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FOREHAND SIDE [13 records]

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Record 1 2024-08-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Racquet Sports
DEF

A hard straight return made on the forehand side.

OBS

forehand drive: term used in badminton, tennis or squash.

Key term(s)
  • fore-hand drive

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sports de raquette
OBS

[...] un coup droit tendu [...] a pour but de surprendre les adversaires par un volant rapide dirigé sur eux.

OBS

coup droit tendu : terme utilisé en badminton, tennis ou squash.

OBS

drive coup droit : Bien que l'anglicisme «drive» soit bien implanté dans l'usage, il est préférable de privilégier l'emploi du terme français «coup droit tendu».

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Deportes de raqueta
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Record 2 2017-12-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Racquet Sports
DEF

One who is called upon, often without remuneration, to return or feed balls to a player requiring hitting practice. Such a player has the specific objective of sharpening the skills of a player. Games are usually not played.

OBS

Not to be confused with "trainer", "pro", or "coach". A professional tennis player may have a coach, a trainer and a "hitting partner" help him in his efforts to win tournaments and prize money. The term "sparring partner", borrowed from boxing, is sometimes used colloquially as a synonym for "hitting partner". A colloquial term often used as a synonym: (tennis) buddy.

CONT

Have your coach or practice partner return shots to you at varying heights and widths on your forehand side so that you can train to get back to a court position which encourages another shot to your forehand.

PHR

to hit with a practice partner

Key term(s)
  • tennis buddy
  • buddy

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sports de raquette
DEF

Terme de boxe valant aussi pour le Tennis : joueur ou joueuse avec qui s'entraîner, contre rémunération ou non, pour parfaire l'exécution de ses coups, corriger des défauts bien précis ou simplement s'exercer à retourner des balles peu importe la trajectoire suivie ou l'effet imputé.

CONT

Établie 5e favorite, la gagnante du tournoi Katerina Maleeva éprouve quelques difficultés avec son classement international (41e) depuis le retrait des compétitions de sa sœur Manuela, amie, confidente et compagne d'entraînement.

CONT

Lorsque je voyageais autour du monde avec Mats Wilander, nous l'utilisions souvent comme partenaire d'entraînement.

CONT

Pour que l'exercice réussisse, demandez à votre partenaire de jeu de lancer la balle un peu plus à votre droite [...]

Spanish

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

[...] es fácil encontrar una cancha para practicar [el tenis] con un compañero.

CONT

Lo ideal es que el compañero de prácticas sepa colocar la pelota lo suficientemente bien como para que al principio sólo se necesite abrir el movimiento con el pie izquierdo, ajustar y golpear simultáneamente con el siguiente pie derecho.

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Record 3 2013-11-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Racquet Sports
CONT

A correct shake-hands table tennis grip should have your index finger on the backhand rubber, your thumb tucked in on the forehand side, the other three fingers loosely wrapped around the handle, little to no gap between the top of the handle and your hand [and] the "V" or crease of your hand in line with the edge of the bat.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sports de raquette
CONT

Les trois principales méthodes pour tenir la raquette sont la prise classique ou européenne, la chinoise et la coréenne. L’avantage de la prise européenne réside dans le fait que les 2 faces de la raquette sont utilisées.

OBS

prise classique; prise européenne : termes de tennis de table.

Spanish

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

Término de tenis de mesa.

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Record 4 2012-07-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Racquet Sports
DEF

The right-hand service court into which the server must serve when the score is "deuce". In other words, the right half of a tennis player’s court as that player faces the opposing baseline.

OBS

The term "forehand court" is only valid if one were to assume that the recipient of the message is a righthander. Otherwise use one of the other synonyms. Other related term: station (e.g. to stand in the correct station before serving).

CONT

When you are serving from your forehand side, it's usually a good idea to give your receiver another wide-angle serve that takes him across his forehand sideline.

CONT

If your volley went to the other sideline (his backhand), you’ll do just the reverse: you’ll drift over into your own forehand court.

CONT

In delivering the service, the Server shall stand alternately behind the right and left Courts beginning from the right in every game.

CONT

The point score being 15-all, the Server, by mistake, serves from the left-hand Court. He wins the point. He then serves again from the right-hand Court, delivering a fault.

Key term(s)
  • righthand court

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sports de raquette
DEF

Pour un droitier, le côté droit du court.

OBS

Terme connexe : moitié du terrain (p. ex.: effectuer son service à partir de la bonne moitié du terrain), diagonale des égalités, carré de service droit.

CONT

[...] si vous servez, par exemple, du demi-court droit, vous devez placer la balle dans le demi-court opposé.

CONT

En alternance, le joueur effectue son service à partir de la moitié droite puis de la moitié gauche du terrain, en commençant par la droite à chaque jeu [...]

Spanish

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

Con el tanteo de 15 iguales, el jugador al que le corresponde sacar lo hace, por error, desde el lado izquierdo [...] Sirve, a continuación, desde el lado derecho, fallando el primer saque [...]

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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 2012-01-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Racquet Sports
DEF

Either the area close to the left sideline or the area close to the right sideline of a tennis court. Sometimes used to refer to the side from which a stroke is initiated, as in the phrase, "he is steady on both wings", i. e. he is consistent on both the backhand and on the forehand sides.

OBS

Warning: the term "side" is both generic and ambiguous in tennis. Depending on the perspective of the person using the term, it can either mean the area to the left or right of him, or the area on the other side of the net (=end). To avoid ambiguity, qualify the term "side" (the opposing side = el campo de su adversario) or use the term "wing", depending on the circumstance. Compare with "end".

CONT

[Seles] creamed the ball off both sides with the same old vengeance ....

CONT

It's his forehand side that can break down, but his opponent can fire from both wings very effectively.

CONT

That side is as solid as rock. She hit well on both sides.

CONT

You may feel you’re leaving yourself unprotected on the flanks....

PHR

Backhand, forehand, open, strong, weak side.

PHR

To hit cleanly on both sides. To hit off both sides. To overload a side.

PHR

Side that cracks under pressure.

PHR

Backhand/forehand side has deserted him.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sports de raquette
DEF

Terme générique pour désigner l'aire de jeu de long de la ligne de côté du simple ou du double sur un court de tennis.

CONT

Agrandissez la zone de tir du côté faible de l'opposant.

Spanish

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

campo: término genérico.

CONT

Durante el saque, el jugador debe colocarse, alternativamente, en el lado derecho e izquierdo de su campo [...]

CONT

Casi ninguno de los principiantes, cuando comienzan a ejecutar movimientos por el drive y por el revés, observan esta especie de «miedo» a realizar la volea por el lado del revés [...]

CONT

¿Puede el jugador que efectúa el saque, en un partido de individuales, colocarse en la parte de la línea de fondo, y detrás de ella, situada entre las líneas que delimitan lateralmente el campo para individuales y las que lo delimitan, asimismo lateralmente, para los partidos de dobles?

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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 2011-03-24

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 10 2002-06-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Racquet Sports
DEF

A tennis player who is left-handed, i. e.(s) he hits his or her forehand on the left side of the body.

OBS

The term "lefty" is slang, as is "southpaw".

CONT

How about his left arm (if he’s right-handed, or his right arm if he’s a left-hander)?

Key term(s)
  • southpaw

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sports de raquette
DEF

Joueur ou joueuse de tennis qui tient sa raquette de la main gauche et frappe ses coups droits sur son côté gauche.

CONT

Encore classée sixième mondiale à 38 ans, la gauchère émérite a décidé de tourner la page après une longue carrière entamée victorieusement il y a 20 ans au tournoi d'Orlando, son premier succès chez les professionnelles.

Spanish

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

El servicio cortado sirve para la segunda pelota. Los zurdos lo utilizan muchísimo, ya que desbordan a los diestros sobre el revés.

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Record 11 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 12 1996-01-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Racquet Sports
CONT

You may find that the backhand volley is easier to play than its counterpart on the forehand side, because when you take up the sideways-on position your playing arm leads the way and encourages positive action.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sports de raquette
CONT

Vous pourriez trouver la volée de revers plus facile que celle du coup droit, parce que, quand vous prenez la position parallèle, la main porteuse mène le jeu et favorise un réel travail.

Spanish

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Record 13 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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