Sentence examples for grasping the ball from inspiring English sources

He moves his hand through the muscles in his arm by using his head, and the hand on the screen moves, too, reaching out and grasping the ball.

Lamar Odom is an anchor, and Kobe Bryant could have an M.V.P. season, but by the time his teammates grasp the triangle, Bryant will be grasping the ball for himself.

This was a man who might let his weight get out of hand, and yet could still dribble past younger and fitter opponents or employ the famed Cuauhtemiña — or the 'Blanco Bounce' — by which he would jump over defenders while grasping the ball between both feet.

Keep grasping the ball longer.

Kinsler, in full stride, grasped the ball in his glove at almost the same instant he stepped on the base.

Patrick Hayashi emerges from the pile of arms and legs and teeth to grasp the ball in his solid possession.

But in one unruffled motion, Charlie Ward leaped over the sideline and hovered like a hummingbird as he grasped the ball, surveyed the desperate situation and then whipped the wayward rebound into the hands of Latrell Sprewell.

Wilson was forced deep and threw optimistically into the corner where tight-end Luke Willson grasped the ball at the second attempt, staggering into the endzone with little attention from the Green Bay defense.

Rankin at mid-off is the culprit, the ball smashing into his hands at head height, but instead he palmed it up into the air and couldn't grasp the ball as it plopped to earth behind him.

Sinfield launched a crossfield kick high into the air 30 yards from the tryline and, as the bounce bamboozled the Australian defence, Leroy Cudjoe reacted quickest, leaping high to grasp the ball and tumble over the line.

Not that the St Johnstone were happy with just five goals, though, and Dan Ward denied MacLean a hat-trick with a low save, although the on-loan Liverpool man took two attempts to grasp the ball safely.