Sentences with phrase «catching the ball off»

He did a great job catching the ball off the hop and putting it away to get in the end zone.

Not exact matches

«There were a lot of balls I watched that (I saw) me taking my eyes off when I was catching it.

Tied 1 - 1, Valencia caught the the ball which had deflected off the head of Demichelis to gain a clean path between him and the goalpost — an opportunity he promptly took and to great effect.

I'd get two hits in a ball game, one off the end of the bat and it hurt and one off the fists and it hurt, or else three infielders would collide trying to catch one and it's hit so soft it's a base hit.

He can create shots from anywhere on the floor and can easily play off the ball thanks to a steadily improving catch - and - shooting jumper.

The effect of Pitt regularly involving these guys is creating a ton of confusion for the DEs and LBs that have to add «and he may also receive a hand off or catch a pass» when they're trying to diagnose the intentions of Canada's players in the precious seconds before the ball crosses the line of scrimmage into space.

That 6 ’10 wingspan can catch ball handlers off guard when faced with somebody standing at 6» 3.

Simon Mignolet may have been caught off guard by the instinctive nature of the effort and the power behind it, but should be disappointed to have allowed the ball to squeeze under him.

An open - court steal by former Maverick Devin Harris allowed Atlanta to hold off Dallas: up one with half a minute left, Harris caught up to a streaking OJ Mayo after a strip by Elton Brand to save a lead, then saved the ball from going out of bounds, allowing the Hawks to finish with free throws.

In Miller, I see a guy who can line up all over the place, run any kind of route you need him to, a guy who can take the top off the defense, a guy who can make tough catches, and a guy who is going to maximize his production with his effort when the ball is in his hands.

That would be third baseman Alex Bregman showing off his range and catching a ball about 290 feet from home plate.

Every team benefits from a player like Ball, especially since he's a catch - and - shoot threat off the ball as wBall, especially since he's a catch - and - shoot threat off the ball as wball as well.

... comes right down into the waiting arms of Mr. Wynn, who hustled his ass off to get over there and in good position to make a play on Austin had he caught the ball.

Milwaukee Shortstop Robin Yount caught the ball on the first - base side of second and swept down with his glove hand at Henderson, who was in the dirt now, crash - landing on his chest with his arms extended and his batting helmet flying off toward leftfield.

He can catch the short passes and take them the distance, he can stretch the field with the deep ball, there might not be anybody better at going up to catch a jump ball and, unlike some top wideouts, he blocks his ass off in the run game.

In a 3 - 4, I'm used to seeing guys catch blocks and just try to anchor down so they don't get knocked off the ball too much.

honestly goon theo is being caught offside - losing the ball, he cant finish.he makes poor choices, joel campbell is so much better that united game was a one off.

giroud is a very good striker w the ball but his position off the ball is terrible, he camps behind defenders, he constantly gets caught to far behind the counter to give an outlet, once on the ball he is lethal, great ball skills, but he rarely gets the ball with advantage, take cambells cross into the box, you expect a poacher on that ball, giroud was 10 yards behind,

Good job JT, Marte about knocked the cover off the ball the SS caught.

Almost straight away, after UCLAN kicked off, the ball was caught and some great phases were carried out by MMU.

I caught the ball, and then took off.

Catching high balls / crosses so to take pressure off defenders or getting a strong fist to it... distance, organising defence, pushing teammates forward from your box to stop congestion, distribution.

This is already enough to at least force Anthony to catch the ball further off the block, but James doesn't stop there.

«They were playing off man, and we had time to catch the ball and hit some underneath routes,» Satterfield says, «and so we were able to hit [WR] Dexter Jackson a couple of times.

He came off that kidney injury to catch 10 balls for 138 yards in his last college game, a 24 - point loss to Stanford in the 2014 Foster Farms Bowl.

Well, he'd take off down the sideline and catch the ball over his shoulder.

They gave the ball away four times on fumbles and interceptions, and when UCLA sophomore Quarterback Gary Beban rolled out on options he caught the Penn State right end dropping off».

Chapman is an incredible defender, no doubt, but he's thrown some balls to 1st that were off - line enough that most other 1st baseman probably wouldn't have caught them............... Yeah, I don't think the White Sox are quite as bad as they looked in Monday night's game, but I think they're lucky they play in the AL Central, which more times than not, is the weakest division in the AL..

As you pointed out, now we have DAWGS back there, and receivers who actually take their craft seriously; who can catch the ball or at least make an attempt to bat it down and prevent the defender from catching it (KEEPING IT 100 DEZ) AND a pissed off, motivated, full engaged Zeke (in the best shape of his life) to pound defenses into submission???

After the Instructional League, Bo returned to Auburn, where he worked out with the track team, spent hours hitting and catching fly balls, and fended off calls from new Tampa Bay coach Ray Perkins.

Attempting to catch a foul ball off the bat of Evan Longoria, Ozuna went head first into the wall after he tripped and fell over the bullpen mound.

As soon as I caught the ball, I noticed my teammates Willie Austin and Carlease Clark take out the sprinters on either side of me, and I took off up the field.

And as long as the O holds on to the rock, gives MR2 time to deliver a good ball, and have the WRs catch it when it hits their hands, we're set; Julio and Freeman / Teco need to go off!!

I was asked to be in a lot of different pick - and - roll situations, handling the ball, instead of put in situations coming off screens and being able to catch and shoot, and get out in transition and run the floor — which are my strengths.

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.

On the block by Biadasz, who was not made available to the media because he was listed on the injury report as questionable with a left leg injury, that momentum was apparent as he appeared to catch Rugamba off - balance and not attacking the ball carrier.

After a few successful running plays on the next drive — aided by the increasing threat of the pass — the determination to keep drawing up deep - ball chances finally paid off when Slayton caught a 53 - yard touchdown from Stidham.

Wanyama catches Walcott just off the ball, and both sets of players come piling into each other.

Alabama looked to have been caught off guard by the onside kick, as many of Alabama's front line begin to retreat to prepare to block, only to realize the ball wasn't in the air.

That made it all the more shocking when Harry Kane was able to practically walk the ball into the back of the net, with his superbly timed run catching Chelsesa completely off guard.

When a ball boy standing nearby picked up the ball and passed it to Walker for a throw - in, the defender let it bounce back off his legs instead of catching it with his hands.

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

Seamus Coleman sent the ball across the face of goal and wide in the fourth minute, Phil Jagielka's header was caught by Ryan and Yannick Bolasie then curled a shot off - target.

He latched onto the ball and caught everyone off - guard, getting himself alone on goal against a panicking Fraser Forster.

The Hornets manager will likely look to the likes of Étienne Capoue and Will Hughes to disrupt our flow and move the ball quickly to the newly arrived Andre Gray to try to catch our defense off guard — a strategy that's worked to great effect in the past.

The Danes — a higher ranked side — continued their strong press in the first half but they were caught off guard as Kim Little fed Manchester City forward Jane Ross the ball, which she converted from 22 yards.

The visitors were off the pace in the first half, as shown when Eric Dier was caught napping on the ball by Mane in the lead - up to Liverpool's second goal two minutes later, before the Senegalese found Adam Lallana just inside the box.

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.

New skills your preschooler might show off include hopping, jumping forward, catching a ball, doing a somersault, skipping, and balancing on one foot.

I can remember officiating at junior football when not merely did you have, as a referee, to imagine what the linesman would have seen as an off side if he'd been present at all, you also had to be absolutely certain when the ball flashed goal - wards that it had gone between the posts rather than just over the crossbar, as there were no nets behind the goal to catch it.