على الطاير

English translation: A volley/a volley shot

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Arabic term or phrase:على الطاير
English translation:A volley/a volley shot
Entered by: Paul Gledhill (X)

15:50 Apr 9, 2011
Arabic to English translations [PRO]
Sports / Fitness / Recreation / football term
Arabic term or phrase: على الطاير
In a round-up of a football match:

هدف من كرة سددت رائعة على الطاير في الزاوية البعيدة
Paul Gledhill (X)
United Kingdom
Local time: 11:02
A volley/a volley shot
Explanation:
A volley is an air-borne strike in association football, where a player's feet meets and directs the ball in an angled direction before it has time to reach the ground. A volley can be extremely hard to aim and requires good foot-eye coordination and timing.

to score a superb volley

volley (volée) ; half-volley (demi-volée(fr)



Selected response from:

Anis Farhat
Tunisia
Local time: 12:02
Grading comment
Thanks. That's right on the money. Any thoughts on what the Arabic term for a half-volley would be?
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Summary of answers provided
4 +2A volley/a volley shot
Anis Farhat
5first time
Eid Ibrahim
5immediately,directly
Murad AWAD
4On the fly
TargamaT team
4while in the air
Heba Salah


Discussion entries: 2





  

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3 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
On the fly


Explanation:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/On_the_fly

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Note added at 17 mins (2011-04-09 16:07:40 GMT)
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Double kick
http://www.smh.com.au/ffximage/2007/07/22/iraq_wideweb__470x...

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Note added at 19 mins (2011-04-09 16:09:49 GMT)
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Double kick goal...
http://forum.mu4arab.com/showthread.php?t=157870

TargamaT team
France
Local time: 12:02
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in ArabicArabic, Native in FrenchFrench

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Ruth Braine: I've never heard this term used in football commentary (and I watch a lot of football!). Believe it might be more commonly used for other sports (the Wikipedia article mentions ice hockey, for example)
4 mins
  -> I do not watch football! I think this is "Double kick", cf. photo

neutral  Said Abouharia: Me either!
5 mins
  -> I do not watch football! I think this is "Double kick", cf. photo
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3 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
while in the air


Explanation:
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Example sentence(s):
  • he scored shooting the ball amazingly while in the air to the distant corner of the net
Heba Salah
Egypt
Local time: 13:02
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in ArabicArabic
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3 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
first time


Explanation:
first time touch

Eid Ibrahim
Egypt
Local time: 13:02
Native speaker of: Native in ArabicArabic
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17 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
immediately,directly


Explanation:
immediately,directly

Murad AWAD
Germany
Local time: 12:02
Native speaker of: Native in TurkishTurkish, Native in ArabicArabic
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22 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
A volley/a volley shot


Explanation:
A volley is an air-borne strike in association football, where a player's feet meets and directs the ball in an angled direction before it has time to reach the ground. A volley can be extremely hard to aim and requires good foot-eye coordination and timing.

to score a superb volley

volley (volée) ; half-volley (demi-volée(fr)





Anis Farhat
Tunisia
Local time: 12:02
Native speaker of: Native in ArabicArabic, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
Thanks. That's right on the money. Any thoughts on what the Arabic term for a half-volley would be?

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Zeinab Alayan (X)
1 hr
  -> Thx Ms.Zeinab Alayan

agree  Ruth Braine
19 hrs
  -> Thx Ms.Ruth Braine
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