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Snap Hook: (also 'duck hook, snapper, quacker') a shot that curves abruptly and severely right to left (right-handed player)

Duck Hook: (also 'snap hook, snapper, quacker') a shot that curves abruptly and severely right to left (right-handed player)

Pull Hook: A shot that is both a pull and a hook, starting and curving to the left of the intended target line for right-handers

Quick Hook: Refers to a situation where the manager removes a pitcher in the early innings because the hurler is getting shelled.

Long Snapper: A center who specializes in the long, accurate snaps required for punts and field goal attempts. Most teams employ a specialist long snapper instead of requiring the normal center to perform . . . View Full Definition

Indirect Snap: A play in which the ball is handed to the quarterback rather than thrown directly to the ballcarrier by the center as in a direct snap play. So named because the quarterback acts as an inter . . . View Full Definition

Hooking: A minor penalty which occurs when a player attempts to impede the progress of another player by hooking any part of the opponent’s body with the blade of his stick; an illegal use of one’s stick.

Snap: The handoff or pass from the center that begins a play from scrimmage.

Snap Count: The 'hut' sound the quarterback will use to signal for the snap to be made.

Snapshot: Term once used to describe a photograph taken with the i (instantaneous) setting on cameras. The term originally came from rifle shooting, when little or no time is allowed for aiming.