"But my ball striking is better and excited about the rest of the year!"
"I had no doubt I was witnessing the greatest ball striking in history, " he said.
Replays showed the ball striking the pad outside the line of off-stump but the Kenyans chose not to review the decision.
But the luck evened itself out later in the day when Hoggard won an lbw decision against Javed Omar (27) despite the ball striking the pads via the inside edge.
Everything is starting to come together as far as my driving goes, since working with Butch Harmon, my ball striking has been much better and my short game is as good as it's ever been.
Seven minutes after the break, Hume's low drive looked destined for the bottom corner, but the slightest of touches from Mannone was enough to keep it out, the ball striking the inside of a post and rolling along the goal-line.
His ball striking is fantastic.
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While there were one or two lucky moments, particularly for Hilfenhaus, there was also some clean ball-striking.
It wasn't my best ball-striking round for sure, but I made some putts which was nice and just managed the game well.
It was a brilliant display of ball-striking by the big hitting Queenslander.
He also has three wins on Tour this year, more than anyone else, and ball-striking right now is the strength of his game.
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Even that kind of ball-striking paled in comparison with 2003 winner Padraig Harrington who was beaten into joint second by a stroke, alongside South African James Kingston.
Woods, who missed only two fairways, said the round was his best in terms of ball-striking since he started working on his swing under new coach Sean Foley.
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"From where it was a few months ago, where I felt so good and my ball-striking was some of the best I've ever had, it is a little surprising, " the 42-year-old lefthander said.
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The strength of the 2008 junior champion's game is her ball-striking and it came to her aid in game eight as she broke to love with a fizzing return of serve, but Jankovic was climbing all over the Robson second serve and she broke once again to seal the set in 31 minutes.
You do not have to be standing still over the ball when playing a shot, so striking the ball with a run-up is okay.
Striking the ball early, he nearly surprised Villa goalkeeper Brad Freidel but the ball drifted just wide.
Shorti sticks have a more centred "sweet spot" which means they are ideal for striking the ball.
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The excellent Barry, striking the ball low into the corner, eluded Friedel's dive.
It was very heavy conditions and he was striking the ball really good.
Golf's regulators have banned nontraditional methods of striking the ball before.
"In terms of the way I was striking the ball it was a different level to the last two tournaments - way, way better, " said Murray.
Ledley, out of contract this summer, had been relatively anonymous but he collected a delicious return pass from Whittingham before striking the ball beyond Matt Gilks, who got his angles wrong as he advanced out of goal.
Denilson played a one-two with Bendtner and although there was a hint of a use of arm when getting past Valon Behrami, the Brazilian was soon dancing the samba after striking the ball low into the net for his sixth of the season.
Sporting's creative players were too often given too much time on the ball and continued to threaten, with Veloso striking another free-kick and Izmailov striking wide after Everton wasted several chances to clear the ball.
The introduction of Batty midway through the session worked instantly, the off-spinner striking third-ball when Alok Kapali suffered a judgement haemorrhage and was bowled offering no shot.
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In one of them, robotic dogs waddled across a field striking a little soccer ball with their noses.
It was Lendl Simmons who applied the brakes, introduced for the 13th over and striking with his third ball when Jayasuriya missed with an attempted reverse sweep.
Rangers goalkeeper Allan McGregor was nearly caught out by a looping header from Velicka, but the ball was cleared to safety after striking the top of the crossbar.
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