Sentences with phrase «catch the ball early»

I adjust at the last second, catch the ball early, and hit it smartly across the net.

On his second serve, Chip was startled to see his opponent take a couple of steps forward and catch the ball early.

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The New Jersey governor was booed into oblivion after catching a foul ball at a Mets game earlier in July, and just days before that he couldn't avoid angry calls from his constituents while guest - hosting a sports radio show.

In an early training - camp session Don Trull threw a ball 50 yards through the air into the hands of a receiver crossing the goal line, and Coach Bones Taylor smiled the way he used to when he was catching them from Sammy Baugh for the Washington Redskins.

Except Clifton himself fumbled at the MTSU 16, and the ball got batted around a bit before another Arkansas State player fell on it for a touchdown, 98 yards or so from where Middle Tennessee's Tucker maybe caught the ball a few moments earlier.

* His speed wasn't really much of a factor early in routes, but if he was able to catch the ball in stride and get his legs going he was able to house it against the 2nd - and 3rd - levels.

The World War II vet and former catcher set aside his own ball - playing dreams to support his family and filled his son's head with the game at an early age, always making time after a day at the paper mill for a quick father - son catch.

SI: The fact that yards after the catch was up through the early part of the season suggests that teams are trying to get the ball in space to their playmakers.

The Miller - to - Morgan connection worked well early in Morgan's tenure — in Morgan's first four starts, Miller caught 36 balls for 531 yards and six touchdowns.

Further to the above, do not compound the earlier error by advancing to meet another bouncing ball and shepherding it back into the area, before forgetting to, y» know, catch the flipping thing, with hilarious results;

Hayward is a modern, excellent off - the - ball player both on the catch - and - shoot and slasher roles he filled admirably early in his career.

However it ran into the path of Lucas, who confidently took the shot on early from just inside the box with his weaker foot, catching out the goalkeeper who couldn't prevent the ball nestling in the bottom corner of the net.

Chievo tried to catch Roma off - guard by hastening their counterattacks through prompt switches of play followed by early balls into the box.

Alexis Sanchez is beginning to look like his exertions earlier in the season are catching up with him as he gave the ball away a bit too often, but he still scared the Monaco back - line when he got the ball.

Things took a turn early on in the second half, as a ball over the top caught out Terry, and he looked to have little chance of catching Rondon.

The German «keeper's form has improved markedly from his early days at Anfield, however, he was caught out by Zaha's speed when the winger flicked the ball goalward before being cleaned out by Karius.

He didn't seem to recover from this early set back and in a moment of madness he rushed off his line to meet the ball, instead of catching it though he punched it straight at Mamdou Sakho and the ball almost bobbled over the line.

This is what happened to the owner of the vehicle in the photo above: for the last year, he visited only a fast - lube shop and they didn't catch a worn - out ball joint earlier.

Early on, the majority of your losses will come down to you fizzing a ball over the far baseline by missing your timing, rather than by the AI catching you out of position and hitting a winning shot.