"I thought in the first half in particular when we made breaks with quick ball there were bodies lingering at the back of rucks and the ball didn't come out, it got turned over or whatever and that's the frustrating thing, there were chances there, " he insisted.
Some players rely on attacking strokes to power past opponents, while others are content to soak up pressure from the back of the court, lobbing the ball back onto the table with heavy amounts of spin.
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Vickers's advice is that when you've adopted your stance and are ready to putt, gaze calmly and steadily at the hole (or target spot) for about three counts, bring your eyes back to the ball in one count and fix your eyes on the back (or top) of the ball for two counts.
When a ball is pitched to the robot, an accelerometer at the back of a batting cage records information about the flight of the ball, including its speed, and this data is relayed back to a machine that holds the GPU-powered brain.
The Greece international latched on to a long ball from McGeady in the 76th minute and collected himself in front of Langfield before casually flicking the ball into the back of the net.
Holden had the ball in the back of the net from Sturridge's classy back-heel but the ball was deemed to have gone out of play, while Sturridge and Elmander could have made it worse for the visitors but their shots were narrowly wide.
But it was the briefest of honeymoons for Cook, lasting only until the last ball of the eighth over, when he played a half-hearted force off the back foot to a ball well wide of off-stump - and to the delight of the bowler Hilfenhaus, Michael Hussey dived expertly in the gully to take a fine one-handed catch.
The match was over as a contest when McGinn swung a leg at a loose ball in the dying minutes of the game and the ball drifted past Smith and into the back of the St Johnstone net.
Fabiano, who scored twice in the 4-1 Spanish league win over Real Zaragoza at the weekend, broke the deadlock on the stroke of half-time after Renato broke down the left and pulled the ball back to the edge of the area -- where Fabiano was waiting to slot home confidently.
But Mbu was first to strike, glancing an inswinging Scott McBride corner towards goal and, despite the efforts of Richard Walker who tried in vain to keep the ball out at the far post, the ball ended up in the back of the net.
Collecting Beye's pass on the right of the box, he curled the ball past Hahnemann and into the back of the net for his fourth goal in as many games.
He was not in any control of another savage drive that brought him four off Hoggard, and was then felled by a brutal Flintoff bouncer that missed the back of the helmet as he took his eye of the ball and smacked into his head.
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As the clock ticked well into the fifth minute of injury time the ball was passed back to Evans and, with the last kick of the match, the New Zealander scudded a low drop-goal between the posts.
Greece conceded again three minutes later when lively full-back Gebre Selassie cut in from the right and pulled the ball back beyond the grasp of Chalkias for Vaclav Pilar to bundle in.
You should go into contact and not lose the ball - I would want any player I coached to make sure the ball comes back 99% of the time.
But Tim had clearly been obsessed with the idea of taking home his own piece of Aperture Science since the MakerBot team first showed us one back at CES. The one we saw back then was roughly the size of a soccer ball, but we figured we'd start with something a bit more modest at one inch cubed.
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However, keeper Smith parried and McGinn pounced on the rebound to blast the ball into the back of the net.
The whole year, he put the ball in the back of the net and look what he did in a quarterfinal game.
With seven minutes remaining, the hosts had the ball in the back of the net after a goalmouth melee but Zaki's effort was ruled out by the referee.
Then with just six minutes remaining, Burton grabbed the winner with a quality strike, pouncing on a knockdown to lash the ball into the back of the net.
The Austrian's low shot towards the bottom corner was within Rensing's reach, but he only got a very weak hand to it and helped the ball into the back of the net.
Two minutes later, the stalemate was broken when Sheils broke free on the counter-attack and outran the United defence to round Zaluska and confidently bury the ball in the back of the net.
From the back of a scrum, Leinster spread the ball wide with pace and Nacewa was released down the left wing after a neat pass from O'Driscoll.
The goal involved two of the game's most impressive performers, with full-back Pranjic racing onto a loose ball on the edge of the Poland area before cutting a pass back to Klasnic, who slotted home first time low to Boruc's left.
Ndlovu then claimed his second with Kasinauyo the provider, turning the ball back into the path of the Zimbabwean captain.
Blackburn could have taken the lead in the second minute when Andrews, who had recovered from a knee problem, headed the ball back into the path of Warnock.
The England striker appeared to have wasted the chance with a poor first touch but, with Sylvain Distin and James diving at his feet, he lifted the ball brilliantly into the back of the net.
Hearts should have taken the lead after 24 minutes when Elliott pulled the ball back into the path of the unmarked Taouil, who sliced wide from 12 yards, injuring himself in the process before being immediately replaced with Andrew Driver.
The Portugal international then tried his luck from the opposite side and this time the Bolton keeper could only parry the ball back into the path of Berbatov, who poked home to give United what could prove to be a vital three points.
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