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frappe sèche

English translation: clean hit


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French term or phrase: frappe sèche
English translation:clean hit
Entered by: Gwynneth George
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06:37 Feb 8, 2010
French to English translations [PRO]
Sports / Fitness / Recreation / Tennis
French term or phrase: frappe sèche
Faible déformation du cadre lors de l'impact procurant une frappe sèche.
Gwynneth George
Local time: 21:08
clean hit
Explanation:
This seems to be what they are talking about:

How to Hit Heavier Without Hitting Harder | eHow.com
15 Aug 2009 ... Unless you were raised on a tennis camp, chances are somewhere in your ... Watch the ball: This one is simple, a clean hit is generates more ...
www.ehow.com › ... › Sports › Tennis - Cached - Similar

Patrik Elias Injured After Clean Hit By Ryan Wilson (1/16/10 ...
Avalanche Defensemen Ryan Wilson delivered a clean hit on Patrik Elias 38 ... Wilson commercial, new tennis rackets 2010!!! federer, del potro, lopez ...
www.usdailysports.com/.../83646,Patrik-Elias-Injured-After-... - Cached

teaching tennis - Backhands, Open Stance Backhand Topspin
teaching tennis - tennis players - first serve - second serves, forehands. ... naturally into it with proper timing and rhythmn to accomplish a clean hit. ...
www.teachingtennis.com/site/backhand.htm - Cached - Similar

ON THE JOB / Cary Tennis Salon.com's long-running advice columnist ...
I visited my old friend Cary Tennis. Cary 53 is the advice columnist behind Salon's .... You step up everyday get a nice clean hit and you're done." ...
articles.sfgate.com/.../17251384_1_writing-cary-tennis-work-and-life - Cached

How to increase pace without hitting harder
3) Watch the ball: This one is simple, a clean hit is generates more ... Joe Dinoffer explains to you how to control the direction of your tennis ball. ...
www.articlesbase.com/tennis.../how-to-increase-pace-without... - United States - Cached - Similar
Win With Consistency - How to Play Consistent Tennis
How to play consistent tennis and win more matches. ... precisely enough that your opponent either can't get to them or can't get a clean hit on them, ...
tennis.about.com/library/weekly/aa050800.htm - Cached - Similar

Tennis: Old star reborn with grand desire - Sport - The Independent
Like Boris Becker, Agassi prefers to play his tennis in arenas where elements like sun and ... so you can get a clean hit," he said in the afterglow of that ...
www.independent.co.uk › Sport - Cached
Selected response from:

Carol Gullidge
United Kingdom
Local time: 20:08
Grading comment
thanks
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +5clean hit
Carol Gullidge
4hard/crisp stroke or shot
cfraser
3crisp, clean response
SJLD
2sharp hit/impactmimi 254


  

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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
crisp, clean response


Explanation:
Already in use by various brands.

SJLD
Local time: 21:08
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 36
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
hard/crisp stroke or shot


Explanation:
Apparently refering to tennis but without more context it seems to be decribing a hard, clean stroke or shot that results from completing the action as described.

cfraser
Canada
Local time: 15:08
Works in field
Native speaker of: English
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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +5
clean hit


Explanation:
This seems to be what they are talking about:

How to Hit Heavier Without Hitting Harder | eHow.com
15 Aug 2009 ... Unless you were raised on a tennis camp, chances are somewhere in your ... Watch the ball: This one is simple, a clean hit is generates more ...
www.ehow.com › ... › Sports › Tennis - Cached - Similar

Patrik Elias Injured After Clean Hit By Ryan Wilson (1/16/10 ...
Avalanche Defensemen Ryan Wilson delivered a clean hit on Patrik Elias 38 ... Wilson commercial, new tennis rackets 2010!!! federer, del potro, lopez ...
www.usdailysports.com/.../83646,Patrik-Elias-Injured-After-... - Cached

teaching tennis - Backhands, Open Stance Backhand Topspin
teaching tennis - tennis players - first serve - second serves, forehands. ... naturally into it with proper timing and rhythmn to accomplish a clean hit. ...
www.teachingtennis.com/site/backhand.htm - Cached - Similar

ON THE JOB / Cary Tennis Salon.com's long-running advice columnist ...
I visited my old friend Cary Tennis. Cary 53 is the advice columnist behind Salon's .... You step up everyday get a nice clean hit and you're done." ...
articles.sfgate.com/.../17251384_1_writing-cary-tennis-work-and-life - Cached

How to increase pace without hitting harder
3) Watch the ball: This one is simple, a clean hit is generates more ... Joe Dinoffer explains to you how to control the direction of your tennis ball. ...
www.articlesbase.com/tennis.../how-to-increase-pace-without... - United States - Cached - Similar
Win With Consistency - How to Play Consistent Tennis
How to play consistent tennis and win more matches. ... precisely enough that your opponent either can't get to them or can't get a clean hit on them, ...
tennis.about.com/library/weekly/aa050800.htm - Cached - Similar

Tennis: Old star reborn with grand desire - Sport - The Independent
Like Boris Becker, Agassi prefers to play his tennis in arenas where elements like sun and ... so you can get a clean hit," he said in the afterglow of that ...
www.independent.co.uk › Sport - Cached


Carol Gullidge
United Kingdom
Local time: 20:08
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 16
Grading comment
thanks

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Drmanu49
20 mins
  -> many thanks Drmanu!

agree  Gilla Evans
43 mins
  -> many thanks Gilla!

agree  Catharine Cellier-Smart
2 hrs
  -> many thanks Catharine!

agree  Chris Hall
4 hrs
  -> many thanks Chris!

agree  Verginia Ophof
6 hrs
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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 2/5Answerer confidence 2/5
sharp hit/impact


Explanation:
http://www.ehow.com/how_5647360_hit-cross-court-angles-tenni...

www.teachingtennis.com/site/1stserve.htm

mimi 254
Local time: 20:08
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in category: 8
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