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FRAPPER CROISE [4 records]

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Alphabetical list of terms

Record 1 2012-01-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Racquet Sports
CONT

... the instant you've hit wide and deep to his forehand ... you'd better move back to your right for his return.

OBS

strike: term also used in table tennis.

OBS

hit, strike: terms also used in badminton.

PHR

To hit cleanly, deep, late, firmly, long, out, powerfully, short, solidly, up.

PHR

To hit away from. To hit on the run.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sports de raquette
CONT

[Joueur de tennis qui] frappe des deux mains des deux côtés.

CONT

Il cogne aussi fort qu’avant, aussi âpre à la victoire.

OBS

frapper : terme employé aussi au badminton et au tennis de table.

PHR

Frapper à plat, à ras le filet, au sommet, avec autorité, avec vigueur, comme une mule, convenablement, dans la balle, dans le rebord, doucement, du bras, en brossé, en chop, en parallèle, en profondeur, en croisé, en retard, fermement, franchement, les coins, les lignes, nettement, puissamment, rageusement, sèchement, solidement, vers le bas, violemment.

Spanish

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

[El lob es un golpe] liftado, golpeado de abajo arriba.

PHR

Golpear fuerte.

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Record 2 2011-12-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Racquet Sports
DEF

A short-angled shot aimed for the sideline.

OBS

Both the French and Spanish make much use of the anglicism «drive», albeit not in a correct fashion: In English «drive» is supposed to imply a ball hit with a lot of pace to win a point outright, regardless of the type of spin used to accomplish this task. (The terms "shot" and "stroke", being more neutral, need not imply any added spin whatsoever) However in both French and Spanish, «drive» is often used as a synonym for "forehand" (shot/stroke), or like English it can refer to any hard shot, whether on the backhand or forehand side. A hook shot is a type of angle shot.

CONT

Angled drive. Tactics. A useful ploy is to hit angled cross court drives ....

PHR

Sharp angle shot.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sports de raquette
OBS

Un bon stratagème consiste à frapper croisé en angle, tel qu'illustré. Tombant soit près de la ligne de côté, soit entre la ligne de service et la ligne de fond, le coup déborde l'adversaire, laissant le court ouvert pour le prochain coup.

Spanish

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

Drive angulado. Tácticas. Pegar drives cruzados y con mucha angulación, como ilustra la figura, puede dar buenos resultados.

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Record 3 2011-12-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Racquet Sports
DEF

A shot that directs the ball diagonally from one corner of the court to the opposite corner; the ball so hit.

CONT

Cross court shots are played diagonally, i.e. right court to right court.

CONT

The cross court shot prevents the opponent from getting set on the baseline and preparing himself for an attacking approach shot.

OBS

Many purists have tried in vain to maintain the distinction between a "shot" and a "drive", the latter yielding a ball with a lot of pace while the former term being more generic, i.e., not necessarily a ball hit hard, but simply the result of the racquet making contact with the ball - a slice backhand or drop volley are both "shots" that require more touch than power. The term "drive" implies the use of power [and is a groundstroke].

PHR

Angled crosscourt shot.

PHR

To meet a crosscourt shot.

Key term(s)
  • cross court shot
  • cross court
  • cross-court

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sports de raquette
DEF

Coup frappé en diagonale, ou balle qui passe d’un coin du court à l’autre, traversant le filet en diagonale.

CONT

Le coup croisé s’exécute en diagonale : ex. de carré droit à carré droit.

CONT

[...] il faut frapper plus haut vers le centre, pour une mesure défensive, ou faire un coup croisé et tenter un coup de débordement.

Spanish

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

Pelota que cruza la pista en sentido diagonal.

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Record 4 2000-07-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Racquet Sports
CONT

Assuming that Joe is an average club player, he'll almost always hit approximately to the same spot from that forehand corner of his. He won't cross-court half the time and put it down the line or into the center the rest of the time.

Key term(s)
  • cross court

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sports de raquette
OBS

Locution connexe : smasher en diagonale.

Spanish

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