Sentence examples for command of the ball from inspiring English sources
Passes cover a shorter distance and, as England defender Keryn Seal explains during the training session, players try not to let the ball stray more than a few inches from their feet, making nimble footwork and a command of the ball vital.
Down a goal, the club simply could not command possession of the ball.
The pattern was established: Cone fell behind in the count, could not effectively pinpoint his slider or splitter and when he wasn't issuing walks -- he had five in his brief outing -- the Angels' hitters successfully seized on his lack of command, driving the ball.
But Pettitte's arm was not responding, and he could not command the flight of the ball.
Nelson himself took nominal command of the blockade, while Ball was made president of the Maltese National Congress.
"He can do a lot of things without commanding the ball," D'Antoni said of Fields, a second-round selection from Stanford.
"It's the sharpness of his breaking ball, the command of the off-speed pitches where he consistently can drop them in at any time, any count.
One must not give way to passion — it is the province of poets and of fools who abandon themselves to vagabond status, forgoing command of the drawing room and the aristocratic ball.
"The balls that were hit were hit hard, no command, he left the ball up.
Tell them a command to get the ball.
