Sentence examples for rigorous player from inspiring English sources

John went on to tell me about the Lithuanian's rigorous player assessment system.

Lendl was just 20 then, not yet the obsessively rigorous player who would rise to world No.1 and win eight Grand Slam singles titles.

But as Coltart said this year, the real challenge for ZC is to find the resources to "maintain the franchises and develop a rigorous player development programme".

While Friel slightly overdoes a waif routine that came less self-consciously to that role's flinty, feisty originator, Liza Walker, Rupert Graves puts his seemingly eternal boyish appeal to good use as a rigorous player of Marber's carnal rondelay.

He [Abramovich] would try to convince me, with all my experience to the contrary, to be stronger, tougher and more rigorous with the players.

It's rigorous being an N.F.L. player, but there is also the off-season and other downtime".

Universities invest heavily in salaries and facilities to attract top coaches and players, coaches invest long hours into rigorous recruiting and training the best players, and players invest many years toward improving skills and athleticism [16].

The coach had made rigorous demands on certain players.

He integrated elements from ballet, chess, and bandy, and put players through rigorous and unorthodox training rituals.

"Rigorous competition of all players, including smaller and innovative ones, must be preserved for the future," Joaquín Almunia, the competition commissioner, told members of the European Parliament.

Minnesota began last year with six straight victories before losing 29-17 thethe Giants and dropping seven of its final 10. Vikings coach Mike Tice -- determined to ward off a letdown -- even put his players through rigorous, training camp-style practices this week.