Sentence examples for blocking balls in the from inspiring English sources
Hernandez doubts the height difference will matter much and said he would concentrate with Zeile on footwork, getting the lead out on bunt plays (something Hernandez excelled at when he played) and the importance of at least blocking balls in the hole.
Tuck and the catchers work in foul territory or deep in the outfield during batting practice, concentrating on four areas: receiving the ball from the pitcher, transferring the ball from the glove to the bare hand, footwork and blocking balls in the dirt.
Blocking balls in the dirt is a very important aspect of a catcher.
Girardi, a former catcher, has always liked Romine's soft hands, ability to block balls in the dirt, and smart pitch-calling.
Then Saunders nearly let loose another, but catcher Jeff Mathis blocked the ball in the dirt, keeping a run from scoring.
"If I'm way back and I can't block a ball in the dirt," he said, "the ball gets by and the runner scores, it's not doing any good".
On defense, he positioned himself in the Galaxy's penalty area to block shots and he intercepted balls in the midfield.
Blocks back-to-back balls in the dirt, with runner on third.
Rugby is a fluid, nonstop competition for possession of the ball, with no blocking, and in which the point of the game is not to demolish one's opponent, but rather to gain possession of the ball.
Miller has a reputation for catching balls in the dirt -- "He blocks everything," Arizona's catching instructor, Glenn Sherlock, said -- but he could not gather two such balls in the sixth.
