Sentences with phrase «hit the ball as»

In squash he only wanted to hit that ball as hard as he could, and when he missed a shot, he would hurl an oath out that you could hear a city block away.

Because he does not hit the ball as far as the likes of Palmer and Nicklaus, Marr must play his approaches and putts with infinite finesse to keep abreast of the big hitters.

In doubles, however, you hit the ball as far as you could, the assumption being that two fielders could watch out for cars better than one.

Tiger, playing with a fused back, the result of his fourth back surgery, is hitting the ball as far as he ever has and the rest of his game has returned over the last month in Florida.

At 52, he still can hit the ball as well as anyone — maybe better — though his putting leaves something to be desired.

The Astros got that first World Series win in Houston by hitting the ball as hard as humanly possible, several times in a row, over a sustained period of time.

After Saturday's 66 at Bermuda Dunes Country Club, during which Couples hit 17 of 18 greens and averaged 293 yards a drive, his longtime caddie, Joe LaCava, said, «He's hitting the ball as well as I've ever seen him hit it.

Forget Bumgarner going yard repeatedly: can you imagine watching Chris Sale trying to hit a ball as hard as he can, with just limbs and elbows all over the place?

«I'd always try to hit the ball as far as I could and measure how far I'd hit on the hill and try to hit higher each time.»

He'll never hit a ball as well as that again.

He also could hit the ball as far and accurately as anyone in the game.

Deane Beman, who is just starting his first full season on the pro tour, is only 5» 7 1/2» and does not hit the ball as far as the big boys, but his ability to putt and his quiet confidence mark him as a future giant of the game

It's fairly likely that Tiger is, in fact, hitting the ball as long or longer than Fowler.

There ca n`t be many strikers out there who can hit a ball as cleanly and powerfully as Ashley.

My introduction to hockey was in the sports hall, where we practised hitting the ball as hard as we could at each other from one end of the hall to the other.

«The men get up there and try to hit the ball as hard as they can,» he says.

In years past I figure I would hit the ball as hard as possible without thinking of locations, laying up, or setting up for a better final shot.

«The aim of the game is for the batter to hit the ball as far as he can and try to get «round all of the bases without being out,» explains Smith.

This game involves up to 4 players on a 2D plane, and as far as I could tell, the goal is to hit the ball as hard as you can.

Not exact matches

The Callaway Razr HL hybrid combo set is ultra-forgiving, even as you hit the ball higher and further.

As a stopgap, which I hit on in our hotel room the night before the factory was supposed to finish a big order, we put in a balled piece of tissue to push the cable away from the antenna.

The original, fantastically unique, fun loving Clone - A-Willy Kit allows playmates to create a vibrating silicone replica of his penis (and balls) as back - up for business trips, lonely nights or to pinch hit for the real thing.

Can't wait to try your energy balls when they hit stores, as I have not had a chance to visit your deli and my nutribullet can not handle such a workout.

He loves playing us, because he knows if they play with physicality and crowd the 18 yard area, we will just pass the ball around with no real penetration or threat but 70 % possession and the wait for an opportunity to hit us on the counter, All teams know that if you frustrate our passing style then we are vulnerable.A trait of all recent wenger teams.Hughes as a player was a stylish bruiser and thats how his team are set up.

Instead of taking the full hit, he simultaneously turned his body into a ball (curling to his left) as he threw the ball.

McCullers hasn't given up a run yet, but three hit by pitches and two hits — now three hits, as Seager knocks a ball over the infield mid-sentence — isn't exactly inspiring confidence in that trend continuing.

One of them (two if you count his show of force in batting practice before the event) even managed to ping off the roof as if he were hitting balls at his local indoor batting cage.

Rather than try to hit the ball over the line of players, the crafty Coutinho pea - rolled the ball underneath them as they tried to jump for it — and the result was a goal for the Reds.

If you need that annotated, that's a) Albert Pujols hitting a ground ball that b) Marcus Semien drops before c) leaving a Yelp review about Angels Stadium then d) calmly picking the ball up and e) gently crow - hopping as he f) throws a lollipop to first base to g) get Pujols by two steps.

Now most coaches will look at him as an oversized ball of quick twitch muscles who can switch any pick - and - roll, make a killing in transition and hit a spot - up three - pointer.

As the ball hit the water, Wiser scooped the ball with his right hand and in one fluent motion turned his torso and fired the ball into the right corner of the goal.

Dryer hit Fran as he was back to pass, jolting the ball loose, and Youngblood grabbed the fumble and ran it 10 yards to the Minnesota eight.

In his first four seasons as a major - leaguer, first with the New York Mets and since 1972 with the Expos, Foli managed to get into more fights with opposing players, umpires, and even his own teammates, and to hit more innocent bystanders with thrown helmets, bats and balls than the average high - spirited player might in a 20 - year career.

In Fort Hood young Robert also found a way to entertain his parents: When he was about eight years old, they say, he would stand in the front yard and throw a football as high as he could over their one - story house, and then race around to the backyard and catch the ball before it hit the ground.

In 1980 thousands in Amen Corner watched in horror as Tom Weiskopf hit five balls into Rae's Creek and made 13, tying the Masters record for highest score on a hole.

Beckham hits a walk - off, playoff - hopes - crushing HR off new closer Sergio Romo, stares at the ball as it leaves Camden Yards, does a Bautista-esque bat - flip, and proceeds to do the MC Hammer dance around the bases with both fingers pointed at Kevin Cash.

His second effort was a excellent bit of poaching as Ozil floated the ball into the box for him to nod it past Schmeichel, and his third was a superbly hit strike from outside the box.

As Carr tried to throw the ball downfield, Jones was able to reach out and hit Carr's arm on the follow through.

But, he has a knack for that deep bomb and hitting his guy in stride when he can eyeball the WR and anticipate where he will be when the ball gets there, dropping it in the proverbial bucket often as it were.

plus I feel it was ball to hand as Koscielny's hand was in front of his face n d ball would have hit his face if his hands were not there..

Each time he slapped at the ball and made contact he howled in pain and then stopped, hands on hips, and smiled as the ball curved over first, hit the foul line midway down the right - field line, kicked up white dust and then skidded into the opposing team's bullpen.

That way the ball bouncing off a backstop and hitting a batter doesn't count as a hit by pitch.

With 6:50 remaining, Yoder lofted the ball high into the wind from State's 44, then watched as it hit on the eight and caromed crazily out of bounds inside the one.

Statcast is based on batted ball data and hit probability, so it certainly has as many merits as UZR / 150.

As a result he either hit weak shots to the right or flipped over his hands and pulled the ball.

«He's a Yorkshireman,» Paul Farquharson said last Saturday as he watched Willett hit balls on the Trump National Doral practice range before the third round of the Cadillac.

In the violence with which 100 - yard freestyle finalists hit a turn these days — boiling and showering water as they flip, doubling up for a split second into a prenatal ball, then rocketing off into the next lap — a spectator some distance away can miss seeing swimmers foul up their turns.

«As a result, a lot of players don't hit the ball hard enough, and never will.»

THE HON. H. D. BUTTERFIELD Managing director Bank of Butterfield The alibi that I have to use as an excuse for my complete inability to hit the ball the way I used to.

Harrah says his bat control stems from his days as a scrawny shortstop when he learned to bunt, slap the ball to right and hit and run, because those were things expected of - a shortstop.