Sentence examples for maintained possession of from inspiring English sources

UConn maintained possession of the ball and control of the game.

He maintained possession of it throughout in my opinion, but let me make it really clear: This game wasn't about officiating.

Mr. Manchester often discussed his friend's relationship to his truck collection in the present tense, as if the spirit of Mr. Guerrera still maintained possession of his fleet.

"The initial call on the field was that Troy Polamalu intercepted the pass because he maintained possession of the ball after hitting the ground.

He kept both feet inside the end line and maintained possession of the ball as he was dragged down from behind.

For one, Bryzgalov looked pretty shaky in the early going, and the Devils maintained possession of the puck for what seemed like an eternity in the Flyers zone on a few occasions.

"Yeah, I'd like to maintain possession of it, but then only a few people would see it," he said.

His Irish team has adopted the Italian philosophy: maintain possession of the ball, defend with vigor, avoid ostentation and danger.

"But the more we thought about it, the more it made sense as a way to convince the Africans that they would maintain possession of the process".

Rugby is a high-impact collision sport, in which players have to exert extreme force in order to acquire and maintain possession of the ball.

The key to his success has been his ability to maintain possession of the ball, with no turnovers in five starts.