Sentences with phrase «of ball catching»

McBeath, Shaffer and Kaiser call this strategy the linear optical trajectory model of ball catching, and note that it can explain one of baseball's stranger phenomena: fielders occasionally run into the boundary walls, even if the shortest path towards where the ball will land would have allowed them to avoid a collision.
Using the appropriately - sized drill bit, drill a hole to accommodate the tube of the ball catch.

Not exact matches

«Think of conversation as playing catch — you throw me a ball, I'll catch it, throw it back, and repeat.
According to ESPN, 11 of the Patriots» 12 game balls were inflated two pounds per square inch under the League requirements, making them easier to throw and catch in inclement weather (who knew?).
He» s going to catch hold of the chain and swing with the ball, while everybody below him gets swept away.
As Paul Blair caught Lou Johnson's fly ball to complete Dave McNally's 1 - 0 shutout and the Orioles» four - game sweep, Memorial Stadium erupted, hoary south - of - the - Mason - Dixon - Line racial codes were abandoned as blacks and whites hugged and hollered, and I experienced a moment of unalloyed joy — a prolepsis of the Kingdom, if I may say.
I'm not typically one to make resolutions, but I feel like I spent all of 2014, and especially the last four months, and even more especially the month of December behind the eight ball, rushing through life in a futile attempt to feel caught up.
with the vitamix I'd make rawnola and bliss balls, banana ice cream and thick smoothies, cashew cream and nut butters and everything else;) I've never owned a proper blender or food processor so I have a lot of catch up to do: D
Josh Rosen — A lot of precise throws against decent coverage, where the receivers caught the ball in stride.
DuPree explained to Cochren that his method of taping helped him hold onto the football, particularly after a difficult catch when he was trying to bring the ball into his body while the defensive back was trying simultaneously to break him in two and take the ball away.
But only seven pitches and five batters into the game, Atlanta led 3 - 0, and the fans seated in the Stick's outfield had caught as many of Swift's balls as had catcher Kirt Manwaring: two, courtesy of back - to - back home runs by McGriff and Justice.
If the ball clears the sidewalk, and the fielder, who is stationed in the street, fails to catch it on the fly, each of its subsequent bounces represents the advance of a base.
In establishing the validity of the catch, the fielder shall hold the ball long enough to prove that he has complete control of the ball and that his release of the ball is voluntary and intentional.
Byron Marshall and Dwayne Stanford caught seven of nine balls for 159 yards.
«There were a lot of balls I watched that (I saw) me taking my eyes off when I was catching it.
Slowly I added more clubs and better balls to the feed sack that held my precious dream sticks, and although I still hit four out of 10 shots totally sideways, or caught the turf three inches behind my ball, my self - taught progress was awesome.
But his hands were made of glue on Sunday, catching five balls for 145 yards.
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.
The incident happened in the 87th minute of the Palace win, when the Socceroos» captain cleared the ball away from his own penalty area, but in the process appeared to extend his arm unnaturally to attempt to catch the Hammers forward in the face.
The players stop dropping back when it is sailing deep and when you watch Cech he has MORE than enough time to get in front of Kayoute and catch the ball, let alone punch it.
It is not a catch if a fielder touches a fly ball which then hits a member of the offensive team or an umpire and then is caught by another defensive player.
In front of the plate, behind the plate you still have to catch the stupid ball and make the tag.
Caldwell caught the ball eight times and ran it back for a total of 232 yards.
Or posting a video of him catching balls in the offseason?
A CATCH is the act of a fielder in getting secure possession in his hand or glove of a ball in flight and firmly holding it; providing he does not use his cap, protector, pocket or any other part of his uniform in getting possession.
Johnson is an incredible threat out of the backfield — he caught 28 of 30 passes last year and averaged 10.5 yards per catch to Mack's 8.1 — but without Mack's home run capability, USF might need to snap the ball a few more times to score.
It is rare that a guy gets caught up into the line of scrimmage and is then able to turn and run and make a play on wherever Brady throws the ball.
As we stated at the open, Michael Pisanelli would hurl the ball to the right block, flying just over the outstretched arms of the Defender and Oren Schwartz would catch it and lay it in (while in mid-air) as the buzzer sounded.
Diggs caught the ball over Marcus Williams, and cruised to the end zone for the biggest play of his life:
The NFL's catch rules require a player to get two feet down in bounds and control a ball through the process of going to the ground.
Matt Zohn pitched a gem on the mound and made one of the more impressive plays on the night lunging to his right to dive and catch a ball before it struck the ground and firing to 1st for a double play.
Minnesota hasn't received that level of public support since 2003, when Randy Moss was still catching balls from Daunte Culpepper.
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.
The dark - side of throwing a «catchable» ball means every one is going to have a chance to catch it, e.g. Rex Grossman.
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.
Thirty one catches in four games is pretty damn good in its own right, but the quality of some of those catches, especially what he did after the ball was in his hands, were just ridiculous.
Just an absurd job to keep ahold of the ball through the process of the catch.
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.
It is pass interference by either team when any act by a player more than one yard beyond the line of scrimmage significantly hinders an eligible player's opportunity to catch the ball.
Kick it from the 40 yard line and give the other offense the ball at the 20 if it goes out of the end zone or at the 25 if it's fair caught inside the 10.
seems to me, ever since Giroud got caught in da sack, he has turned his attitude around, he seems slighter and faster, i used to complain daily about him, he was slow, always out of position, now he is attacking the ball, finding gaps, someone did a nice job developing him, i was wrong on OG,
His weak block of a Dortmund free kick was neither a punch nor a catch, and fired the ball directly at the hapless Varane, who could only watch as the ball trickled over the line.
Any forward pass is complete when caught by a player of the passing team who is inbounds, and the ball continues in play unless completed in the opponent's end zone or the pass has been caught simultaneously by opposing players.
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's why I think if he is thrown jump balls in the NFL, he is still going to be able to make the catch at a higher point in the air than 99.9 percent of the defensive backs he will face.
It was a mix of luck and awesome athletic ability to catch a ball he wasn't even looking at.
Some of the guys have had great measurable but turned out they could not run anything besides a go route or had crappy hands especially when trying to catch the ball in traffic over the middle.
He rarely caught the ball out of the backfield.
Cole made a phenomenal play to make sure both of his feet were in bounds when he caught the tipped ball.
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