(Sports) a return made with the palm of the hand facing the direction of the stroke (as in tennis or badminton or squash)
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Examples for "forehand "
1 The second seed then netted a forehand to set up match point.
2 Jagr faked several times before depositing a forehand inside the left post.
3 He takes the next point, at least, with a deep passing forehand .
4 But he backed his own forehand power, as well as his serve.
5 He made a move and slid a forehand short side past Mason.
1 Annja continued the forehand stroke , bending forward with the strong muscles of her back and flat belly.
2 A year later all Nadal's power was back on display, driving forehand strokes past Nishikori when it really mattered.
1 He made a move on Scrivens and put a forehand shot under the crossbar.
2 Kassian fed McDavid, who faked a forehand shot and slipped a backhander between Hill's legs.
3 Monahan tucked a forehand shot past Lehner's left pad for his 21st goal of the year.
4 His favourite forehand shot is 'cross court, yet he can hit equally well down the line.
5 In alone on Gibson, Tatar made a couple of moves and put a forehand shot over Gibson.
6 Sundqvist had the puck slip off his stick as he went to a take a forehand shot .
7 He intercepted a pass a center ice, rushed past defenders and beat Markstrom with a forehand shot .
8 Frank Vatrano also scored in the shootout, ripping a forehand shot off Lundqvist's pad in the first round.
9 Jan Rutta zipped a long pass to lead Fortin, who buried a forehand shot for his first career goal.
10 He made a couple of moves and put in a forehand shot for his fifth goal of the season.
11 Roy then deked Hutton and slid a forehand shot under his left pad for his fourth goal of the season.
12 Digging a puck out of a frantic scramble in the slot, Filppula swept a forehand shot under a scrambling Murray.
13 Get into a habit of touching the throat of your racket with your non-racket hand after every single forehand shot .
14 As Prout hauled him down near the crease, Cullen was able to push a forehand shot on net which Bobrovsky initially stopped.
15 And by rotating my body left or right I could easily step around a backhand to hit a forehand shot down the line.
16 Seguin settled the puck with his skate and lifted a forehand shot over a lunging Crawford for his 15th goal of the season.
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