrian sport, one speaks of a flying change of canter when the horse performs the change in the suspension phase of the gallop .
• In team sport, the replacement of a player without interrupting the game.
• In athletics, the handover of the baton at the relay race .
• In improvisational theater as a game in which different scenes and players are quickly separated from one another.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Lena Kaiser: A flying change . In the Taz of August 12, 2014 (accessed December 30, 2015).