Basketball In Spain

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1. Mark Says:
   June 2nd, 2009 at 11:21 am

   Coach: entrenador / entrenar
   Fundamentals: fundamentos
   Dribble: driblar / finta
   Pass: pase/ pasar
   Stopping and pivoting: parar y pivotar
   Shooting: tirar
   Rebounding: rebotear
   Boxing out: ganar la posicion en la zona
   Time out: tiempo muerto
   Chest pass: pase de pecho
   Stay low:
   Head up: cabeza alta
   Protect the ball: proteger la bola
   Bounce pass: tirar el pase
   Overhead pass: pase por encima de la cabeza
   Baseball pass: pase largo
   Layup: tiro
   Shooting drill:
   Free throw shooting: tiro libre
   Low post: poste bajo
   High post: poste alto
   Swingmen: hombres bajos, desde bases hasta aleros
   Corner:esquina
   Back-cut to layup:cortar la zona para tirar
   Screen to handoff: bloqueo y pase a la mano
   Give and go: dar y seguir
   Pass and screen awayase y bloqueo indirecto
   Pick and rollick and roll (in spanish too)
   Sprint back: correr a defender
   Know who you are guarding: point to your man and call our their number: saber a quien diriges, apuntar a tu hombre y decir su numero
   Play your man in relation to the ball:
   See the ball: ver la bola
   Help stop the ball: ayudar a parar la bola
   During a fast break, sprint the floor: en un contraataque, esprintar.
   If a teammate is open, pass to him: si un compañero esta abierto, pasadle
   If yoiu can beat your defender, drive to the rim: si puedes con tu rival, entra a canasta
   Free your teammates by setting a screen: libera a tus compañeros hciendo un bloqueo
   Beating the full court press: para superar la defensa de presion en todo el campo
   Defending against a fast break: defender un contrataque
   Defending a taller player: defender a un jugador mas alto
   Defensive stance: posicion defensiva
   Ball-side defence, denying the pass: no permitir el pase
   Ball-side defence, help and recover:
   Communicating the defense: comunicar la defensa
   Team meeting: reunion de equipo
   Warm-up: calentamiento
   Fundamentals: fundamentos
   Scrimmage: escaramuza
   Inbounding the ball: mover la pelota al interior
   Drive to the rim:dirigirse a la canasta
   Cut to the rim: cortar hacia canasta
   Alley oop pass:ally hoop
   Full-court press: defensa en toda la cancha
   Double team: defensa de dos contra uno
   Crossover dribble: dribbling de cambio de mano
   Screen: bloqueo
   Zone defense: defensa en zona
   Man to man defense: defensa hombre a hombre

2. Tracy Says:
   February 4th, 2010 at 11:02 pm

   I have a problem with “driblar” – talk about Spanglish. Also, that size ball is a “balon” (accent mark on the “o”). A “pelota” is small (baseball, golf, tennis, for example). I’ve only heard “bola” used in reference to a “crystal ball”. It would also help with verbs to put them in the infinitive form so that they can be manipulated as needed with regard to person and tense.

3. admin Says:
   February 5th, 2010 at 9:38 am

   Tracy,

   I know Spanish Basketball terms from (Spain) . not sure if some of the above driblar is straight translation or based in Latin-Spanish.

   Driblar = botar normally usage in Spain as with

   Pelota = balón – i was told in the past pelota was used but not anymore

   Bola = its not commonly used either

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