Word: footwork
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...Smaller players have been able to knock the ball away to the tune of 17 turnovers in the six games.“He has to keep the ball higher [in the low post]. He knows that. And he has to do a better job with his footwork. He knows that too,” Harvard coach Frank Sullivan said. “[We’re trying to] get him to relax, which is hard to do—he’s been pressing way too much, he’s trying to do way too much stuff...
...That benefits skaters like Meissner who have the big tricks but are more analytical and calculating enough to maximize their point totals with the minimum amount of exhausting big tricks. Under the new code of points (COP), as it's called, there is no hiding a weak spin, sloppy footwork or poor basics. It's a far more demanding and exacting measure of an athlete...
...We’ll certainly emphasize getting help to him,” Sullivan said. “The idea of keeping the ball out of the low post has three different dimensions. Number one: it’s ball pressure. Number two is the footwork of the guy guarding the post, and number three is to help defenders, being in positions to rotate to lob passes.” Stehle is Harvard’s leading scorer, with 15.7 points per game. He is extremely valuable to the team, but will have to stay out of foul trouble...
...like this to be the sort of show you might hang on a nail by the kitchen door." Executive Producer Ed Fouhy sees his mandate as exploring the quotidian: how Americans worship, rear their families, spend their money, relax. "We will not try to dazzle anybody with our technical footwork," he says...
...Siskel, who gave Prince Charles four stars for his U.S. performance. As for Diana, John Travolta rated the Princess of Wales 10 out of 10 after a smashing Saturday Night Fever pas de deux that stopped other White House dancers in their tracks. "I tried to do my fanciest footwork with her," said the still glowing actor afterward. "We did well together." Of her much discussed clothes, Couturier Geoffrey Beene observed in the New York Times: "Some of the design is not on target to me as a professional, but who cares? Her presence overcomes any banalities of dress...