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HIT ATTACK [13 records]

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Record 1 2017-10-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Volleyball

French

Domaine(s)
  • Volleyball
DEF

Manœuvre offensive qui consiste à frapper le ballon vers le bas avec beaucoup de force, d'habitude du haut d'un saut, jusque dans le camp adverse.

OBS

Le smasheur est le spécialiste de ce genre d'attaque.

Spanish

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Record 2 2016-12-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Volleyball
CONT

Each team is allowed a maximum of three successive contacts of the ball in order to return the ball to the opponents’ area [exception: blocking rule ...].

CONT

double hit: A player making successive (non-simultaneous) contacts of the ball with any parts of his body will be considered as having committed a double hit.

CONT

Every attempt is made to exploit the three permitted touches on each side of the net.

CONT

The ball may be returned on the first or second hit. But the normal tactic is to build up a strong attack and then, with the third hit, try to win...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Volleyball
CONT

Chaque équipe a droit à un maximum de trois touches, en plus de la touche de bloc (ou «contre»). On compte une touche chaque fois qu'un joueur frappe le ballon ou est touché par le ballon. Un joueur ne peut pas toucher le ballon plus d'une fois [consécutivement], à l'exception du contreur. Si deux joueurs touchent simultanément le ballon, il n'y a pas de faute mais on compte deux touches.

CONT

Si la balle, après la troisième frappe, heurte le filet [...]

CONT

Les joueurs ne peuvent effectuer que deux passes au maximum (soit trois contacts) avant d'envoyer la balle dans le camp adverse.

OBS

Les joueurs peuvent toucher le ballon avec n'importe quelle partie du corps [...] Le ballon doit être frappé nettement et ne doit pas être tenu.

Spanish

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Record 3 2012-09-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Rights and Freedoms
  • Sociology of Childhood and Adolescence
  • Criminology
CONT

How often such tactics are used is unclear because captive children are injured and killed. Betty O., who was pregnant during her escape when her unit came under attack by a UPDF helicopter gunship, reported that her five-year-old son had been hit by a United People's Defence Force bomb during their escape and was wounded in the rib and back and now has no movement in his legs.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droits et libertés
  • Sociologie de l'enfance et de l'adolescence
  • Criminologie
CONT

On ne sait pas clairement si ces tactiques sont souvent employées, parce des enfants captifs de l'Armée de la résistance du Seigneur sont blessés et tués. Betty O., qui était enceinte quand elle s'est échappée à la faveur d'une attaque de son unité par des hélicoptères de combat, a rapporté que son enfant de cinq ans avait été touché par un éclat de bombe aux côtes et au dos, et qu'il a maintenant les jambes paralysées.

Spanish

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Record 4 2012-01-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Racquet Sports
DEF

The result of hitting the tennis ball with a tennis racquet; sometimes refers to the actual placement of the ball or manner in which it is struck.

CONT

A shot is the combination of a stroke and the situation in which it is used.

OBS

"Long" is an informal expression used to indicate that a shot went out past the baseline. Important nuance: a "stroke" implies early preparation and a complete follow through. If one were to envision a stroke, one would see a series of sequences, ending with a "shot", i.e. the result of all of the above. Consequently, a "shot" is the result of the "stroke". "Shot" implies a quick, sharp movement because one is focusing on the end result, not the series of sequences leading up to it. A "blow" is rather an imprecise, general term similar in meaning to "shot". Although many would like to maintain these nuances in English, "shot" and "stroke" are often used synonymously. "Blow" is used only rarely. Note, however that although there are two possible equivalents ("coup" and "frappe") in French, neither are semantically identical to the English offerings. The Spanish term "pegada" works well as an equivalent for "shot", although technically the term more specifically refers to the actual hitting action caused by the racket coming in contact with the ball, and not to the end result [cause vs effect].

CONT

Keeping your feet wide apart is an important key to maintaining good balance and positioning while moving from shot to shot.

CONT

Since his injury in the first set, he has lost a lot of sting in his shots.

PHR

Shape, strength of shot. Barrage, range, string of shots.

PHR

Shot bounces. Shot drifts wide. Shot has no pace on it. Shot will go/sail long.

PHR

Accurate, aggressive, angled, approach, bread-and-butter, buggywhip, chip, cinch, crafty, cross-court, crummy, decisive, deep, defensive, delicate, down-the-line, down-the-T, drop, extraordinary, fantastic, fast, floating, floppy, follow-up, forcing, gutsy, hard, hard-to-read, high-risk, inside-out, kill, laser, looping, loose, low, low-percentage, low-risk, mammoth, midcourt, off-centre, offensive, outside-in, passing, percentage, power, pressure, recovery, risky, safe, set-up, shallow, sharp-angled, short, showoff, sloppy, soft, spin, strong, tactical, topspin, touch, tough, tricky, two-handed, underspin, varied, vicious, wide, winning, wrongfooting shot.

PHR

Irretrievable key shot.

PHR

To admire, angle, anticipate, attack, baby, block, bungle, center, chop down, conceal, cut off, develop, dip, direct, flatten out, go for, guide, handle, hit, hold, improvise, intercept, lean into, line up, make, meet, miss, move into, muff, muscle, net, place, play, pop up, practice, pull off, put away, retrieve, rifle, run down, rush through, send, set up, smack, spray, step into, take, target, telegraph, time, track, underspin, unleash a shot.

PHR

To add pep to a shot. To approach behind a shot. To be cute with a shot. To react to a shot. To scoop down for a shot. To put one’s whole body behind shot. To get one’s weight behind/into the shot. To mix up shots. To stream together shots.

PHR

To raise a shot high. To telegraph shop direction. To whip a shot up/down the line.

PHR

Crushing shots. Filing one’s body into a shot.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sports de raquette
CONT

[...] Rien pour embarrasser François dont la régularité des coups en fond de terrain et la grande ténacité font de ce jeune joueur le champion canadien des 14 ans et moins.

CONT

[...] ses coups assenés du fond du court avec cette insolente précision qui blanchit les lignes.

PHR

Coup d'approche, d'attaque, en angle, audacieux, de base, de contre-attaque, coupé, croisé, décentré, décisif, défensif, déguisé, dévastateur, époustouflant, d'expert, explosif, faiblard, fantaisiste, fatal, de grande classe, lourd, mal ajusté, offensif, plat, précis, puissant, raté, retenu, risque, souple, spectaculaire, tordu.

PHR

Puissance, tempo d'un coup. Déroulement du coup. Gamme, production des coups.

PHR

Anticiper, appuyer, centrer, ralentir, rater, tourner un coup.

PHR

Assurer un bon centrage d'un coup. Laisser aller ses coups.

PHR

Sortir des coups impressionnants.

Spanish

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

Efecto de jugar a pegar golpes a una pelota.

CONT

Cualidades que debe poseer un buen servicio [...] Variación constante de la pegada (plana o con efecto).

CONT

Vuelta a la posición de espera tardía, lo que hace dejar un hueco en el que nuestro adversario dirigirá su próximo tiro.

PHR

Tiro angulado. Golpe definitivo, defensivo, estático, violento.

PHR

Un golpe lleva efecto.

PHR

Angular un tiro.

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Record 5 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 6 2010-07-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Fencing
  • Combined-Events Contests
DEF

time thrust or time cut: A counterattack that is both a parry and a riposte and that is usually made against a compound attack so as to arrive ahead of the opponent’s attack.

DEF

time hit: A hit made on a time thrust.

CONT

The time thrust is similar to the stop thrust [or stop hit] but is safer as the thrust is made with opposition which closes the line of attack.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Escrime
  • Compétitions à épreuves combinées
DEF

Contre-attaque directe, qui prend un temps à l'offensive adverse en fermant la ligne dans laquelle elle doit se terminer (temps d'opposition) ou doit passer (temps d'interception); elle consiste en un allongement du bras suivi d'une demi-fente. «Le coup de temps est une sorte de parade-riposte qui s'exécute en un seul temps.» (Clery, L'Escrime, 1973).

CONT

le coup de temps est une action qui consiste à intercepter l'attaque dans une ligne où elle doit passer, ou à faire opposition dans la ligne où elle doit se terminer.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Esgrima
  • Competiciones de pruebas combinadas
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Record 7 2008-07-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Operations (Air Forces)
Key term(s)
  • hit-and-run attack

French

Domaine(s)
  • Opérations (Forces aériennes)
OBS

[...] des chasseurs bombardiers ont attaqué à la sauvette (hit and run) une cible ennemie dans la région du pont Firdan [...]

Spanish

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Record 8 2006-03-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Volleyball
DEF

... an intentional effort to direct the ball into the opponent’s team area in other than blocking action.

CONT

A third hit by a team is considered to be an attack hit, regardless of intention. A served ball is not considered to be an attack hit.

Key term(s)
  • attack-hit

French

Domaine(s)
  • Volleyball

Spanish

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Record 9 2002-09-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Fencing
DEF

A simple attack which is made by lifting the blade over the opponent's blade to hit in the opposite line

French

Domaine(s)
  • Escrime
DEF

[...] attaque portée de la ligne de l'engagement dans une autre ligne en passant par devant la pointe adverse par le chemin le plus court.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Esgrima
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Record 10 2001-01-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Volleyball
CONT

Each team consists of six players, three located in the front row and three in the back. The front row players may "attack" the ball(hit it above the height of the net) within the attack zone, while the back row players may attack only if their last floor contact was within the court, behind the attack line.

CONT

A front-line player is any of the three nearest the net, numbered 2,3, and 4 in the rotation order. Similarly, a back-line player occupies the back row and will be numbered 1,6, or 5.

Key term(s)
  • back-row player
  • back-court player
  • back line player
  • backline player
  • off-side player
  • off side player

French

Domaine(s)
  • Volleyball
CONT

Position des joueurs : Au moment, du service, chaque équipe est placée, dans son propre camp, en deux lignes de trois joueurs. Les trois joueurs placés le long du filet sont les avants et les trois autres, les arrières.

CONT

Il en est ainsi pour un joueur de ligne arrière au volley-ball qui se prépare à recevoir le ballon attaqué par l'équipe adverse.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Vóleibol
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Record 11 2001-01-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Volleyball
CONT

Each team consists of six players, three located in the front row and three in the back. The front row players may "attack" the ball(hit it above the height of the net) within the attack zone, while the back row players may attack only if their last floor contact was within the court, behind the attack line.

OBS

A front-line player is any of the three nearest the net, numbered 2,3, and 4 in the rotation order. Similarly, a back-line player occupies the back row and will be numbered 1,6, or 5.

Key term(s)
  • front-row player
  • front line player
  • front-court player

French

Domaine(s)
  • Volleyball
CONT

Chaque équipe est composée de six joueurs, trois se trouvant sur la rangée avant d'attaque et trois sur la rangée arrière. les attaquants de pointe peuvent «attaquer» le ballon (le frapper au-dessus de la hauteur du filet) à l'intérieur de la zone d'attaque, mais les défenseurs, à l'arrière, ne peuvent «attaquer» que si leur dernier contact au sol s'est fait à l'intérieur du court, derrière la ligne d'attaque.

OBS

Position des joueurs : Au moment du service, chaque équipe est placée, dans son propre camp, en deux lignes de trois joueurs. Les trois joueurs placés le long du filet sont les avants et les trois autres, les arrières.

Key term(s)
  • joueur avant

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Vóleibol
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Record 12 2000-03-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Volleyball
Key term(s)
  • attack hit fault

French

Domaine(s)
  • Volleyball

Spanish

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Record 13 1997-10-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Volleyball
DEF

A ball hit over the net as a soft placement shot(usually close to the net) by the attack man in an attempt to catch the opponent out of position by precise placement of the ball.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Volleyball
DEF

Amorti [...] au filet, derrière le contre.

CONT

Afin de garder toute son efficacité, la feinte doit être exécutée avec les mouvements préparatoires identiques à une attaque normale (course d'élan - appel - suspension - travail du tronc), seule la frappe change.

Spanish

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