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Sports

Of or pertaining to any organized, competitive, entertaining, and skillful activity or game requiring commitment, strategy, and fair play, in which a winner can be defined by objective means within a specified set of rules.

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non-rhythmic cadence

Sports; Football

Cadence in which the quarterback randomly varies the duration of the periods of silence between words and numbers; this minimizes or eliminates the advantage the offense has of ...

pooch kick

Sports; Football

A punt that is designed to land around the five or ten yard line in spite of the fact that the punter could kick it much farther. The objective is to give the opponent the worst ...

scout team

Sports; Football

Players on your team who pretend to be the upcoming opponent during the week of practice before playing that team; so-called because they align in the formations of the upcoming ...

scat

Sports; Football

Onpass protection in which a running back is assigned to block one possible rushing linebacker or safety and another potential rushing linebacker or safety is dealt with via a hot ...

waggle

Sports; Football

Play-action pass in which the quarterback fakes a handoff to one side then rolls out deep to the other side and throws to one of two or more receivers who are running toward the ...

cushion

Sports; Football

Vertical distance between the receiver and the defender who is covering him. A tight cushion indicates that a fade route or other deep route has an increased probability of ...

highest point

Sports; Football

Altitude at which a receiver or pass defender ought to catch a pass when an opposing player is in the vicinity. This situation is analogous to a rebound in basketball; no ...