The phrase "astute playing" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a clever or shrewd manner of playing, often in the context of games, sports, or performances.
Example: "Her astute playing during the chess match caught her opponent off guard, leading to a swift victory."
Alternatives: "shrewd performance" or "clever gameplay".
As Arsenal cheerfully take Manchester City's money off them for Kolo Toure and Emmanuel Adebayor, it's a reminder of Arsene Wenger's astute playing of the transfer market.
(Chinen) NEW JAZZ COMPOSERS OCTET (Thursday) Led by the trumpeter and composer David Weiss, this intense post-bop band has a worthwhile new album called "The Turning Gate" (Motéma), featuring astute playing by some of the musicians who resurface here, like the tenor saxophonist Jimmy Greene and the drummer Nasheet Waits.
Voynov, 23, a Russian whose English is still a work in progress, says plenty to his teammates with his exuberance in practices and more than enough to his coaches with his astute play in games.
Unitas had an uncanny ability to find soft spots in an opposing defense, and his coaches with the Colts, first Weeb Ewbank and later Don Shula, relied on his astute play calling.
Now, in Sarah Treem's weighty, flawed, and politically astute play "When We Were Young and Unafraid" (a Manhattan Theatre Club production at City Center's Stage I, directed by Pam MacKinnon), she portrays a single parent named Agnes, who owns a bed-and-breakfast on an island off the coast of Washington State.
"And he got us in some situations that were less than ideal with his astute play-calling and recognition".
The smart and edgy take on one of Shakespeare's politically astute plays was un-surprisingly gory, a Jacobean catharsis, but also fascinating for the glimpse it offers into a family in power.
He is astute to play on fears, now held by even some staunch Tory voters, that the Tories have "low aspirations for ordinary Britons, but high hopes for those at the top".
The Lions may be flying by the seat of their sponsored pants in terms of preparation on this trip but Gatland is tactically astute – he played 17 times for the All Blacks without winning a Test cap – and good at recognising the value to be had from all that surging adrenaline.
Thus we learnt that tarnished golden boy Jaime Lannister uses sarcasm as a shield, that the astute Margaery is playing a long game, and that there are still some characters in this brutal world who will act to help their family (thank you Yara Greyjoy for giving us a brief spark of humanity in all the misery and despair).
Page, normally an astute critic, is here playing the role of corporate cheerleader and puffmeister: " 'Carnegie Hall Treasures' is not a traditional history.
