He had just won the World Under-10 Championships in Florida and recounted how he trained by chipping
air balls along the hall into his mother's washing machine.
There were real balls and
air balls there and I just hit one ball and it smashed the window.
He had bulletproof confidence from the time he showed up here at 17 and at 18, fired off those four
air balls in the season-ending playoff loss to the Utah Jazz.
We couldn't believe the succession of
air balls. How could the Bob Zawoluk we remembered from 1948-55 gone so utterly ballistic?
But along with the palpable hits there are some
air balls. Commending the word "fashionable" to his mythical client, he explains, "It is always fashionable to pose as being, steadfastly unconcerned with fashion." His illustrative quote (Richard Nixon: "I know it may not be fashionable to speak of patriotism or national destiny these days ...
When Streamwood did get opportunities they often turned the ball over or fired
air balls from the perimeter that only seemed to fuel the Chargers' run-and-gun offense.
Feeling it, the 5foot6 Pacquiao jacked up two
air balls from each wing but he did dish out one assist also a first in his young pro basketball career to his 7foot3 Puerto Rican import PJ Ramos that cut the Hotshots' lead to five, 2924.
In the 1973 "Decon," I pointed out that "(Welch's) athletic credentials include four
air balls in one city league basketball game, 34th place in district cross country and a 111 score in a golf match.")
Ray Allen and Nate Robinson each had
air balls in the final seconds, and Nelson made four free throws to seal another huge victory for the Magic, who were falling apart only days earlier.
I think it would be in the garden with my dad when I was about five, just
air balls. We had a little flag in the garden.
The Squares attack the goal via long
air balls over the top to their strikers, who are confined to the attacking half of the field.
"I shot a lot of
air balls that first time, but it was still fun," Mathews recalled.
After that, though, Wakefield's knuckleball produced two more
air balls, both to Bay in left, and the Sox had crept a little closer to first place.
"I thought I would have a go and see what happened and I started hitting
air balls in the back garden, into the hedge and the fence," she recalls.
She practices at Lee Park and in the back garden at home, hitting
air balls and real golf balls into the chipping net.
