"MCC subsequently revised the Laws of Cricket to prevent the use of ""fast leg theory"" tactics in future, also limiting the traditional tactic. Leg theory Leg theory is a bowling tactic in the sport of cricket. The term ""leg theory"" is somewhat archaic and seldom used any longer, but the basic tactic remains a play in modern cricket. Simply put, leg theory involves concentrating the bowling attack at or near the line of leg stump. This may or may not be accompanied by a concentration of fielders on the leg side. The line of attack aims to cramp the batsman,"
"square-leg rather than to mid-wicket. It is almost exclusively used against reasonably full-pitched balls from slow bowlers, as only then does the batsman have time to sight the length and adopt the kneeling position required for the slog sweep. The front leg of the shot is usually placed wider outside leg stump to allow for a full swing of the bat. A upper cut is a shot played towards third man, usually hit when the ball is pitched outside the off stump with an extra bounce. It is a dangerous shot which can edge the batsman to keeper or slips"
"positions fine leg, square leg, mid-wicket, mid-on, and long on. Some common batting strokes that are played through the off side include straight drive to long off, the cover drive, the square cut, the late cut, and the glance to third man. Batsmen skilled in strokeplay through these regions, particularly square of the wicket and through the covers, often become favorites for fans to watch because of the relative difficulty of mastering such shots. Various batsmen have distinguished their style and success through the off side, including such greats as Sachin Tendulkar, Brian Lara, Garfield Sobers, Kumar Sangakkara, Jacques Kallis,"
"Midfield Midfield is the part of a sports field that lies approximately in the center. It is a term most commonly associated with American football and soccer to refer to the area in and around the center circle, as well as the players who occupy that region, and is also used in field hockey to describe the same area, or in rugby to refer to the area occupied by the players in the center positions. The term ""midfield"" in baseball to describe the area between the infield (within the bases) and the outfield. In American football, ""midfield"" refers to the"
"in mid-kick) and the defender moves past this kick and sweeps out the standing leg. A variant of the single-leg sweep, this involves catching the opponent’s kick with one hand and sweeping the back leg. The advantage is closer proximity and less chance of failure, but it leaves the defender open to hand attacks to the head. When the opponent has both feet on the ground and the defender strikes behind both legs, usually accompanied by a blow across the chest to further off-balance the opponent. A sweep aimed at the front of the opponent’s legs, as opposed to the"
"total-goals series in the early years of its playoffs. It applied to all its playoffs from 1918 to 1926, and the early rounds until 1937, when it completed the switch to best-of-""n"" series. The NCAA Men's Ice Hockey Championship also used a two-game total goals format for much of its history. In rugby union, two-legged matches are used in the qualifying stages of the Rugby World Cup. The semifinals of the Italian National Championship of Excellence are also two-legged, as are the semifinals and final of England's second-tier league, the RFU Championship. In basketball, the two top European club competitions,"
"halfway line. Midfield is a term used in airport terminal planning to describe the airside area located between runways that accommodates various airport related buildings and structures. In Formula One, ""midfield"" refers to the teams that are not as competitive as front runners, but still score some points over the season. Midfield Midfield is the part of a sports field that lies approximately in the center. It is a term most commonly associated with American football and soccer to refer to the area in and around the center circle, as well as the players who occupy that region, and is"
"In Gaelic football, two-legged finals were used for five seasons of the National Football League, the last in 1988–89. The International Rules Series was also two-legged in 1998–2013 and from 2017 onward. In Canadian football, two-legged total point series were occasionally used by the Canadian Football League and their predecessor leagues in the postseason, most recently in the 1986 playoffs. In Arena football, the playoff semifinals (but not the Arena Bowl itself) were decided, at least for the 2018 season, by a two-legged total points playoff. In one semifinal, the first game ended in a tie, and went to overtime."
"sideline within five yards of the line of scrimmage and drop into coverage once the Quarterback pump fakes. (Before this rule, the Jack could not drop back into coverage until the ball is thrown or the quarterback is no longer in the pocket, and the Jack had to stay within the box designated by the outside shoulders of the offensive line, the line of scrimmage, and five (5) yards back from the line of scrimmage.) The ball is kicked off from the goal line, to start the halves and odd overtimes, or after any score. The team with the ball"
"played, the rest are omitted. Various playoff formats, including two-legged ties and total points series pair off participants in a number of games (often two), with the winner being determined by aggregate score: the winner being the one who scores the most points/goals etc. over the series of games. Two-legged ties are common in association football, and were used in NHL playoff series until 1937. It currently used in North America in the MLS Cup Playoffs. In 2004, NASCAR adopted a total points playoff of a different stripe, creating a ""Chase for the Cup"" that allowed a golf-style cut of"
"from his place, because oftentimes he is practically a second goal-minder ... although he should remain close to his goal-keeper, he should never obstruct that man's view of the puck. He should, as a rule, avoid rushing up the ice, but if he has a good opening for such a play he should give the puck to one of the forwards on the first opportunity and then hasten back to his position, which has been occupied, in the interim, by the cover-point."" Hugh Baird, then captain and cover-point of the Montreal Hockey Club, describes the cover-point as ""a combination of"
"(2–1). Chelsea scored again, though, to advance on aggregate, 5–4. The away goals rule is applied in many football competitions that involve two-leg fixtures, including the knockout stages of the UEFA Champions League, UEFA Europa League, CAF Champions League, CAF Confederation Cup and any two-legged playoffs in qualification for the FIFA World Cup or European Championships. Major League Soccer in the U.S. and Canada introduced the away goals rule in the MLS Cup Playoffs, in which the conference semifinals and finals (the quarterfinals and semifinals of the overall tournament) are two-legged, for the first time in 2014. The rule was"
"at the non-striker's end (that is, the end from which the ball is being bowled), which gives him a view straight down the pitch. The second (the ""striker's end umpire"") takes the position that he feels gives him the best view of the play. Through long tradition, this is usually square leg – in line with the popping crease and a few yards to the batsman's leg side – hence he is sometimes known as the ""square leg umpire"". However, if a fielder takes up position at ""square leg"" or somewhere so as to block his view, or if there"
"balls that unintentionally strike the bat and leg pad, and thus end up only a metre or two to the leg side. Also the bowler, after delivering the ball, must avoid running on the pitch so usually ends up fielding near silly mid on or silly mid off, but somewhat closer to the pitch. Additionally, commentators or spectators discussing the details of field placement will often use the terms for descriptive phrases such as ""gully is a bit wider than normal"" (meaning he is more to the side than normal) or ""mid off is standing too deep, he should come"
"England,"" writes Seddon. ""Being nutmegged soon came to imply stupidity on the part of the duped victim and cleverness on the part of the trickster."" While such a ploy would surely not be able to be employed more than once, Seddon alleges it soon caught on in football, implying that the player whose legs the ball had been played through had been tricked, or, nutmegged. In the National Basketball Association, Manu Ginóbili and Jamaal Tinsley employ the pass between the legs variant. Some commentators also use the term ""five-hole"" whenever this happens. The term ""five-hole"" is used in ice hockey"
"midfield, or generally side midfielder) (historically called left-half and right-half, or wing-half) is a midfielder who is stationed to the left or right of central midfield. Though they are often referred to as wingers, not all players in these positions are stereotypical speedy, touchline hugging players. With the advent of the modern game the traditional outside forwards known as ""wingers"" were pushed back to wide midfield, though still commonly referred to as wingers. As the game has developed further, some tactical formations (for example, 4–3–3) have used central midfielders deployed in a wider position to provide width, more defensive protection"
"picked it up and handed it to the quarterback. By 1889, Yale center Bert Hanson was bouncing the ball on the ground to the quarterback between his legs. The following year, a rule change officially made snapping the ball using the hands between the legs legal. Several years later, Amos Alonzo Stagg at the University of Chicago invented the lift-up snap: the center passed the ball off the ground and between his legs to a standing quarterback. A similar set of changes were later adopted in Canadian football as part of the Burnside rules, a set of rules proposed by"
"front of the ball. This was similar to the current offside law in rugby, which penalizes any player between the ball and the opponent's goal. By contrast, the original Sheffield Rules had no offside rule, and players known as ""kick throughs"" were positioned permanently near the opponents' goal. Offside (sport) Offside, often pluralized as Offsides in American English, is a rule used by several different team sports regulating aspects of player positioning. It is particularly used in field sports with rules deriving from the various codes of football, such as association football, rugby union and rugby league, and in some"
"2–3–5 formation became widely used and the position names became more refined to reflect this. In defence, there were full-backs, known as the left-back and right-back; in midfield, left-half, centre-half and right-half; and for the forward line there were outside-left (or left wing), inside-left, centre-forward, inside-right and outside-right (or right wing). As the game has evolved, tactics and team formations have changed and so many of the names of the positions have changed to reflect their duties in the modern game (though some old familiar ones remain). The term ""half-back"" fell out of use by the early 1970s and ""midfield"""
"can be used in knockout cup competitions and playoffs. In North America, the equivalent term is home-and-home series or, if decided by aggregate, two-game total-goals series. In football, two-legged ties are used in the later stages of many international club tournaments, including the UEFA Champions League and the Copa Libertadores; in many domestic cup competitions, including the Coppa Italia and the Copa del Rey; in domestic league play-offs, including the Football League play-offs and the MLS Cup Playoffs; and in national-team playoffs in some qualification tournaments, including FIFA World Cup qualification. In ice hockey, the National Hockey League used two-game,"
"Controversies over the move's invention and naming has added to the kick's acclaim in popular culture. The manoeuvre is also admired in similar ball sports, particularly in the variants of association football like futsal and beach soccer. The bicycle kick is known in English by three names: bicycle kick, overhead kick, and scissors kick. The term ""bicycle kick"" describes the action of the legs while the body is in mid-air, resembling the pedalling of a bicycle. The manoeuvre is also called an ""overhead kick"", which refers to the ball being kicked above the head, or a ""scissors kick"", reflecting the"
"result, teams generally use scripted plays in settled rides and clears. One clear that is commonly used in settled situations is known as an ""L"" clear. In this clear, a midfielder begins with the ball, the goalie is in the middle of the field, one defenseman is in the ""alley"" even with the midfielder, another defensemen is in the top left corner, and the last defensemen is above the box line in the middle of the field. One midfielder is in the top left of the field, and the final midfielder is across the midfield line, above the defenseman. There"
"have introduced the nomenclature to try to clarify the usage of the word ""leg"". In orienteering usage, leg normally refers to the part of a race between two control points. In relay (non-orienteering) usage, leg refers to the part of a race run by a single team member. The IOF prefer ""lap"" for this latter term, but despite this, in common parlance, ""leg"" is used for both terms. Competitors visit as many controls as possible within a time limit. There is usually a mass start (rather than staggered), with a time limit. Controls may have different point values depending on"
"leg during a 1985 ""Monday Night Football"" game vs. the New York Giants. Seattle Seahawks – Steve Largent, a wide receiver, was the kick holder and in 1985, he ran in a muffed snap for an extra point. During a ""fake field goal"" attempt the holder may pick the ball up and either throw a forward pass or run with the ball (i.e., act as the quarterback would on a standard play). In addition, the holder may attempt a run or pass if the snap is botched and a successful kick is unlikely. However, this rarely succeeds; the holder is"
"screen pass and hitch routes), mid range zones including the void (to defend the ""stop n go"", quick post, fade, hook, curl, and ""sideline"" or ""out"" routes), and finally the deep zones (to defend the post/deep post, chair, streak, ""fly"", ""go"", bomb, or Hail Mary routes). These are basic terms (perhaps the most generic) for the basic zones and routes which vary system to system, league to league, and team to team. Advanced forms of coverage may involve ""quarterback spies"" and ""containment"" coverages, as well as various ""on field adjustments"" that require shifts and rotations; the latter usually initiated by"
"Field-side player and Boundary-side player. The position of the ball on the field therefore dictates strength of the offense. In Cover 6 the field safety and field corner cover fourths of the field, and depend on a field outside linebacker to support underneath them. The free safety covers the boundary-side deep half and the boundary corner plays the flat. Thus the field side of the coverage is quarters, and the boundary side is cover 2. The Cover 6 gets its name from the fact that it combines elements of the Cover 2 (the strong safety covering half the field) and"
"from happening. The added ""point"" in this stance is the other arm. It is simply a three-point with the other hand put down. However, the hands in this case are allowed as much of the body's weight as the feet. The three-point stance has become a staple in every football game. However, this has drawn attention to the danger it puts players in. The NFL has gained bad reputation because of the players' long-term and sometimes life-threatening complications brought about by head injuries. The NFL's commissioner, Roger Goodell, has stated the possibility of banning the three-point stance because it makes"
"horizontal position. Teams change ends of the field at the end of the first quarter and the end of the third quarter, though otherwise the situation on the field regarding possession, downs remaining and distance-to-goal does not change at these occasions (so a team with possession 5 yards from the opponent's endzone at the end of the first quarter would resume play 5 yards from the endzone at the other end of the field, which they would then be attacking) . Separating the first and second halves is ""halftime."" Both halves, and any overtime, begin with kick-offs — the kicking"
"delivered sideways in relation to the body of the practitioner. There are two areas that are commonly used as impact points in sidekicks: the heel of the foot and the outer edge of the foot. The heel is more suited to hard targets such as the ribs, stomach, jaw, temple and chest. A sidekick is performed by first chambering the kicking leg diagonally across the body, then extending the leg in a linear fashion toward the target, while flexing the abdominals. Also referred to as a ""round kick"", this is the most commonly used kick in combat sports due to"
"three-quarter"" were used to describe the outside centre and wing respectively (although the terms are still sometimes used in the Northern Hemisphere) The names used by World Rugby tend to reflect Northern Hemisphere usage although fly-half is still often known as ""outside-half"" or ""stand-off"" in Britain, and ""outhalf"" in Ireland. In New Zealand, the scrum-half is still referred to as the ""half-back"", the fly-half is referred to as the ""first five-eighth"", the inside centre is called the ""second five-eighth"" and the outside centre is simply known as ""centre"". In America and Canada the number 8 is known as ""8-man"". Collective"
"the sideline (outside) without violating the 5-yard no-touch rule. Corners often refer to this second style of coverage as the ""man under"" technique. Single coverage, or man to man coverage usually employs relatively few techniques. However, they are often initially displayed to resemble one another as much as possible to disguise the true motives of the defense, and be interchangeable as well. Although terminology for single coverage can vary, a few generic terms have been included to establish a general understanding of cornerback philosophy and how his function relates to the rest of the defense. Loose man requires cornerbacks to"
"centre half can in many ways be compared to a holding midfielder in a 4–1–3–2. In many cases, multiple terms exist for the same concept. One reason for this is the progression of language over time. The sport itself, originally known as association football, is now more widely known by the shortened term ""football"", or ""soccer"", derived from the word ""association"". Other duplicate terms can be attributed to differences between varieties of English. In Europe, where British English is prevalent, the achievement of not conceding a goal for an entire match is known as a clean sheet. In North America,"
"defend the secondary. This is often referred to as the ""catch-and-run"" technique. Typically, cornerbacks mirror each other's zone responsibilities. However, sometimes they play a ""man-up"" style of bump-and-run coverage designed to eliminate the short pass, where the receiver is forced to the near sideline, which is the opposite of the run-oriented ""containment"" style of Cover 2. In a ""Cover 3"", the two corners and free safety defend their assigned deep thirds of the field, where the corners defend the outside third, (hence the term corner) while the safety defends the middle third. This allows the strong safety to address a"