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1v1
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en sports An exercise in which one player is pitted against one other player, as opposed to team play.
en Thomas DeNigris Play Faster: Speed, Agility & Quickness for Soccer Page Publishing, Inc. 2016 9781682895627 With all my teams, we conduct 1v1s at least every third or fourth training session all season long.
en w:Josh Faga The Real Giants of Soccer Coaching: Insights and Wisdom from the Game’s Greatest Coaches Meyer & Meyer Sport 2018 144 978-1-78255-130-0 SOCCER IS A GAME OF 1V1S Anytime you mention 1v1 to coaches, we immediately picture players lined up facing each other practicing step-overs and feints. But, as Michael [Beale] says, “it most certainly isn’t that.”
en A. Mark Williams; Paul R. Ford; Barry Drust Science and Soccer: Developing Elite Performers 4th w:Routledge 2023 978-0-367-70895-5 He was occasionally caught out in 1v1s, especially against Derby’s fast and strong CF, who was able to ‘pin and spin’ on Billy twice.
en video games A style of player versus player gaming in which one player is pitted against one other player.
en 2017 David Snyder; Matthew Wilhelm Kapell Speedrunning: Interviews with the Quickest Gamers I got back into StarCraft in 2007 and got really, really into competitive 1v1, and followed the Korean pro gamer scene and all that.
en Tyler Blevins; Will Partin Ninja: Get Good: My Ultimate Guide to Gaming New York, N.Y. Clarkson Potter/Publishers 2019 77 978-1-9848-2675-6 If you’re getting into 1v1s but can never manage to eliminate your foe first, then you need to work on your aim and reflexes.
en Tsuyoshi Fujitaka Kevin Chen These Legs Don’t Lie! Harumi’s Legacy as the Strongest Mimic 1 w:J-Novel Club 2023 9781718308220 From the sound of it, there was only one of them. If they had all come at me together, I would’ve been able to sweep them all at once with explosions. They’d probably taken that into account already. So they’re going to go for 1v1s, huh?
Verb
en video games sports To compete as one player pitted against one other player.
en Tertangala; 2015: A Nerd Odyssey 2015 In any other universe, they’d probably be 1v1ing Batman since you’re sure they’re the Joker incarnate.
en Bizzness One UNSW Business Society February 2016 16 Moreover, if you ever have a class on Upper Campus, you can get off at the second stop which is High St, saving you the trouble of 1v1ing Basser Steps.
en w:Oyungezer December 2016 41 https://archive.org/details/12-oyungezer-2016-aralik/page/41/mode/1up “1V1 ME BRO”
en Kota Nozomi Tristan K. Hill When Supernatural Battles Became Commonplace 2 w:J-Novel Club 2022 9781718303003 Is she pissed that I barely did anything in our last battle but took all the credit and gloated in the end anyway?! Does she want to 1v1 me?!
en Ben Sledge ALGS New Boys Northeption Are Here To Stay TheGamer https://www.thegamer.com/algs-new-boys-northeption-are-here-to-stay/ 16 February 2023 https://web.archive.org/web/20230216185331/https://www.thegamer.com/algs-new-boys-northeption-are-here-to-stay/ 16 February 2023 JLINGZ was spurred on by it, Oscar ‘Yuki’ Jiang (江铭亮) felt the boost as he 1v1ed eventual winner Phillip ‘ImperialHal’ Dosen, and the home advantage had a palpable effect.