Pitch
Pitch 1. A shot where the ball flies in a high arc and does not roll much on landing 2. When a ball pitches, it hits the ground, eg the ball pitched next to the hole and rolled a few feet past (golf) (chambers. Sports factf.,2005, 293P.) Pitch 1. To throw the ball to the batter 2. A ball thrown to the batter (baseball) (chambers. Sports factf.,2005, 87P.) Pitch a british term for soccer field (football) pitch a section of rock or ice between two belay points (alpinism) (chambers. Sports factf.,2005, 426P.) Pitch a short shot, lofted high toward the putting green, usually with backspin (golf) pitch the angle at which an oar is set in the water (rowing) pitch the angle at which the blade enters the water (rowing) (chambers. Sports factf.,2005, 470P.) Pitch the field hockey playing area. The pitch is 100 yards long by 60 yards wide, divided by a center line and two 25-yard lines, one in each half of the field (hockey) pitch the rectangular surface, bounded by the goal lines and touchlines, on which the match is played (football) (chambers. Sports factf.,2005, 262P.) Pitch the rugby field is a maximum of 100 meters long, from try-line to try-line, and 70 meters wide. At each end of the field is an in-goal area, no more than 22 meters long. The field is marked by a half-way line, two 10-meter lines and two 22-meter lines, and by two dotted hash marks, each 5 meters from the sideline and extending from goal-line to goal-line. There is a set of goal posts on each try-line (rugby) pitch 1. A playing area for a team ball game 2. (In cricket) the area between the two sets of stumps 3. (In baseball) the act of throwing the ball to the batter 4. A particular way or manner of throwing something, especially a ball to throw or hurl a ball, particularly as part of a game or sport (dict. Of sp. And ex. Sc. 2006, 163P.)
Source: http://lspa.eu/files/study/lection_materials/U.Svinks/Sport_lexis_terms_explanatory_dictionary_in_english.pdf
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