When you are trying to hit the ball on a sweet spot that is minuscule to begin with, playing shafts that are a half-inch too long or short will make this nearly impossible.

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You must be disciplined in what shots you play and how you are going to leave the ball.

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If you are trying to hit the ball straight down the middle of the fairway and you hook it into the rough, you know that you did not execute successfully.

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Knowing which market segments are doing well will get you in the ball park, but it may not score you any home runs.

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"It's important you do have forwards that are comfortable on the ball as well as being big men, " he told BBC Radio 5 Live.

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While playing tennis can be a workout, in "Wii Tennis, " unlike real tennis, there are no breaks to retrieve a ball, and if you miss a shot, the action doesn't stop.

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"I felt we passed the ball decently, but Celtic are a good team and any mistake you get punished, " he said.

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If IHS iSuppli's figures are on the ball, there's even more of a discrepancy if you break down the period's results by manufacturer.

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From the day we met, he was Mr. Sets My Brain on Fire, then he evolved for a long, lovely spell into Mr. Makes Me Sing REO Speedwagon in the Shower, but there was always an undercurrent of Mr. You Are Seriously Pushing Your Luck Here, and I eventually found myself doing the ol' step-ball-change with Mr. Why Am I Banging My Head Against This Wall?

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Of the top 20 bowlers so far this year, however, only four are spinners, and you could have gotten long odds at the start on the top three performers with the ball at this stage being Chennai's Dwayne Bravo, Bangalore's Vinay Kumar and Rajasthan's James Faulkner.

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The point of my talking to you today is that, although more people are going to be put to work this summer, the pace on the ball I talked about early on, the pace on the ball continues to increase, not decrease, as the Act rolls out in the final -- or this final summer.

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