"have a solid performance" is correct and usable in written English.
It is a phrase used to urge someone to do their best in a particular task, usually one which requires skill or expertise. For example, you might say, "I know the presentation is important, so give it your all and have a solid performance!".
He allowed his first passed ball tonight but otherwise had a solid performance behind the plate.
The San Francisco starter Madison Bumgarner also had a solid performance, giving up one run in six innings.
Takahashi was an out from finishing the third inning and having a solid performance, but the next four Nationals reached base.
ATHLETICS 6, ASTROS 3 Bartolo Colon had a solid performance in his return from a drug suspension, and visiting Oakland beat Houston.
"I think the best antidote to that kind of speculation is performance, and I think we had a solid performance the last two years, and I think that's clear when you stack us up against our peers," Mr. Zucker said.
The Giants (12-4) are that team, and unless Philadelphia's defense has a solid performance in Sunday's National Football Conference playoff game at Giants Stadium, the Eagles (11-5) will have difficulty winning.
Martin O'Malley, who, like Biden, is a Catholic Democrat from the mid-Atlantic who would serve as a more mainstream alternative to Clinton, also had a solid performance in his introduction to a national audience.
Although he had a solid performance in spring training, Hughes began the 2009 season in Triple-A.
In his unofficial NFL debut, a preseason game against the Carolina Panthers, Cody had a solid performance, finishing with five tackles (four solo).
After having a solid performance in the 1930 season of the amateur league, he was recruited by the Tigres del Licey team to play in the Dominican Republic, which was coached by Charles Dore.
