ハーフスイング

noun

checked swing; check swing; half swing

Baseball term for a swing that is started but stopped before the bat crosses the plate, often subject to umpire judgment.

• 審しん判ぱんはハーフスイングを取とらなかった。

  The umpire did not call it a checked swing.

noun

half swing

Golf term for a swing with a reduced backswing and follow-through, used for control or shorter distances.

• グリーン周まわりではハーフスイングで距きょ離りを合あわせる。

  Around the green, I adjust the distance with a half swing.