Woodson often bemoaned a lack of practice when asked about the Knicks' flat showings.
Lack of practice exacerbates the mistakes because players lose the touch that comes with a perfectly repeatable stroke.
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Yet a lack of practice doesn't entirely explain the 2008 fumble.
Jon Clarke was parachuted straight into Northampton's side after a lengthy absence, and Wasps exploited his lack of match practice with a slick try on 12 minutes.
Sharapova had not played since losing to China's Zheng Jie at Indian Wells and her lack of match practice after an elbow injury showed in a 6-4 6-3 defeat at Caja Magica.
Australian Open champion Federer, who had struggled to beat Romanian Victor Hanescu in his opening match after his layoff, said his lack of match practice had counted against him on the crucial points.
The home side are top of the Czech league but have not played for almost two months due to a winter break and their lack of recent match practice was painfully apparent in the early stages.
"However, much of the current delay is due to poor practice, not the lack of tool for diagnosis, " he said.
As we exclusively revealed in November 2012 this is on top of criticism by the Independent Police Complaints Commission who found there was a "wanton lack of intrusive enquiries, poor practice and woeful record keeping" within Durham Police's firearms licensing unit.
Christian Berndt, one of the doctors running a predictably busy practice in the town centre, looks rattled by lack of younger patients on his books.
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Labour's Sarah Boyack said she was concerned by a lack of sense of urgency to put policies into practice, particularly on transport.
There is a theory, called the "hygiene hypothesis", backed by Dr Djukanovic, which suggests measures such as the overzealous cleaning of houses has meant immune systems lack practice fighting bacteria and viruses.
Members expressed concern about the redefinition of the working day, excessive management control, lack of recognition for part-time doctors and the differential treatment for consultants in their first seven years of practice.
"I found the way the school was managed day to day, the lack of a structure to maintain discipline and enable good teaching practice, very stressful, " Mr A said.
Squatting groups say there has been a rise in the practice since the mid-2000s due to a lack of affordable housing, particularly in the South-East of England.
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There is a longstanding practice in the joint force of maintaining weapons systems in-house rather than sending them back to the original manufacturers for support, but that practice was partially abandoned over the last ten years due to lack of capacity in federal facilities as war-related repairs ramped up.
Conservative Baroness Morris of Bolton said a lack of female interpreters was hampering efforts to "get the message across" about the practice.
James Sinclair, 28, who recently graduated from law school and opened his own civil practice, said when he traded emails with other attorneys, his lack of a disclaimer made him feel inadequate.
"The practice goes back to day one, of not laying off employees for lack of work, " he says.
In practice they usually don't, because states lack the legal authority to compel out-of-state retailers to collect the tax.
They then opted against a rushed practice at the Westpac Stadium before the scheduled start at 1400 local time on Saturday - but the lack of preparation could hardly be an excuse.
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