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Sports / Fitness / Recreation / sports | | English term or phrase: loft a ball vs. float a ball | | This thing drives me crazy! It is weird if you know what is going on, but don't know the right term in your own language, isn't it? |
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  Johanna Timm, PhD
Canada
Local time: 15:39
| Grading comment From all opinions and my own research I have to conclude that these are not sharply defined technical terms, but more announcer jargon. It seems that "lob" is higher than "loft", which again is higher than "float". Lob is really high into the air in an arch-like fashion, loft is an ascending and wide shot over the heads of the defending team and float is a knee-high, not too strong shot to cover space. I guess the difference is not very sharp.
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4 hrs confidence: peer agreement (net): +1 loft- den Ball 'rüberheben, float- Ball 'rübersenken
Explanation:
Und gibt es nicht so was wie eine "Bogenlampe", - ein gefühlvoll gehobener Ball, der sich über den Torwart hinweg ins Netz senkt?
| | | Grading comment From all opinions and my own research I have to conclude that these are not sharply defined technical terms, but more announcer jargon. It seems that "lob" is higher than "loft", which again is higher than "float". Lob is really high into the air in an arch-like fashion, loft is an ascending and wide shot over the heads of the defending team and float is a knee-high, not too strong shot to cover space. I guess the difference is not very sharp.
Thanks for all your help |
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14 hrs confidence: In Baseball:
Explanation:
"Loft a ball = den Ball wird in einen extrem hohen Bogen geschlagen, um Spielern auf Base Positionen zu ermöglichen, nach Berührung aller Basen, zum Home Base zurückzukehren, und damit einen Home-Run zu erzielen. Float a ball = bedeutet dass der Werfer den Ball überraschend langsam wirft, und damit den Keulenmann veranlasst vorzeitig zuzuschlagen"!
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