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GOOD SPORTS [4 records]

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Record 1 2011-03-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Racquet Sports
CONT

Good athletes in all sports have great balance... It's important to keep your eyes, head and body well balanced and have good overall posture. Being off balance forces you to compensate for the body's poor position and results in awkward, ineffective strokes. Keeping your feet wide apart is an important key to maintaining good balance and positioning while moving from shot to shot.

PHR

Out of balance.

PHR

To maintain, regain balance.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sports de raquette
CONT

[S'il n'y a] pas de transfert de poids vers l'avant (poids sur les talons), [vous aurez comme conséquence un] équilibre précaire au moment de la frappe [et un manque] de puissance [...]

PHR

Hors d'équilibre.

PHR

Reprendre l'équilibre.

Spanish

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Record 2 2008-05-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Preparation of Leather and Leather Articles
CONT

Polyurethane leather is ... in trend as a substitute for natural leather. It is used primarily as an upper material for shoes, bags and luggage, for automotive interiors and as a coating for ball surfaces, for example. The systems are suitable for use as a finish, topcoat, intermediate coat and an adhesion coat on textile substrates. The success of polyurethane leather is due in part to its economical production, but above all to its property profile which is nearly the equal of, and in some aspects superior to, that of natural leather.

CONT

With properties similar to genuine leathers, PU synthetic leather has been widely used in the manufacturing of shoes, handbags, furniture, accessories, and sports equipment. Superior durability, good hand, and breathability have truly made PU synthetic leather a perfect substitute for genuine leather. San Fang produces both woven and non-woven substrate PU coated leathers. The outstanding finishing techniques have successfully earned global recognition for its products.

Key term(s)
  • polyurethane synthetic leather

French

Domaine(s)
  • Préparation des cuirs et des objets en cuir
OBS

[...] les tissus enduits rencontrent une concurrence du PU qui imite mieux le cuir; [...]

OBS

P.U.: Initiales couramment employées pour polyuréthane.

OBS

Raison sociale : Plastiss [...] Domaine d'activités : tissus enduits de PVC et PU. Simili-cuir.

OBS

similicuir : matière plastique imitant le cuir. [...] On écrit aussi simili-cuir.

Key term(s)
  • similicuir P.U.
  • simili-cuir PU

Spanish

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Record 3 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 4 1999-08-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Team Sports (General)
  • Various Sports (General)
DEF

In team sports, the person in charge of mapping a game plan.

OBS

This person is often the coach who, in professional sports, has the aid of an assistant. In some team sports, mapping the game plan or deciding on the strategies to adopt is the main task of one player; that is the case of the skip in curling or of the quarterback in football. In individual sports, an athlete performing with the right dose of momentum and intensity is considered a good strategist.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sports d'équipe (Généralités)
  • Sports divers (Généralités)
DEF

En sports d'équipe, personne chargée d'élaborer le plan de jeu.

OBS

Cette personne est souvent l'entraîneur qui, dans les sports professionnels, est aidé d'un adjoint ou assistant-entraîneur. Dans certains sports d'équipe, l'élaboration du plan de match ou des stratégies de jeu est la tâche principale de l'un des joueurs; c'est le cas du skip au curling ou du quart au football. Les sports individuels requièrent également leur part de stratégies; aussi dit-on de l'athlète qui sait bien doser ses efforts et conserver son intensité pour le bon moment, qu'il est un fin stratège.

Spanish

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