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How To Use ball up In A Sentence

• The problem was we hadn't been able to hold the ball up front, so it came back straightaway.
• The days when you could just hoof the ball up to a striker have long since gone; even Wimbledon don't play by these tactics any more.
• If you try to get the ball up with a scoop, you won't be able to get the tee out of the ground.
• It was doubly surprising to those who remain convinced that the strapping James McLaren would be in his element if cast as an inside centre, whose primary job was to take the ball up.
• When you take away a few seconds for getting the ball upcourt and a few seconds for trying to avoid shot-clock-running-down panic, you basically have 15 seconds to create a shot. Matthew Yglesias » Quantifying Shane Battier
• The players use a cesta, or basket, made from Spanish chestnut and reeds to throw the ball up to the blistering speed of 188 miles per hour.
• At the restart, Armoy fluffed the catch and Shane Hadden was there to punt the ball upfield.
• But Mr. Pierre said he included an important caveat: Mr. Randolph would be permitted to bring the ball upcourt only after he grabbed a defensive rebound. He's Long, Lean, Unlimited
• All that backspin made the ball upshoot dramatically when hitting into the wind.
• If hitting the ball uphill, you had to calculate how far back downhill it would roll, and at what angle.