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HITTING POSITION [9 records]

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Alphabetical list of terms

Record 1 2012-10-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Baseball and Softball
OBS

A baseball player batting in the fourth position in a team's batting order, traditionally a strong hitter expected to clean the bases by hitting a home run or a two-or three-base hit, should the first three players, or any one of them, get on base.

OBS

Usually, the best home-run hitter of a team is batting cleanup.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Baseball et softball
DEF

Frappeur occupant la quatrième position au rôle.

OBS

L'expression «nettoyeur» est sujette à caution.

OBS

C'est habituellement le meilleur frappeur de l'équipe pour [...] permettre à ses coéquipiers de croiser le marbre.

Spanish

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Record 2 2012-01-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Racquet Sports
DEF

A specific stance or location of a person on a tennis court determined by a given situation, or by extension, location of a part of the hand on a tennis racquet.

OBS

The Spanish term "puesto" is only used in contexts relating to one’s location on a tennis court. The term "posición" is more generic; hence it may be used for instance in reference to one’s hand on the shaft of a racquet.

CONT

Always consider the returns which will be most likely from the serve you are attempting so that you can cover the right angle and get to the correct position on the court.

PHR

Advantageous, balanced, beginning, body, center, choked-up, commanding, court, Eastern forehand, firm-footed, fixed-wrist, hitting, ideal, ideal volley(IVP), mid-court, off-center, racket-face, ready, up-and-down, volley, waiting, well-balanced, wrist position.

PHR

To assume, gain, recover a position. To run to a position. To get back, slide, stroll position. To defend, maintain, retain one’e position. To be out of position.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sports de raquette
CONT

La position de départ [du service] : Il existe plusieurs variations possibles. Que l'on pense à [John] McEnroe (position très fermée) ou à [Boris] Becker (position très ouverte).

PHR

Position agressive, d'attente, décalée, de départ, nonchalante, (non) stratégique, stressante.

PHR

Justesse de sa position.

PHR

S'emparer d'une position (d'attaque).

Spanish

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

Antónimo: (ser) descolocado.

CONT

Passing-shot [cuando está] en buena posición.

CONT

En caso de cruce, su compañero deberá permutar su puesto.

PHR

Una posición «semi de lado».

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Record 3 2011-04-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Racquet Sports
DEF

A hitting or body position in which the belly button and both feet point toward the net when contact with the tennis ball is made.

CONT

Pierce hits her forehand with an open stance, but she nevertheless turns her shoulders and hips well.

PHR

Wide open stance.

PHR

To hit with an open stance.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sports de raquette
DEF

Façon dont est placé le joueur qui, au moment de frapper la balle, a le bas du corps, de la taille aux pieds, face au filet et ce, même si le haut du corps fait une torsion de côté pour frapper un coup droit ou un revers.

OBS

Si, pour ce faire, les pieds et le bas du corps sous la taille pointent vers le côté du court, on dit alors que le joueur frappe en «position fermée».

Spanish

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

Jugador paralelo a la trayectoria de la pelota.

CONT

Procúrese evitar cualquier posición frontal durante la preparación del movimiento.

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Record 4 2006-09-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Golf
DEF

Position assumed by a player in preparation for hitting the ball.

OBS

When used in the context of the Rules of Golf, it refers to the point when the player has taken his stance and grounded his club.

PHR

To be at address.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Golf
CONT

[...] on est porté à minimiser l'importance de la position initiale [...]. Pour bien se placer devant la balle, il faut s'assurer que les pieds, les mains, les épaules et les hanches sont en bonne position.

OBS

Adresse (anglicisme d'address) est un terme d'usage fréquent à éviter selon l'OQLF du Québec.

Spanish

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Record 5 2002-03-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Racquet Sports
OBS

Related phraseology: to take the ball on the rise.

CONT

The better the tennis player, the more he strives to hit the ball early, or on the rise; his timing is called ’sharp’. Most of us, however, hit the ball late, as it is dropping; our timing is ’flat’.

CONT

As a receiver you should not be having to deal with a heavy flat serve, as in singles, and you may thus choose to move up the court a little in order to present a more threatening position and give yourself a better chance of hitting on the up.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sports de raquette
CONT

[Ceux qui veulent provoquer le point à la volée] frappent souvent la balle audacieusement dans le rebond en la coupant et en la dirigeant profondément chez l'adversaire défiant le passing.

CONT

[...] on frappait la balle tout à la fin de son rebond, toujours en coup droit, de bas en haut.

CONT

À l'intérieur du terrain afin de jouer dans le rebond et empêcher une trop grande emprise du filet par le serveur.

Spanish

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Record 6 2001-01-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Volleyball
OBS

... hitting the ball very close to the floor while the body is in the air, in full stretch position. The ball may be struck with the back of the hand or wrist.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Volleyball
OBS

[...] le joueur s'élance vers la balle, part à l'horizontale, jambes en ciseaux, le tronc et la tête en extension, les bras allongés vers l'avant.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Vóleibol
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Record 7 1996-01-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Racquet Sports
CONT

Basic stances, hitting positions and the various spins you can use are fundamental to learning how to play tennis.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sports de raquette
CONT

Les postures de base, les positions de coups et les différents effets de la balle constituent des apprentissages fondamentaux.

Spanish

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

Aprender a jugar a tenis implica tener una noción clara de las posiciones de espera e impacto y de los distintos efectos que puede adquirir la pelota.

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Record 8 1995-11-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Golf
DEF

The position of the player's feet in hitting the ball.

CONT

Three positions assumed when hitting the ball are: "square stance", "open stance", and "closed stance". These terms describe the placement of the feet ....

French

Domaine(s)
  • Golf
DEF

Positionnement des pieds du joueur devant la balle.

CONT

Il existe trois sortes de stance (position des pieds) : A) le stance carré (parallèle); B) le stance ouvert; C) le stance fermé.

OBS

position des pieds : Terme proposé par l'Office de la langue française du Québec.

Spanish

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Record 9 1986-05-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Office Automation
OBS

By this method, after hitting insert, the characters that you enter go in at the cursor position, pushing forward the following text.

OBS

Terminology used in the Public Service Commission’s Course "Basic Word Processing" (Course 601).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Bureautique
OBS

Par cette méthode, après que vous avez appuyé sur INSERER, les caractères que vous introduisez sont placés à la position du curseur, poussant en avant le texte qui suit.

Spanish

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