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foot stride

English translation: stride

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English term or phrase:foot stride
Selected answer:stride
Entered by: B D Finch

14:08 Mar 3, 2016
English language (monolingual) [PRO]
Sports / Fitness / Recreation
English term or phrase: foot stride
Hello everyone,

The official script for a documentary reads as follows:

"He was strong, he had ability, he had the **foot stride**, the capability – I mean, he was awesome."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OfMHTanrod8

at 1.17

What does "foot stride" mean?

Thank you.
Mikhail Korolev
Local time: 02:33
stride
Explanation:
Judging by Google hits, it does seem that a few people do (incorrectly) put these two words together when what they really mean to say is "stride". I think this may be what happened in your recording.

http://sfstudioslondon.com/blog/the-benefits-of-being-barefo...
"In contrast when you walk or run in cushioned trainers the stride length tends to be significantly larger. To compensate for this larger foot stride the heel is what is used to break the swing phase of gait or running."

A stride is measured as the distance covered in one step from the heel (or toe) of one foot to the heel (or toe) of the other. It is NOT the same as "gait", which is the manner in which somebody walks or runs.
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B D Finch
France
Local time: 01:33
Grading comment
Many thanks to everyone.

Thank you, B D Finch.
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



SUMMARY OF ALL EXPLANATIONS PROVIDED
3 +5stride
Louisa Tchaicha
3 +4stride
B D Finch
3 +1footstrike
Cilian O'Tuama
Summary of reference entries provided
Also posted here
philgoddard

Discussion entries: 9





  

Answers


14 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
footstrike


Explanation:
How your foot hits the ground

http://running.competitor.com/2014/03/injury-prevention/foot...

Cilian O'Tuama
Germany
Local time: 01:33
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 15

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Charles Davis
23 mins
  -> Thanks :-) , but maybe not - see Alison's contribution - stride plays a bigger role in hurdles
neutral  philgoddard: I've listened to it a couple of times, and it doesn't sound like this to me.
38 mins
  -> I agree with you, but I reckon this is what he should be saying..
neutral  Yvonne Gallagher: I really don't follow your logic
1 hr
  -> I reckon the interviewee chose the wrong word, that's all. To me, strike makes much more sense than stride here.
agree  acetran
2 hrs
disagree  Yasutomo Kanazawa: Unfortunately, he clearly says "foot stride" and not footstrike.
21 hrs
  -> Yes, we've already long established that
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +5
stride


Explanation:
I think he might just have meant "his stride" and said "foot stride" instead (I can hear "foot stride" btw.)

Louisa Tchaicha
Tunisia
Local time: 00:33
Native speaker of: English
Notes to answerer
Asker: Thank you.


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Sheri P: Looks like you were first.
1 hr
  -> Thanks Sheri :)
agree  Alison MacG
1 hr
  -> Thanks Alison!
agree  philgoddard
2 hrs
  -> Thanks philgoddard!
agree  Yasutomo Kanazawa: Me too, footstride, that's what I hear.
19 hrs
  -> Thanks Yasutomo!
agree  acetran
3 days 12 hrs
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +4
stride


Explanation:
Judging by Google hits, it does seem that a few people do (incorrectly) put these two words together when what they really mean to say is "stride". I think this may be what happened in your recording.

http://sfstudioslondon.com/blog/the-benefits-of-being-barefo...
"In contrast when you walk or run in cushioned trainers the stride length tends to be significantly larger. To compensate for this larger foot stride the heel is what is used to break the swing phase of gait or running."

A stride is measured as the distance covered in one step from the heel (or toe) of one foot to the heel (or toe) of the other. It is NOT the same as "gait", which is the manner in which somebody walks or runs.

B D Finch
France
Local time: 01:33
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
Many thanks to everyone.

Thank you, B D Finch.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Louisa Tchaicha: I'm sorry I didn't see your answer!
16 mins
  -> Thanks Louisa. I think we posted simultaneously!
agree  Yvonne Gallagher: stride is the distance from one foot to other (as you say) which is why some people will add "foot"
17 mins
  -> Thanks Gallagy. Then why not "feet stride"? As a non-metric person could have a "3 ft stride", a "3 ft foot stride" would sound silly (or even sillier if you think "foot stride" sounds silly).
agree  Alison MacG
1 hr
  -> Thanks Alison
agree  Cilian O'Tuama: Having contemplated this more, I agree with you (and Alison)
8 hrs
  -> Thanks Cilian
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Reference comments


16 mins peer agreement (net): +1
Reference: Also posted here

Reference information:
Please tell us if you're posting the same question in multiple places, as it may already have been answered. In my opinion, it has.

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Note added at 59 mins (2016-03-03 15:08:43 GMT)
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There's nothing wrong with doing it - I just think it's important to tell us :-)


    Reference: http://forum.wordreference.com/threads/had-the-foot-stride.3...
philgoddard
United States
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 8
Note to reference poster
Asker: Phil, you're right I've posted my question there first. But as you can see, actually 2 answers were given there (1. footstrike and 2. foot stride: "Having never heard of "foot-strike" before, I would have assumed that it's talking about the length of his stride" ) And since it's prohibited to post links to any videos on that forum (and answrers have to rely on the text only), I decided to ask here to be absolutely sure.

Asker: Point taken. :-)


Peer comments on this reference comment (and responses from the reference poster)
agree  acetran
2 hrs
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