Concept
Off spin
Overview
type of bowling in cricket
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These little breaks have an important meaning. The ring is always much thickened, with the edges ill-defined towards the left-hand upper corner, the feather being held erect, in the position in which it is here drawn. Beneath this thickened part there is on the surface of the ball an oblique almost pure-white mark, which shades off downwards into a pale-leaden hue, and this into yellowish and brown tints, which…
Charles Darwin, The Descent of Man, and Selection in Relation to Sex
Close in meaning to Off spin; the term itself is not named.
The other kind differs only in having three balls united by the thongs to a common centre. The Gaucho holds the smallest of the three in his hand, and whirls the other two round and round his head; then, taking aim, sends them like chain shot revolving through the air.
Charles Darwin, Journal of Researches into the Natural History and Geology of the Countries Visited During the Voyage Round the World of H.M.S. Beagle Under
Close in meaning to Off spin; the term itself is not named.
Suppose that some one rolls a ball to a child; he catches it and rolls it back, and the game goes on. Here the stimulus is not just the sight of the ball, or the sight of the other rolling it. It is the situation--the game which is playing. The response is not merely rolling the ball back; it is rolling it back so that the other one may catch and return it,--that the game may continue. The "pattern" or model is not…
John Dewey, Democracy and Education
Close in meaning to Off spin; the term itself is not named.
Philosophers who discussed Off spin
Related ideas
Place in the tradition
Part of Edward Craig (philosopher).