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- noun Plural form of
backswing .
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Examples
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But open stances, short backswings, moderate grips, and topspin make up the vast majority of the game.
The Lost Art of Playing Weirdly Tom Perrotta 2011
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He goes through a series of these backswings, picking up speed with each iteration until, stiff-legged, he inches forward to get his head over the ball.
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He goes through a series of these backswings, picking up speed with each iteration until, stiff-legged, he inches forward to get his head over the ball.
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Playing on grass means shortening backswings, looking for more chances to attack and end points, attacking the net and going for bigger serves.
Here today, gone tomorrow?: The shrinking season on grass 2008
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They are unified, however, in almost always being big compared with the pared-down backswings of the pros.
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Larger players of improved fitness have learned to push their rackets further — opening their stances, shortening their backswings, and swinging so forcefully that the energy they unleash lifts them off the ground.
Spin Doctors 2006
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It can get pretty ugly: beefy guys lunging at the ball, all muscle and no timing; kids with helicopter backswings and out-their-socks finishes; the majority who, despite flailing and grunting for all they are worth, squander power by swinging mainly with their arms and finishing on their back foot instead of on the front.
The Drive to Drive 2008
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Look, you guys talked about backswings, wild wimmen, and how to rip off Indians.
Think Progress » DeLay: ‘I Cannot Run For Office’ In Texas, ‘I’m Ineligible’ 2006
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Larger players of improved fitness have learned to push their rackets further — opening their stances, shortening their backswings, and swinging so forcefully that the energy they unleash lifts them off the ground.
Spin Doctors 2006
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At 69, an age when other multimillionaires are working on their backswings, he is getting into - of all things - the credit ratings business.
NYT > Home Page By JANET MORRISSEY 2011
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