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I just heard another new word coined by the sports announcers. (Original Post) El Supremo Oct 2020 OP
"Escapability" is one I find annoying... RockRaven Oct 2020 #1
Physicality is a word. TwilightZone Oct 2020 #2
I never heard the word in the last century. El Supremo Oct 2020 #7
How else could one express intentionalitismness? It's a subtility. jaxexpat Oct 2020 #3
My pet peeve is when kids are playing their hearts out and MLAA Oct 2020 #4
Unfortunately, "impactful" is also a word. 3catwoman3 Oct 2020 #5
Sports announcers overall are idiots. LiberalFighter Oct 2020 #6
Oh boy. A new althleticism. Iggo Oct 2020 #8
I think it is all "trickeration"... El Supremo Nov 2020 #9
Although it's obviously a word, but I hate it when they rsdsharp Nov 2020 #10
If You're Talking About Basketball, You've Got It Wrong ProfessorGAC Nov 2020 #11
I understand that. But there are times when they are rsdsharp Nov 2020 #13
See, I've Never Heard That ProfessorGAC Nov 2020 #14
Another For The List ProfessorGAC Nov 2020 #12

MLAA

(17,165 posts)
4. My pet peeve is when kids are playing their hearts out and
Sat Oct 31, 2020, 08:52 PM
Oct 2020

announcers say ‘that kid needs to get his head in the game’. I mean wtf do they think the kid is doing? Thinking about his term paper? What he will watch on Netflex?

I consider most sportscasters to be the most annoying people ever.

3catwoman3

(23,820 posts)
5. Unfortunately, "impactful" is also a word.
Sat Oct 31, 2020, 09:00 PM
Oct 2020

I find it clumsy and irritating.

As I commented in a different thread, nothing wrong with influential.

LiberalFighter

(50,506 posts)
6. Sports announcers overall are idiots.
Sat Oct 31, 2020, 09:05 PM
Oct 2020

Don't care for our local sports news caster either. They do spots on local high school players with their hype about what they are doing and their opponents. Local sports get a lot of time for their segment than I think is warranted. And results in a 5 minute overrun of the half hour.

rsdsharp

(9,042 posts)
10. Although it's obviously a word, but I hate it when they
Sun Nov 1, 2020, 02:30 PM
Nov 2020

refer to “length” when they are primarily talking about “height.”

ProfessorGAC

(64,427 posts)
11. If You're Talking About Basketball, You've Got It Wrong
Sun Nov 1, 2020, 07:05 PM
Nov 2020

In basketball, length has more to do with wingspan.
Of course, taller people have longer wingspans, but some in the NBA are exceptional.
Scottie Pippen was 6'8", but had a wingspan of over 7'1".
Giannis is 6'11", but his wingspan is 7'5".
Luca Doncic, by contrast, has a wingspan only an inch more than his height.
So, Luca is tall, but not long. Giannis is both!
So, it actually does make sense because they're talking about 2 different things.

rsdsharp

(9,042 posts)
13. I understand that. But there are times when they are
Sun Nov 1, 2020, 07:54 PM
Nov 2020

clearly referencing height when they use it. In any case reach makes more sense to me when talking about wingspan.

ProfessorGAC

(64,427 posts)
14. See, I've Never Heard That
Sun Nov 1, 2020, 09:07 PM
Nov 2020

And, why reach doesn't work for me is because it's a boxing term that's really measuring how far in front of the body the hand can get.
That's why I'm ok with length as a measure of lateral coverage
But, I honestly have never heard an announcer confuse length & height. Every time I've heard it used, it was obvious they were talking about the side to side coverage, particularly as a defender.
"Long" guys make finding passing lanes tough!

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