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FOREHAND HIT [22 records]

Record 1 2024-08-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Racquet Sports
DEF

... a forehand or backhand that is hit well over the top of [the] opponent's head so that it lands deep in the court, toward the baseline.

OBS

Used either as a defensive shot that enables a player to regain position or as an offensive shot to regain net superiority.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sports de raquette
DEF

Coup exécuté de façon que la balle passe très haut au-dessus de l'adversaire et rebondisse près de la ligne de fond.

OBS

[La chandelle] peut être [défensive] ou [offensive]. Dans tous les cas, il s'agit de faire passer la balle au-dessus d'un adversaire monté au filet.

OBS

lob; lobe : Même si les emprunts anglais «lob» et «lobe» sont couramment utilisés en français pour désigner ce type de coup, leur emploi est déconseillé. Le terme français «chandelle» est à privilégier.

Spanish

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

Golpe en el cual la pelota se eleva con la intención de sobrepasar a un adversario que ha subido a la red con ánimo de ganar la pelota.

PHR

Globo de ataque, profundo.

PHR

Una serie de globos.

PHR

Devolver, ocultar, lanzar un globo.

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Record 2 2014-05-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Racquet Sports
DEF

To regain one’s composure on the tennis court after having scrambled to make a defensive shot.

CONT

The most important elements of the power forehand are the hip and shoulder rotation, increased racquet-head speed and a strong lower-body foundation, using the legs as the base to hit the shot and recover for the next one.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sports de raquette
DEF

Revenir se placer dans sa position initiale aussitôt après avoir effectué un coup.

CONT

[...] le simple déplacement [...] pour le smash ne permet pas d'atteindre une balle très haute. Il faut donc en fin de déplacement effectuer un ciseau vers l'avant permettant ainsi au corps déséquilibré vers l'arrière de reprendre son équilibre et de se récupérer sur la jambe gauche.

CONT

À un peu moins de 2 m du filet, en position d'attente, déplacez la jambe droite, bloquer la balle devant vous et replacez-vous.

CONT

[...] vous avez eu le temps de regarder la balle et d'ajuster votre placement. [Cette solution] a néanmoins l'inconvénient de ne pas être la plus efficace, parce que vous laissez à l'adversaire le temps de se replacer.

PHR

Se replacer sur la bissectrice de l'angle ouvert à l'adversaire.

Key term(s)
  • replacer

Spanish

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

El globo de ataque es otra parte importante [del globo]; éste se realiza con la intención de desbordar al contrario; ya no estamos defendiéndonos, no tenemos ese agobio, y lo que buscamos es tiempo para rehacer nuestro juego.

CONT

[...] no dude en levantar la pelota hacia arriba, realizando un "globo"; esto le permitirá retomar su posición.

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Record 3 2012-01-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Racquet Sports
  • Phraseology
CONT

The most important elements of the power forehand are the hip and shoulder rotation, increased racquet-head speed and a strong lower-body foundation, using the legs as the base to hit the shot and recover for the next one.

CONT

Uncocking the laid-back wrist creates a whippy motion that gives her racquet head speed and, as a result, pace.

OBS

The French term "accélération" [procédé de traduction dit «modulation»] is not a perfect match [for "racquet-head speed"], but fits nonetheless in most contexts since the term is more often than not used to describe any type of shot requiring increased racquet-head speed rather than a change in rhythm per se.

PHR

To develop racquet-head speed.

Key term(s)
  • racket-head speed

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sports de raquette
  • Phraséologie
DEF

Changement de rythme par une frappe plus puissante ou plus précoce de la balle.

PHR

Donner de l'accélération à la raquette.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Deportes de raqueta
  • Fraseología
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Record 4 2012-01-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Racquet Sports
CONT

... the instant you’ve hit wide and deep to his forehand... you’d better move back to your right for his return.

OBS

strike: term also used in table tennis.

OBS

hit, strike: terms also used in badminton.

PHR

To hit cleanly, deep, late, firmly, long, out, powerfully, short, solidly, up.

PHR

To hit away from. To hit on the run.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sports de raquette
CONT

[Joueur de tennis qui] frappe des deux mains des deux côtés.

CONT

Il cogne aussi fort qu'avant, aussi âpre à la victoire.

OBS

frapper : terme employé aussi au badminton et au tennis de table.

PHR

Frapper à plat, à ras le filet, au sommet, avec autorité, avec vigueur, comme une mule, convenablement, dans la balle, dans le rebord, doucement, du bras, en brossé, en chop, en parallèle, en profondeur, en croisé, en retard, fermement, franchement, les coins, les lignes, nettement, puissamment, rageusement, sèchement, solidement, vers le bas, violemment.

Spanish

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

[El lob es un golpe] liftado, golpeado de abajo arriba.

PHR

Golpear fuerte.

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Record 5 2012-01-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Racquet Sports
DEF

A ground stroke played by left-handers to the left of the body, and by right-handers to the right.

CONT

For the right-handed player, all strokes on the right side of the body are forehand and all strokes on the left side of the body are backhand.

CONT

When Greg Rusedski hits a tennis ball, it seems to involve a lot of moving parts. A lean six-foot-four and 190 pounds, he’s all arms and legs as he whomps his big serve and whacks his forehands and backhands.

CONT

After Becker plopped a forehand into the net, he offered a perfunctory handshake at the net without even glancing at Voinea.

OBS

Both the French and Spanish make much use of the anglicism "drive", albeit not in a correct fashion : In English "drive" is supposed to imply a ball hit with a lot of pace to win a point outright, regardless of the type of spin used to accomplish this task, and regardless of which side it is hit(forehand or backhand).(The terms "shot" and "stroke", being more neutral, need not imply any added spin whatsoever.) However in both French and Spanish, "drive" is also used often as a synonym for "forehand"(shot/stroke).

PHR

Backspin, blistering, crosscourt, dipping, dishrag, dodgy, flat, full, inside-out, lefthanded, powerful, running, scorching, sharp, slice, topspin, whippy, winning forehand.

PHR

To club, crack, dip, execute, fire, flip, hook, line up, loop, poke at, rip, slam, smack, snap, stroke, unload, whack a forehand. To come over, contact, hold, nail the forehand.

OBS

Forehand can break down, tends to fly.

PHR

Forehand side, slice.

PHR

Forehand on the run.

Key term(s)
  • forehander

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sports de raquette
DEF

[...] coup après rebond de la balle effectué habituellement au fond du terrain, du côté du corps dont la main tient la raquette.

CONT

Pour un droitier, tous les coups donnés à droite sont considérés comme des coups droits et à gauche comme des revers.

OBS

Dans une source européenne on relève, «un droit» (décocher des droits foudroyants) pour signifier le coup droit, mais aussi, et de façon incorrecte, l'anglicisme «drive» admis en Europe. Ce dernier terme signifie en réalité «un coup puissant renvoyant la balle avec force en lui faisant raser le filet» et ne doit pas être utilisé comme synonyme de coup droit, tout coup frappé avec la paume de la main faisant face au mouvement de la balle, que le coup soit exécuté de la droite ou de la gauche.

OBS

À éviter l'anglicisme générique «drive». Ce terme peut être aussi synonyme de «coup d'attaque». À propos, il existe divers types de coups droits : à plat, lifté (généralement à vocation offensive), coupé (souvent coup d'attente).

CONT

[Elle] fait partie de la nouvelle génération des joueuses qui frappent très fort au coup droit et au revers et elle possède un excellent service.

PHR

Coup droit dévastateur, décroisé, en course, fulgurant, puissant/précis, tendu.

PHR

Joueur doté d'un bon coup droit.

PHR

Croiser un coup droit.

Key term(s)
  • coup d'avant-main

Spanish

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

Golpe que se ejecuta en el lado derecho del cuerpo.

CONT

El golpe de derecha, o «drive», es el golpe más básico del tenis.

PHR

Golpe de derecha cortado, liftado, plano.

PHR

Realizar un golpe de derecha.

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Record 6 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 7 2011-12-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Racquet Sports
DEF

An offensive groundstroke where the tennis ball is propelled forcefully with either top spin or with a flat-faced racquet deep into an opponent’s court. Such a quick shot would barely clear the net.

OBS

Both the French and Spanish make much use of the anglicism "drive", albeit not in a correct fashion : In English "drive" is supposed to imply a ball hit with a lot of pace to win a point outright, regardless of the type of spin used to accomplish this task.(The terms "shot" and "stroke", being more neutral, need not imply any added spin whatsoever) However in both French and Spanish, "drive" is often used as a synonym for "forehand"(shot/stroke), or like English it can refer to any hard shot, whether on the backhand or forehand side.

CONT

... driven shots down the line can travel above head height at the net and still drop inside the base-line.

PHR

Angled, backhand, cross-court, deep, flat, forehand, hard, penetrating drive.

PHR

A drive leaves the racket.

PHR

To hit, return, rip, smack, wallop a drive. To thread the needle with a drive.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sports de raquette
DEF

Frappe de la balle avec force après son rebond. La balle tombe habituellement dans le fond du terrain.

OBS

drive : terme générique qui ne s'emploie guère au Canada. Utiliser plutôt «coup droit» ou «coup de revers», ou «boulet» (coup puissant) selon le cas.

CONT

Les coups d'approche. Il s'agit d'un coup droit ou d'un revers d'attaque sur une balle courte de l'adversaire qui préparent une montée au filet destinée à conclure le point.

CONT

Effet brossé de revers [...] Voilà un coup d'attaque qui requiert un parfaite synchronisation.

PHR

Drive lifté, d'attaque, éclair.

PHR

Délivrer des drives.

Spanish

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

El anglicismo-término «drive» puede tener dos traducciones inglesas: 1) drive (sentido genérico) 2) forehand drive (sentido específico). El término «golpe de ataque» es genérico y así puede tener traducciones diferentes según el contexto.

CONT

Revés liftado [...] Este golpe de ataque requiere perfecta coordinación.

CONT

[El golpe liftado de derecha] es, normalmente, de ataque, es un golpe que suele desbordar bastante está bien ejecutado y que se emplea, sobre todo, para mover al contrario de un lado a otro, siendo muy efectivos los golpes cruzados; en este caso, el cruzado de derecha, haciendo que, como el bote es rápido y muy alto, el contrario, para devolverlo, tenga que salirse literalmente de la pista.

PHR

Golpe de ataque angulado.

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Record 8 2011-12-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Racquet Sports
DEF

A short-angled shot aimed for the sideline.

OBS

Both the French and Spanish make much use of the anglicism «drive», albeit not in a correct fashion : In English «drive» is supposed to imply a ball hit with a lot of pace to win a point outright, regardless of the type of spin used to accomplish this task.(The terms "shot" and "stroke", being more neutral, need not imply any added spin whatsoever) However in both French and Spanish, «drive» is often used as a synonym for "forehand"(shot/stroke), or like English it can refer to any hard shot, whether on the backhand or forehand side. A hook shot is a type of angle shot.

CONT

Angled drive. Tactics. A useful ploy is to hit angled cross court drives ....

PHR

Sharp angle shot.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sports de raquette
OBS

Un bon stratagème consiste à frapper croisé en angle, tel qu'illustré. Tombant soit près de la ligne de côté, soit entre la ligne de service et la ligne de fond, le coup déborde l'adversaire, laissant le court ouvert pour le prochain coup.

Spanish

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

Drive angulado. Tácticas. Pegar drives cruzados y con mucha angulación, como ilustra la figura, puede dar buenos resultados.

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Record 9 2011-12-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Racquet Sports
DEF

A deep shot usually initiated from midcourt that gives a player enough time to move toward the net and set up for a first volley; this may be a topspin drive or a slice shot depending on the player’s preference.

OBS

Sometimes "approach shot" is used synonymously with the more specific term "forcing shot", especially in reference to a hard drive rather than a sliced shot after which a player may advance to the net.

PHR

Depth on an approach shot.

PHR

Attack, backhand, crisp, deep, flat, forehand, short, slice, sneak, solid, stop and hit, topspin, underspin, well-placed approach shot.

PHR

To aim, attack, attack behind, contact, develop, drive, execute, guide, hit, land, neglect, place, plan, play, practice, return, scatter, set up, sharpen, toss, underspin an approach shot.

PHR

To hit an approach shot flat. To hit an approach shot with topspin. To hit an approach shot with underspin. To approach shot bounces.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sports de raquette
DEF

[...] coup effectué à mi-terrain permettant au joueur de monter au filet, que ce soit à la volée ou après rebond court de la balle.

OBS

Coup d'approche lifté, plat, à contre-pied.

PHR

Couper un coup d'approche.

Spanish

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

[Golpe] ejecutado para preparar la subida a la red.

CONT

Aproximación. Se trata de cualquier golpe con que se prepara la subida a la red. Puede ser tanto cruzado como paralelo o al centro.

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Record 10 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 11 2011-03-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Racquet Sports
DEF

A type of forehand shot in which the player runs around his backhand to hit a cross-court forehand into the opponent's backhand side.

OBS

... running around your backhand to hit the inside-out forehand....

PHR

Slight inside-out forehand.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sports de raquette

Spanish

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Record 12 2011-03-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Racquet Sports
CONT

Mayotte... advances to the net to hit a volley but he does not put enough strength into his stroke and, with the ball landing on his service line, Chang is allowed to move forward and hit a vicious cross-court forehand, well out of Mayotte's reach.

PHR

To dip a cross-court forehand.

Key term(s)
  • crosscourt forehand
  • crosscourt forehand drive
  • crosscourt forehand shot
  • cross-court forehand drive
  • cross-court forehand shot

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sports de raquette
CONT

[...] Agassi s'adjugeait une deuxième manche éclair par un coup droit croisé sur la ligne [...]

Spanish

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Record 13 2011-03-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Racquet Sports
CONT

Opponents will be used to reading forehand returns from the traditional [one-handed] stroke and may find it less easy to assess pace and direction off the two-handed hit.

OBS

impact, hitting action: also used in badminton.

PHR

Downward hit.

PHR

To soften the hit.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sports de raquette
CONT

Les pieds bien écartés entrent dans la frappe, ce qui abaisse le centre de gravité et favorise d'autant la stabilité.

OBS

impact : terme de badminton.

Spanish

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

Separe mucho los pies y avance hacia el impacto, agáchese todo cuanto pueda y ganará estabilidad.

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Record 14 2007-04-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Racquet Sports
CONT

Good athletes in all sports have great balance. They keep their heads upright and their bodies relatively straight up and down in order to be able to operate from a solid base.

CONT

Notice how my legs have provided a solid base, with the knees slightly bent to start the uncoiling into the shot ... The pros end up with a wide base after pulling the back leg around.

CONT

The most important elements of the power forehand are the hip and shoulder rotation, increased racquet-head speed and a strong lower-body foundation, using the legs as the base to hit the shot and recover for the next one.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sports de raquette
CONT

[...] transfert en double appui du poids du corps.

Spanish

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

Doble apoyo en el suelo. Los dos pies en el suelo es la posición ideal en la que debéis encontraros para ejecutar un golpe desde el fondo de la pista; el peso del cuerpo se traslada del pie trasero al delantero durante el movimiento de pagada.

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Record 15 2006-08-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Racquet Sports
CONT

Mayotte... advances to the net to hit a volley but he does not put enough strength into his stroke and, with the ball landing on his service line, Chang is allowed to move forward and hit a vicious cross-court forehand, well out of Mayotte's reach.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sports de raquette
DEF

Évaluation de l'espace à l'intérieur duquel un joueur de tennis est en mesure de frapper un retour de balle en tenant compte de la longueur de son bras, de la distance qu'il est raisonnablement en mesure de franchir sur le jeu et de la vitesse de la balle.

Spanish

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Record 16 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 17 2000-07-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Racquet Sports
CONT

... final between [Becker and Lendl, Becker] shows how to break the rhythm with a topspin forehand, hit on the run, to Lendl in the forecourt. The pace of the dip on the ball causes Lendl to mistime his stroke.

CONT

To hit the ball on the (dead) run.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sports de raquette

Spanish

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Record 18 1998-04-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Racquet Sports
DEF

Popular forehand grip in which the player "shakes hands" with the racket handle in a natural hand position. Also known as the shake hands grip.

DEF

A grip in which the "V" formed by the thumb and index finger is above but slightly toward the right of the racket handle as a right-handed player prepares to hit a forehand.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sports de raquette
DEF

Prise typique du coup droit, aussi appelée «poignée de main».

CONT

La prise que je vous recommande pour vos volées de coup droit est la prise eastern ou prise «poignée de mains».

OBS

L'expression, originaire de la côte Est des États-Unis, est ainsi appelée parce que la main est dans la même position que pour serrer celle d'un vis-à-vis.

Spanish

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

Empuñadura eastern y oriental. Es la llamada empuñadura del apretón de mano. Debéis asir la raqueta como si estrecharais la mano a una persona. [...] es la que ofrece mayores ventajas, ya que la muñeca protege el golpe; el revés se consigue girando la mano hacia el interior de la raqueta.

CONT

Como referencia hay que saber que la empuñadura que recomendamos como más corriente y que, además, es la que está mucho más extendida en los jugadores de primera clase, es la empuñadura «este», bien para la derecha o bien para el revés; es una empuñadura que no es muy difícil de realizar, porque, además, todos en algunos momentos hemos saludado a alguien, y es algo parecido; la conocemos como la empuñadura del «apretón de manos» [...]

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Record 19 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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Record 20 1996-01-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Racquet Sports
OBS

Both the French and Spanish make much use of the anglicism «drive», albeit not in a correct fashion : In English «drive» is supposed to imply a ball hit with a lot of pace to win a point outright, regardless of the type of spin used to accomplish this task, and regardless of which side it is hit(forehand or backhand).(The terms "shot" and "stroke", being more neutral, need not imply any added spin whatsoever.) However in both French and Spanish, «drive» is also used often as a synonym for "forehand"(shot/stroke).

Key term(s)
  • flat forehand shot

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sports de raquette

Spanish

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

Trayectoria recta, poco efecto, golpe clásico del tenis. Es el golpe más rápido que existe.

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Record 21 1996-01-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Racquet Sports
OBS

Monica Seles(women's game) and Byron Black(men's game) both hit with a two-handed forehand and two-handed backhand. Related phraseology : two-handed shot, to hit with two hands off both sides, to hit off both wings(with lots of pace).

CONT

He hits with both a two-handed backhand and a two-handed forehand.

Key term(s)
  • two-handed stroke

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sports de raquette
DEF

Style de tennis où le joueur frappe des deux mains des deux côtés.

OBS

Phraséologie connexe : jouer à deux mains en revers et en coup droit.

Key term(s)
  • revers et coup droit à deux mains
  • coup à deux mains

Spanish

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

[...] Pancho González [realizaba] con toda soltura los dos golpes a dos manos.

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Record 22 1995-10-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Racquet Sports
DEF

Type of shot in tennis where the player runs around his backhand to hit a cross-court forehand into the opponent's backhand side.

OBS

... running around your backhand to hit the inside-out forehand....

Key term(s)
  • inside-out

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sports de raquette
OBS

Terme connexe : coup décentré.

CONT

Un plan de frappe arrière entraîne un décroisé.

Spanish

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