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Alphabetical list of terms

Record 1 2012-01-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Racquet Sports
DEF

The result of hitting the tennis ball with a tennis racquet; sometimes refers to the actual placement of the ball or manner in which it is struck.

CONT

A shot is the combination of a stroke and the situation in which it is used.

OBS

"Long" is an informal expression used to indicate that a shot went out past the baseline. Important nuance: a "stroke" implies early preparation and a complete follow through. If one were to envision a stroke, one would see a series of sequences, ending with a "shot", i.e. the result of all of the above. Consequently, a "shot" is the result of the "stroke". "Shot" implies a quick, sharp movement because one is focusing on the end result, not the series of sequences leading up to it. A "blow" is rather an imprecise, general term similar in meaning to "shot". Although many would like to maintain these nuances in English, "shot" and "stroke" are often used synonymously. "Blow" is used only rarely. Note, however that although there are two possible equivalents ("coup" and "frappe") in French, neither are semantically identical to the English offerings. The Spanish term "pegada" works well as an equivalent for "shot", although technically the term more specifically refers to the actual hitting action caused by the racket coming in contact with the ball, and not to the end result [cause vs effect].

CONT

Keeping your feet wide apart is an important key to maintaining good balance and positioning while moving from shot to shot.

CONT

Since his injury in the first set, he has lost a lot of sting in his shots.

PHR

Shape, strength of shot. Barrage, range, string of shots.

PHR

Shot bounces. Shot drifts wide. Shot has no pace on it. Shot will go/sail long.

PHR

Accurate, aggressive, angled, approach, bread-and-butter, buggywhip, chip, cinch, crafty, cross-court, crummy, decisive, deep, defensive, delicate, down-the-line, down-the-T, drop, extraordinary, fantastic, fast, floating, floppy, follow-up, forcing, gutsy, hard, hard-to-read, high-risk, inside-out, kill, laser, looping, loose, low, low-percentage, low-risk, mammoth, midcourt, off-centre, offensive, outside-in, passing, percentage, power, pressure, recovery, risky, safe, set-up, shallow, sharp-angled, short, showoff, sloppy, soft, spin, strong, tactical, topspin, touch, tough, tricky, two-handed, underspin, varied, vicious, wide, winning, wrongfooting shot.

PHR

Irretrievable key shot.

PHR

To admire, angle, anticipate, attack, baby, block, bungle, center, chop down, conceal, cut off, develop, dip, direct, flatten out, go for, guide, handle, hit, hold, improvise, intercept, lean into, line up, make, meet, miss, move into, muff, muscle, net, place, play, pop up, practice, pull off, put away, retrieve, rifle, run down, rush through, send, set up, smack, spray, step into, take, target, telegraph, time, track, underspin, unleash a shot.

PHR

To add pep to a shot. To approach behind a shot. To be cute with a shot. To react to a shot. To scoop down for a shot. To put one’s whole body behind shot. To get one’s weight behind/into the shot. To mix up shots. To stream together shots.

PHR

To raise a shot high. To telegraph shop direction. To whip a shot up/down the line.

PHR

Crushing shots. Filing one’s body into a shot.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sports de raquette
CONT

[...] Rien pour embarrasser François dont la régularité des coups en fond de terrain et la grande ténacité font de ce jeune joueur le champion canadien des 14 ans et moins.

CONT

[...] ses coups assenés du fond du court avec cette insolente précision qui blanchit les lignes.

PHR

Coup d'approche, d'attaque, en angle, audacieux, de base, de contre-attaque, coupé, croisé, décentré, décisif, défensif, déguisé, dévastateur, époustouflant, d'expert, explosif, faiblard, fantaisiste, fatal, de grande classe, lourd, mal ajusté, offensif, plat, précis, puissant, raté, retenu, risque, souple, spectaculaire, tordu.

PHR

Puissance, tempo d'un coup. Déroulement du coup. Gamme, production des coups.

PHR

Anticiper, appuyer, centrer, ralentir, rater, tourner un coup.

PHR

Assurer un bon centrage d'un coup. Laisser aller ses coups.

PHR

Sortir des coups impressionnants.

Spanish

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

Efecto de jugar a pegar golpes a una pelota.

CONT

Cualidades que debe poseer un buen servicio [...] Variación constante de la pegada (plana o con efecto).

CONT

Vuelta a la posición de espera tardía, lo que hace dejar un hueco en el que nuestro adversario dirigirá su próximo tiro.

PHR

Tiro angulado. Golpe definitivo, defensivo, estático, violento.

PHR

Un golpe lleva efecto.

PHR

Angular un tiro.

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Record 2 2012-01-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Racquet Sports
CONT

Assuming that Joe is an average club player, he’ll almost always hit approximately to the same spot from that forehand corner of his. He won’t cross-court half the time and put it down the line or into the center the rest of the time.

PHR

Backhand, baseline, forehand, open, service box corner.

PHR

To pick the corner.

PHR

To put/place the ball into the corner.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sports de raquette
CONT

Après un échange réussi de dix coups, passer à un échange de vingt coups, en essayant de frapper profond dans les coins de coup droit.

PHR

Coin de coup droit, de revers.

PHR

Frapper les coins.

Spanish

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

Colocad el primer servicio en los ángulos.

CONT

Nos referimos al recorrido que describe el cuerpo en su desplazamiento hacia la pelota; éste ha de ser siempre [...] más o menos en dirección a la esquina derecha de la pista contraria, en diagonal [...] lo que es atajar la pelota, cortarle el camino. Si se ataca la pelota en este sentido, se irán encontrando grandes beneficios en el momento del impacto.

PHR

Esquina del drive.

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Record 3 2011-12-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Racquet Sports
DEF

The area on the playing court bounded by the service line, the baseline, and the sidelines.

CONT

Tactically, the area behind and up to your baseline is the backcourt.

CONT

... it's a sound rule always to ease over toward the center, even if you’re only a step or two away from it, the instant you’ve hit the ball.(Assuming, of course, that you’re in the backcourt, and playing singles. In forecourt your position should be somewhat different)....

PHR

Backcourt abilities.

PHR

To remain in the backcourt.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sports de raquette
DEF

Partie du court qui est proche de la ligne de fond, de part et d'autre.

CONT

La Canadienne Patricia Hy [...] a mal paru contre une adversaire qui est demeurée au fond du court, contrairement au tournoi de Wimbledon où [Jana Novotna] s'amenait souvent au filet.

PHR

Se cantonner au fond du court, être acculé en fond de court.

PHR

Jouer en arrière court.

Key term(s)
  • fond du jeu

Spanish

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

Si bien puede incluir la tierra de nadie, se refiere a la zona posterior a la línea de fondo.

CONT

[El golpe cortado es un] golpe muy seguro desde el fondo de la pista.

PHR

Permanecer en el fondo de pista.

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Record 4 2011-11-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Racquet Sports
DEF

A tennis player who, as opposed to a "tournament player", regularly plays at a club rather than on a professional tour.

CONT

Assuming that Joe is an average club player, he’ll almost always hit approximately to the same spot from that forehand corner of his. He won’t cross-court half the time and put it down the line or into the center the rest of the time.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sports de raquette
DEF

Joueur ou joueuse de tennis qui, contrairement au «joueur/joueuse de tournoi», joue régulièrement sur les courts dun club et non sur le tour professionnel.

Spanish

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

[...] el golpe cortado de revés lo están practicando no solamente los jugadores de club y principiantes, sino también los jugadores de torneos [...]

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Record 5 2010-04-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Baseball and Softball
  • Golf
DEF

The area surrounding the center of mass of a... bat or clubhead which is the most effective part with which to hit the ball.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Baseball et softball
  • Golf
OBS

La zone d'impact est beaucoup plus petite sur un bâton de baseball et encore plus sur la face d'un bâton de golf que sur une raquette de tennis.

Spanish

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Record 6 2004-02-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Golf
  • Baseball and Softball
  • Racquet Sports
  • Bowling, Billiards and Other Ball Games
DEF

A flight of a ball(as in golf, tennis, volleyball) that deflects to the right of a right-handed player or to the left of a left-handed player usually as a result of being hit across its center line; a ball following such a course.

OBS

Antonym: hook.

OBS

to slice: To hit a ball to the opposite field by accident. That is, (in baseball) a right-handed hitter hitting to right field and a left-handed hitter hitting to left field. While a slice on the golf course can cost you three strokes, on the ball field it can get you three bases.

Key term(s)
  • sliced ball

French

Domaine(s)
  • Golf
  • Baseball et softball
  • Sports de raquette
  • Quilles, billards et autres jeux de boules
OBS

Crochet à gauche pour les gauchers

OBS

Ce terme est utilisé dans tous les sports où une balle est frappée ou lancée.

Key term(s)
  • crochet à gauche

Spanish

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Record 7 2002-06-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Racquet Sports
DEF

An area 21 feet deep between the net and the service line which includes both service courts (ad court and deuce court) and the doubles alleys for doubles play.

CONT

... it's a sound rule always to ease over toward the center, even if you’re only a step or two away from it, the instant you’ve hit the ball.(Assuming, of course, that you’re in the backcourt, and playing singles. In forecourt your position should be somewhat different)....

OBS

The two service courts (left + right) make up the "forecourt" area. Related term: ideal volley position (IVP).

OBS

In Spanish, cajón de servicio, in the singular means service court, but in the plural (cajones de servicio), it means forecourt.

OBS

fore court: badminton term.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sports de raquette
DEF

Zone du court située entre le filet et les lignes de service.

OBS

avant du court : terme de badminton.

Spanish

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

La zona de la red que va de la red a la línea de servicio.

CONT

[Jugada que] permite solventar las deficiencias de altura y responder con eficacia a los globos profundos cuando se está en la zona de la red.

OBS

Los términos "cajón de servicio" y "cuadro de saque" se usan en plural en este contexto.

Key term(s)
  • cajón de servicio
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Record 8 2000-07-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Racquet Sports
CONT

Assuming that Joe is an average club player, he’ll almost always hit approximately to the same spot from that forehand corner of his. He won’t cross-court half the time and put it down the line or into the center the rest of the time.

Key term(s)
  • cross court

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sports de raquette
OBS

Locution connexe : smasher en diagonale.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Deportes de raqueta
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Record 9 1996-01-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Racquet Sports
DEF

Small area on the tennis court where a player aims his shots.

CONT

Assuming that Joe is an average club player, he’ll almost always hit approximately to the same spot from that forehand corner of his. He won’t cross-court half the time and put it down the line or into the center the rest of the time.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sports de raquette

Spanish

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

[...] al lanzar la pelota para colocarla en el punto idóneo [...]

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