Sentence examples for defensive understanding from inspiring English sources

As a player Kopua has it all, including smarts and great leadership qualities; Atkinson said Kopua is "still the world's best defender with unbelievable athleticism and circle defensive understanding".

It took 23 minutes for his side catch fire on Saturday when the defensive understanding between William Gallas and Marcel Desailly proved handy in attack, the former turning in the latter's header from a corner.

In winning his first cap, the promising playmaker showed the advantages of picking a midfielder rather than a striker for a job that requires a defensive understanding when the opposition have possession.

Defensive understanding takes time and I'm not talking ten games - sometimes it can take a season.

But 21-year-old Laing had barely started establishing any sort of defensive understanding with Mark O'Brien before they were watching Davidson pounce.

(Bush, in contrast, stumbled over the national-debt reference -- the rest of the question made clear the person was asking about the recent economic recession -- and then became defensive about understanding the recession's effects even without direct personal experience).

"We tried to change styles as far as our pitchers learning how to pitch, our defense learning how to be a better defensive team, us understanding how to run the basepaths, understanding when the situation says just move someone, understanding when you can get runs without even getting a base hit".

To remain restricted within an analysis that already assumes only a defensive posture, limits understanding how animals live in exchange with others.

If you predominately operate from a defensive spirit, perhaps understanding why will move you to a confident offensive mindset.

"And I think he has a little bit better understanding of defensive line play.

"As a team, we've got to start understanding our defensive principles," he said.