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Record 1 2002-09-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Basketball
DEF

The area where teams line up to shoot foul shots, formerly shaped like a key.

CONT

At each end of the court a free-throw lane is marked. It is a rectangle 12 ft wide and extending 19 ft from the end-line. A semi-circle with a radius of 6 ft is drawn from the center of the free-throw lane giving the lane some resemblance to a keyhole. Hence it is normally referred to as the "key". No player is allowed to remain in the key for more than 3 sec. when his team has the possession of the ball.

CONT

From the ends of the foul line to the base line run two lines that form the free throw lane, or foul lane.... In international play the foul lane is 17 feet wide at the base line, and therefore its lines slant outward from the 12-foot-wide free throw lane.

Key term(s)
  • free throw lane
  • free-shot lane
  • free shot lane
  • foul-shot lane
  • foul shot lane
  • foul lane

French

Domaine(s)
  • Basket-ball
DEF

Zone où se range l'équipe pour exécuter les pénalités [...].

OBS

Autrefois, cette zone avait la forme d'une clé.

OBS

Installations/matériel.

Key term(s)
  • zone de lancer-franc
  • couloir de lancer-franc
  • zone de coup franc
  • couloir de coup franc
  • zone des lancers francs
  • zone des lancers-francs
  • zone des coups francs
  • couloir des lancers-francs
  • couloir des coups francs
  • clé

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Básquetbol
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Record 2 1999-12-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Basketball
OBS

Technique/tactics.

CONT

In a set shot, the shooter may use one or two hands, and he faces the basket with his feet firmly planted.

CONT

The jump shot has largely replaced the set shot in the modern game. The set shot is like the jump shot, but the feet stay on the floor. It is used from longer range and for free throws from the free-throw line.

OBS

[For the set shot] one hand steadies the ball as the other makes the throw.

Key term(s)
  • set throw
  • two-hand set shot
  • two-handed set shot
  • set-shot

French

Domaine(s)
  • Basket-ball
OBS

Technique/tactique.

CONT

Le lancer en suspension a presque entièrement remplacé le lancer sur place. Les deux sont semblables, mais, dans le second, les pieds restent au sol. On l'emploie pour les lancers de grande distance et pour les lancers francs.

OBS

[Pour le lancer sur place] une main assure l'équilibre du ballon, tandis que l'autre exécute le lancer.

Spanish

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