Sentences with phrase «about soccer balls»

Meanwhile, Sunderland manager Steve Bruce said that anyone who knew the rule about soccer balls hitting beach balls was «a saddo.»

The artistic beauty with which he crafted his films can be found in Take Me Home, a lovely short film about a soccer ball's journey.

Not exact matches

Although I've found it very cathartic to speak, vent and end occasionally rant about all things Arsenal, we need to act carefully and intelligently right now or we're going to get played by this club even worse than at present... the pro-Wengerites and the suits, who represent a considerable proportion of the season ticket holders, don't want to believe that there is no plan and that Wenger has mailed it in for several years now or that things are going to get much worse before they get better... why would they... many have spent a considerable sum buying some of the highest priced tickets in the World... they want to have a front row seat to see something special and to be seen doing so, which simply provides ample justification for the expense and the time invested... to many of them, Wenger is the sun in their soccer universe... his awkward disposition, misplaced arrogance and his utter lack of balls makes him a rather unusual cult figure, but the cerebral narrative seemed to embolden those who already felt pretty highly of themselves... many might not even of really liked football that much before his arrival and rarely games they weren't attending... as such, they desperately believe that Wenger, and only Wenger, can supply them with their required fix... if he goes, they were wrong and that's a tough pill to swallow... they would have to admit that they were duped... they will definitely resent whoever made them feel this way, but of course it will be too late by then... so when we go overboard with ridiculous comments bordering of anarchy, it scares the shit out of them and they shift their blame towards us rather than at those who really perpetrated this act of treason... we aren't the enemy... we simply woke much earlier and the reason our comments have gotten more vile in recent years is out of utter frustration... in order for any real change to occur at this club we need to bring as many supporters as possible with us or the big money interests will fade and our ultimate objective will be lost... so it's time to focus on the head instead of the heart for now

Jeff Skeen of Full90 Sports talks about and the role of protective headgear in reducing the risk of concussion and the difference between concussions, which occur as a result of contact between a player's head and a hard object (another player's head, the ground or the goalpost), and the kinds of brain injuries which can occur as a result of repeated heading of a soccer ball.

Plants are expensive and a lot of work, and it's understandable that an avid gardener would be upset about her plants being crushed by careless soccer balls.

In fact, she refuses to come to dinner when you call her, ignores your requests to pick up her socks, and teasingly rolls the soccer ball around on the kitchen floor despite your rule about playing ball in the house.

At 25 weeks, your uterus is about the size of a soccer ball.

«The details of the flow of air around the ball are complicated, and in particular they depend on how rough the ball is,» says John Bush, a professor of applied mathematics at MIT and the author of a recently published article about the aerodynamics of soccer balls.

While other sports, such as baseball and cricket, have strict rules about the stitching on the ball, soccer does not, and advances in technology have largely given balls sleeker, smoother designs — until the introduction of the Brazuca, at least.

He has previously written about and lectured on the aerodynamics of cricket balls, golf balls and earlier World Cup soccer balls.

In the past few decades we have learned about the soccer - ball - shaped spheres called buckyballs, soon followed by the microscopic rolls of chicken wire we know as carbon nanotubes.

That said, there are several unfortunate jokes about Babulal and Dattatraya's advanced ages rather than their behavior, as when Bachchan kicks a soccer ball and lustily skronks on a toy saxophone while wearing an unseemly ear - to - ear grin that makes him look, clad as he is in his wig and beard, like Rankin and Bass's Abominable Snowman.

The smash - hit London musical, «Billy Elliot» (opening Nov. 13), is based on the hit 2000 film about a working - class lad from England's coal mining north who'd rather learn ballet than kick a soccer ball — much to the dismay of his family, especially his macho father.

The mixed bag that is Gerard Butler's marathon - of - movie - mayhem rolls into town once again with «Playing for Keeps», a dramedy about a soccer star roped into coaching his son's pee - wee soccer team, only to find, er, um, his balls getting more of a work - out than those on the field (thanks to the soccer moms).

Just like the original, it's all about keeping the soccer ball up in the air.

Socialization can be as simple as walking the dog near a playground where children are making noise, running about, playing ball or Frisbee or soccer or walking through the neighborhood while the kids wait for the school bus.

The game, which is about playing with a giant soccer ball with jet - powered cars, has attracted an enormous following for the crazy stunts and intense gameplay.

This alternate version is all about soccer - or football if you live anywhere else in the world besides the U.S. Kickoff Countdown is easy to point out, as he's the only Skylander with the head of a soccer ball - it appears both on the figure and in - game.

Among the works included are Jonathan Borofsky's Untitled ping pong table, which all are encouraged to play, it posits the opponents at odds with each other as one side of the table is a «plus» and the other is a «minus»; Andreas Gursky's large scale photograph depicts a soccer match between the Dutch and French teams, however with no ball in sight and a player injured on the field, the image speaks to the larger nationalistic ideas of sports; Mike Kelley's Arena # 2 (Kangaroo) is comprised of tattered stuffed animals on a used children's blanket, creating a tableaux about loss of innocence; Kirsten Geisler's interactive female cyborg beckons the viewer with sound recognition software to engage in a dialogue of sorts; Yinka Shonibare's sculpture Hopscotch incorporates a classic children's game with headless mannequins dressed in Colonial attire and Sol LeWitt plays a game of chance in his wall drawing # 716 from 1991 in which there are eight possible lines (vertical lines, horizontal lines, arcs, etc) to be placed in each square of a grid covered wall.

President Trump's angry comments about a caravan of migrants ricochet around like a soccer ball in the dusty athletic complex in southern Mexico where the 1,000 or so Central Americans have camped since the weekend, leaving them confused and befuddled.

In tweets about the story, he's holding a soccer ball in his home.