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TWO-HANDER [2 records]

Record 1 2011-12-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Racquet Sports
PHR

Sharp, wild two-handed backhand.

PHR

To mail a two-handed backhand.

Key term(s)
  • two-handed backhand shot
  • two handed backhand
  • two hander
  • two fisted backhand
  • two fisted backhand shot

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sports de raquette
CONT

Le revers à deux mains existe depuis longtemps. C'est Björn Borg qui en a relancé la mode à partir de 1975 [...] la prise western de coup droit [...], avec le revers à deux mains, constitue la panoplie du parfait petit lifteur.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Deportes de raqueta
CONT

Hace ya años, sobre todo desde que Borg empezó a ganar torneos y empezamos a ver su forma clásica de realizar el revés a dos manos [...]

Key term(s)
  • revés de dos manos
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Record 2 2011-12-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Racquet Sports
CONT

The use of both hands to make a stroke, either backhand or forehand, makes it a two-handed or two-fisted stroke.

OBS

two-hander: slang.

PHR

To drill, hit, tag a two-handed shot.

Key term(s)
  • two-handed drive
  • two-fisted shot
  • two-handed shot

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sports de raquette
OBS

à deux mains : certains joueurs tiennent leur raquette à deux mains pour la mouvoir.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Deportes de raqueta
OBS

A dos manos: Ejecutar el swing cogiendo la raqueta con ambas manos.

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