Citation from "Acceptance", Wilfred (TV), Season 1 Episode 4 (2011) blacked out to resolve Google's penalty against this site . Home: Learn English: Vocabulary: Reference: Idioms: Sports Sports Idioms The ball's in your court now. Alley-oop: A high arc pass to a teammate in a position near the basket to leap and score. Individual Sports. A round ball may represent fullness, symmetry and resilience. Baseball sense of "pitch that does not cross the plate within the strike zone" is by 1889, probably short for high ball, low ball, etc. ball: [noun] a great time. BUMP PASS: The action of clasping one’s fingers together and using the forearms to hit pass the ball to a teammate or over the net. That party was a ball ! Meaning "rounded missile used in warfare" is from late 14c. Air Ball: The ball misses the hoop and backboard entirely. BALL SPORTS Individual or team sports played by throwing or hitting a solid or inflated ball. Alternating-possession rule: A rule in which teams take turns possessing the ball after stopped plays. Basketball: A forceful, dramatic move, especially against someone. Ball definition is - a round or roundish body or mass: such as. Ball of the foot is from mid-14c. Basketball Glossary. This portion of the reference guide provides a basic description of the conditions that are both measured (ball launch data) by the GC2 and the calculated (ball … At the end is a sports idioms quiz to check your understanding. It may entail that you have been struggling to overcome this issue, and are failing. Foresight Sports’ GC2 Smart Camera System uses high-speed, high-resolution cameras to capture ball launch conditions with a high degree of accuracy. I was having a ball ! How to use ball in a sentence. Gaelic Football —a type of football from Ireland with a goal similar to that used in rugby but having a net attached below the crossbar. OED only cites the basketball definition, and that to 1976; AHDI cites a figurative usage from "about 1980 on". Here are some common idioms based on sport and sports. In basketball, it is a forceful shot in which the player jumps to the basket and slams the ball in. A ball as an object in a sports game is recorded from c. 1200; meaning "a game played with a ball" is from mid-14c. G Sports. The object is to kick or punch the round ball into the net (three points) or over the crossbar (one point). This dream meaning is divided into a ball (event) and a ball (game). Each entry includes the meaning of the idiom and shows the idiom in context in an example sentence. Gaelic Handball — a wall based sport, played in Ireland, similar to squash though the ball is hit with the hand. Backboard: The surface to which the basket is mounted. Man, why did we have to leave so early? However, if it is a soccer ball, it may mean there is an issue in your life. The checkered pattern of a soccer ball symbolizes the good and the bad. Assist: A pass that sets up a score. BALL HANDLING ERROR: The referee may call this error, if he notices that there has been a double hit, or a ball is thrown or lifted. There are certain sports, such as golf, bowling, and tennis that, for the most part, are considered individual sports, which are sports …