Word Finder - forehand

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(racket sports) A stroke in which the palm of the hand faces the direction of the stroke.

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(disc sports) A throw similar to a sidearm throw in baseball, where the disc remains on the throwing-arm side of the body and is led by the middle finger.

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All of the part of a horse which is before the rider.

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The chief or most important part.

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Superiority; advantage; start; precedence.

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The hand towards the front of the board.

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To strike with a forehand stroke.

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Beforehand; paid in advance.

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a forehand rent

Every bowler should learn both forehand and backhand play.

He has a good forehand which he used to effect in the first, but I took care of his shots in the second.

But he squandered the advantage in the very next game by blasting a simple forehand long with the court at his mercy.

Neil, at 14, already had a powerful forehand, clever deception shots and a prodigious appetite, especially for crepes.

Serena gets an early break despite essaying - for the first time in her career I reckon - a double-handed forehand.

Another break point was converted with a superb crosscourt forehand as the 26-year-old went through the gears.

He saved a first match point with a blistering winner before putting a forehand long on the second.

He had finally got tired. Lincou's shot was a classic forehand straight volley nick, set up beautiful and played quickly.

He had a fantastic opportunity to win the game but tinned the forehand volley with Nicol out of position.

In forehand play the bowl as it courses to the jack describes its segment of a circle on the right, in backhand play on the left.

On the second match point against him, the demoralized American fired a long forehand from a fairly innocuous blocked return of service.

And Federer misses an easy forehand down the line, as the commentator says, a match point squandered.

The 2 line facility gives an alternate forehand / backhand pattern (as well as the random pattern ).

But a loose forehand that ended in a stroke to Power followed by two tins by White and suddenly Power had game ball.

Henman does very well to block a passing shot, but Grosjean responds with a frankly outrageous cross-court forehand to break serve.