BACKSPIN Definition & Meaning

backspin

[ bak-spin ]

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noun

reverse rotation of a ball causing it to bounce or roll backward or stop short.

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sport a backward spinning motion imparted to a ball to reduce its speed at impact, as by hitting it with a downward or undercutting motion Compare topspin

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Origin of backspin¹

First recorded in 1905–10; back ² + spin

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You’re going from a 100-mph groundball hit to you on the dirt to center field, where balls are slicing, they have backspin or top spin.

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“If he hit that with backspin,” third baseman Max Muncy said, “it’s out of the stadium for sure.”

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But things are finally starting to take a turn — or a backspin, as a pickler might say.

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“I felt like that groove caught the ball a little bit more and produced more backspin. I felt like I got more performance out of an ash bat than a maple bat.”

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Day leaped into a share of the lead with an eagle on the 14th, holing out from 118 yards by dropping it past the pin with a sublime backspin that took it straight in.

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