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chest pass

American  

noun

Sports.
  1. a pass in which the ball is quickly propelled from the chest by the hands and arms.


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The teen then rolled the ball back to Morant, who picked it up and threw a chest pass back to Holloway, Morant said.

From Seattle Times ● Dec. 11, 2023

Teenager Anthony Elanga headed his first goal of the season from Fred's pass 10 minutes after the break before Cristiano Ronaldo's superb chest pass helped Bruno Fernandes set up the second unselfishly for Mason Greenwood.

From BBC ● Jan. 19, 2022

He connected with Danuel House on a three-quarter-court chest pass to set up a dunk late in the opening quarter, timing clearly not much of an issue after a couple months off.

From Washington Times ● Dec. 15, 2020

He used to always say MJ didn't throw a precise enough chest pass.

From Chicago Tribune ● Apr. 3, 2011

I fling a quick chest pass to my twin brother, JB, number twenty-three, a.k.a. the Jumper.

From "The Crossover" by Kwame Alexander

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