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backswing

[ bak-swing ]

noun

Sports.
  1. the movement of a bat, racket, or the like, toward the back of a player in preparation for the forward movement with which the ball is struck.


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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of backswing1

First recorded in 1895–1900; back 1( def ) + swing 1
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Before Thursday’s start in the United Arab Emirates, his first tournament since last month’s Alfred Dunhill Championship, he revealed that he has spent the period in a studio working on his backswing.

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Being “young and foolish,†he never got the knee fixed until eight years later when it locked up on a backswing playing golf.

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Instead, using a silent camera with no motor to avoid disturbing Mr. Woods’s backswing, Mr. Vuich took a wide shot from a tower of his tee shot at the final hole, nearly surrounded by fans.

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The top of a backswing makes some of the nicest shapes in golf photography.

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D-backs catcher Gabriel Moreno had to leave Wednesday’s win over the Brewers in the third inning after getting hit on the head by a backswing.

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