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HANDLE RACQUET [6 records]

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Record 1 2020-11-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Sports Equipment and Accessories
  • Racquet Sports
CONT

The parts of a tennis racquet are the head, rim, face, neck, butt/butt cap, handle, and strings.

CONT

Changes in the game have been directly linked to changes in the tennis racket itself, which have made strokes more powerful and accurate with more pronounced spin effects. The interaction of the racket’s components and the size of the frame, the strings, and the grip influence the accuracy of the stroke, absorption of vibration, and speed of stroke execution.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Équipement et accessoires de sport
  • Sports de raquette
DEF

Accessoire de tennis utilisé pour frapper les balles et formé d'un manche au bout duquel un cadre ovale est garni d'un tamis cordé.

CONT

L'évolution du jeu est directement liée à l'évolution de la raquette de tennis elle-même. Les coups sont devenus plus puissants, plus précis avec des effets de balle plus prononcés. Ainsi, l'interaction des composantes et des dimensions du cadre, du tamis et du manche influence la précision de la frappe, l'absorption des vibrations et la vitesse d'exécution d'une technique.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Equipo y accesorios deportivos
  • Deportes de raqueta
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Record 2 2020-11-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Sports Equipment and Accessories
  • Racquet Sports
DEF

An accessory used in racquet sports to strike a ball or a shuttlecock and formed by a round, flat, head attached to a handle.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Équipement et accessoires de sport
  • Sports de raquette
DEF

Instrument de forme ovale adaptée à un manche et permettant de lancer une balle, un volant.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Equipo y accesorios deportivos
  • Deportes de raqueta
OBS

El término se usa en tenis, bádminton y squash.

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Record 3 2017-11-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Racquet Sports
DEF

Act of spinning the tennis racquet in the air or on the ground in order to determine whether the manufacturer's insignia, found in the butt of the handle, faces upwards or downwards or to determine whether a special string on the racquet is rough or smooth. If the player offered the choice of choosing wins the "toss",(s) he is given the opportunity to make the choice to serve first, select the side in which(s) he will receive serve or the right to have his or her opponent choose.

OBS

Related phraseology: toss of the coin.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sports de raquette
DEF

Faire pivoter la raquette pour tirer au sort (d'après le côté où elle tombe) soit le choix du côté du jeu, soit la priorité du service.

OBS

Cette façon de tirer au sort est aujourd'hui désuète puisqu'il paraît que la raquette tombe plus souvent du côté «nœuds» que du côté «cordes».

Spanish

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Record 4 2012-01-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Racquet Sports
DEF

The part of a tennis racquet that is held in the hand and covered in tape (grip) or any substance of that kind.

CONT

A tennis racquet is normally held at the end of the shaft called the "grip". The "shaft" is a long structural part of a tennis racket, stretching from the throat area all the way to the butt of the racquet. Only a part of the "shaft" is made for contact with the hand. This part is called the "handle". Nonetheless some authors have confused the issue by making "shaft" and "handle" synonyms by saying that new dampening materials have been incorporated in the "handle", when they really mean "shaft" :"... features Head's Ultrazorb in the handle to dampen vibration and a new contoured grip for more secure feel".

CONT

As the shaft enters the handle it may be covered by an octagonal foam rubber pallet. Frames are balanced with lead put into the pallet during production.

CONT

... a racquet which has two handles... Single-handed players use the top handle, with the bottom handle providing stability. The off-set handles help players strike the ball further in front of the serve and the forehand. The loop design of the handle dampens vibration....

CONT

Squeeze your grip, lock your wrist and keep your racket head up.

OBS

In Canada, "racket" and "racquet" are both correct spellings.

PHR

Racket handle size.

PHR

Grip on the back hand.

PHR

Flat side of the grip.

PHR

To squeeze the grip.

Key term(s)
  • racket handle

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sports de raquette
DEF

Partie de la raquette que l'on tient dans sa main.

CONT

La poignée est recouverte de languettes octogonales en caoutchouc mousse. Les cadres sont équilibrés par l'ajout de plomb dans ces languettes au moment de la fabrication.

CONT

Tenir solidement la poignée pour maintenir haute la tête de la raquette.

CONT

[...] cadre et manche intégrés pour une meilleure sensation lors de la frappe [...]

OBS

«Manche» et «poignée» : termes polysémiques dans le monde du tennis. En français on parle de la grosseur de «manche» (=shaft); en anglais on parle du «grip size» (=littéralement la grosseur de la prise ou poignée), mais on peut dire indifféremment «la poignée» ou «le manche» est recouvert(e) de languettes [...]

PHR

Grossir, rapetisser un manche. Soutenir le manche. Crisper les doigts sur le manche.

PHR

Serrer solidement la poignée.

Spanish

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

Se coge la empuñadura como un martillo, en el mismo plano que el antebrazo, formando un ángulo, antebrazo raqueta, de 100 a 110° más o menos.

CONT

La mano debe estar ejerciendo la máxima presión sobre la empuñadura [...]

CONT

Al llegar al mango, el cuello suele quedar protegido por una cubierta octogonal de espuma de goma.

CONT

Apriete el puño, trabe la muñeca y mantenga alto el encordado.

OBS

"Mango": término genérico que tiene dos traducciones posibles en inglés, según el contexto: "shaft" o "handle". "Empuñadura" igualmente un término genérico que tiene dos traducciones en inglés: "grip" o "(racquet) handle".

PHR

Empuñadura eastern, oriental.

PHR

Cambiar la empuñadura.

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Record 5 2002-03-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Racquet Sports
DEF

To mishit a tennis ball with the frame of the racquet.

OBS

The verb "to shank" is somewhat more generic than "to frame" : One can shank the ball off the handle of the racket. Related terms : woodie [slang](=un bois), hit the ball off the frame, a shot that deflects off the tennis racquet frame.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sports de raquette
DEF

Frapper la balle avec le bois de la raquette à la suite d'une maladresse.

OBS

Si la balle est bonne, le point compte bien que la plupart du temps, cet impair s'avère en défaveur du joueur.

OBS

Phraséologie connexe : erreur de centrage.

Spanish

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Record 6 2001-08-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Racquet Sports
OBS

Facilities/equipment.

OBS

Table tennis terms.

OBS

handle: also a badminton term.

Key term(s)
  • handle of the racquet

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sports de raquette
OBS

Installations/matériel.

OBS

Termes de tennis de table.

OBS

poignée : terme de badminton.

Spanish

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

Términos de tenis de mesa.

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