Drop volley

drop shot

A shot in various racket games in which a ball or shuttlecock drops quickly after crossing the net or hitting the wall.

drop shot

1. (Individual Sports & Recreations / Tennis)

a. Tennis a softly-played return that drops abruptly after clearing the net, intended to give an opponent no chance of reaching the ball and usually achieved by imparting backspin

b. Squash a similar shot that stops abruptly after hitting the front wall of the court

2. (Military / Firearms, Gunnery, Ordnance & Artillery) a type of shot made by permitting molten metal to percolate through a sieve and then dropping it into a tank of water

drop shot - In tennis, it is so called because after it is hit, it drops abruptly to the ground.

See also related terms for tennis.

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Noun

drop shot - a soft return so that the tennis ball drops abruptly after crossing the net

dink

return - a tennis stroke that sends the ball back to the other player; "he won the point on a cross-court return"

Translations

drop shot n (Tennis) → smorzata
drop volley → volée f inv smorzata

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The third set began in perfect fashion for Murray with a break of the Janowicz serve as a drop volley proved much too good for the Pole and he closed out the match easily.

TMurray despair as third-rate Britain suffer Davis Cup relegation by AFP / AFP European Edition

Federer won five of the last six points tie-breaker points to take the set, two on errant Djokovic backhands and three on his own winners, the last on a drop volley.

Amazing shot sends Federer to US Open final by AFP / AFP American Edition

Federer won five of the last six points tie-breaker points to take the set, two on errant Djokovic backhands and three on his own winners, the last on a drop volley.

Amazing shot sends Federer to US Open final by AFP / AFP Global Edition

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