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  2. Volleyball jargon - Wikipedia

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    Pepper: A drill in which players hit a ball back and forth in a pass, set, spike, pass, set, spike, etc. pattern without a net; Perimeter defense: A defensive formation of back row players where players set up along the edges of the court to dig. Middle back is deep in the center and right while left-back shift back and towards the sidelines.

  3. Glossary of baseball terms - Wikipedia

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    An old-fashioned word referring to a baseball bat, which is typically made of wood from an ash tree. "The shrewd manager substitutes a fast runner for a slow one, and sends in a pinch hitter when the man he takes out is just as good with the ash as the man he sends in." [ 16 ]

  4. Rally (tennis) - Wikipedia

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    A rally in tennis is a collective name given to a sequence of back and forth shots between players, within a point.A rally starts with the serve and the return of the serve, followed by continuous return shots until a point is scored which ends the rally.

  5. List of amusement rides - Wikipedia

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    Jump and Smile: 1984 Kamikaze: Pendulum ride: 1977 Kiddie ride: 1982 Looping Starship: Pendulum ride: 1952 Loop Fighter: Pendulum ride: 1933 Loop-O-Plane: 1933 Loop-the-Loop [5] 1929 Madhouse: Dark ride: 1926 Matterhorn: 1930s Mechanical bull: 1982 [6] Miami Trip [d] Thrill ride 1977 Monster: 1986 Motion simulator: 1954 Music Express: 1952 ...

  6. Gross motor skill - Wikipedia

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    At 3 years of age, children enjoy simple movements, such as hopping, jumping, and running back and forth, just for the sheer delight of performing these activities. However, the findings in the article "The relationship between fine and gross motor ability, self-perceptions and self-worth in children and adolescents" it stated that there was ...

  7. List of sports idioms - Wikipedia

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    OED cites as synonym for "punch-drunk" to 1937, alternate meaning to 1943. [61] See punch-drunk, above, slap-happy, below. punt American Football: Used to convey that things aren't going as planned and it is time to step back and reassess the situation. push it over the goal line American Football: Complete the activity or project, finish the ...

  8. Glossary of dance moves - Wikipedia

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    On counts 4 and 5, the follower is led forward across the leader, i.e., firmly led with the leader's right hand on their back, so that the follower travels across to turn and face the opposite direction they were originally facing. At the same time, the leader does another quarter-left turn as necessary in order to follow the follower and face ...

  9. List of skateboarding terms - Wikipedia

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    Backside: A trick executed with the skater's back to the ramp or obstacle, or a rotation of the rider/board where the front foot moves forward (e.g. a regular-footed skater turning clockwise). Boardslide: A trick in which the skater slides the underside of the deck along an object. Caballerial: A 360-degree ollie while riding fakie.