Basketball slang terms include:
- Airball: A missed shot that never touches the hoop or backboard
- Brick: A missed shot that bounces off the rim or backboard in a loud and awkward way
- Dagger: A shot that seals the win
- Rock: Another name for the ball
- Shoot hoops: Play basketball
- Slam dunk: When a player jumps and pushes the ball through the basket
- The paint: The painted area of a basketball court near the goal
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A Golden Slam in tennis is when a player wins all of the four major tournaments (the Grand Slams) and the Olympic or Paralympic gold medal in the same discipline in the same calendar year (e.g., “Diede de Groot completed the Golden Slam in 2021”).
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A Grand Slam in tennis is one of the four major tournaments: The Australian Open (played on courts with a hardcourt surface), the French Open (played on clay courts), the Wimbledon Championships (located in the UK and played on grass courts), or the US Open (played on courts with a hardcourt surface). For example, “She has missed the last two Grand Slams due to injury.”
“The Grand Slam” means winning all of these tournaments in the same calendar year (e.g., “Steffi Graf completed the Grand Slam in women’s singles in 1988”).
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A bagel in tennis is a slang term to describe a set that is won by six games to zero (“six love”). For example, “Alcaraz handed Smith a bagel in the final set.”
You can also use it as a verb: “Alcaraz bagelled Smith in the final set.”
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A drop shot in tennis is a softly played shot that lands close to the net, forcing your opponent to rush forward from the back of the court to reach it. To be effective, a drop shot should be:
- Hit low over the net so it gives your opponent less time to chase down.
- Played with backspin (“slice”) so the ball stops quickly and bounces low.
- “Disguised” by setting up your swing as if you are going to hit a normal shot, then adjusting your racket at the last moment
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The term break point in tennis describes a stage in a game when the player who is not serving (the receiver) can win the game if they win the next point (i.e., when the score is 0-40, 15-40, or 30-40, or there is a “deuce” and the receiver has the “advantage”). If the receiver wins this point, they have “broken” their opponent’s serve.
In professional tennis, most games “go with serve,” which means that the server wins the game. This is because having the serve makes it easier to win a point.
A break point is therefore a significant stage in a set because if you “hold” (win) all your service games in a set, you only need to break your opponent’s serve once to win the set, by six games to four or seven games to five.
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