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  2. Glossary of ice hockey terms - Wikipedia

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    left wing A winger whose faceoff position at even strength is on the center 's left side. Compare right wing. left wing lock A defensive ice hockey strategy similar to the neutral zone trap. In the most basic form, once puck possession changes, the left wing moves back in line with the defensemen. These three defenders then play a zone defense ...

  3. Ambidexterity - Wikipedia

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    Ice hockey players may shoot from the left or right side of the body. For the most part, right-handed players shoot left and, likewise, most left-handed players shoot right as the player will often wield the stick one-handed. The dominant hand is typically placed on the top of the stick to allow for better stickhandling and control of the puck.

  4. Winger (ice hockey) - Wikipedia

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    The side of the rink the player played on traditionally related to the side of their body they take a shot from (i.e. left-shooting playing left wing) but in recent decades more wingers have played the "off wing" meaning the opposite side of the direction they shoot, which enables faster release shots if receiving a pass while standing ...

  5. Accelerationism - Wikipedia

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    Accelerationism is a range of revolutionary and reactionary ideas in left-wing and right-wing ideologies that call for the drastic intensification of capitalist growth, technological change, and other processes of social change to destabilize existing systems and create radical social transformations, referred to as "acceleration".

  6. Orthodox stance - Wikipedia

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    Orthodox stance is the most common stance in boxing [3] and MMA [4] for its superior power generation by right-handed fighters. However, the stance also finds usage from some left-handed fighters, too, owing to some of the advantages it has in general, as well as for the left-handed in particular.

  7. Volleyball jargon - Wikipedia

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    Consisting of three steps. For right-handed hitters the sequence is: left, right, left. For Left-handed hitters: right, left, right; Tool: when an attacker manages to force the ball off a blocker, causing the ball to go out of bounds giving the attacker the kill. This is often done by hitting the ball off "high hands" causing the ball to go out ...

  8. Shot (ice hockey) - Wikipedia

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    A player who shoots left (alternatively called a left-handed shot) holds the stick such that the blade is (normally) to the left of their body, with the left hand on the bottom and the right hand on top; a player who shoots right (a right-handed shot) holds the stick such that the blade is to their right, with the right hand at the bottom and ...

  9. Line (ice hockey) - Wikipedia

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    A complete forward line consists of a left wing, a centre, and a right wing, while a pair of defencemen who play together are called "partners". Typically, an NHL team dresses twelve forwards along four lines and three pairs of defencemen, though some teams elect to dress a seventh defenceman, or a thirteenth forward.