The genius of Lara is in his ability to hit the ball to space.
These are usually preferred by defenders who like to hit the ball hard.
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On clay, the ball bounces much higher than on other surfaces, so players have to hit the ball at shoulder level.
"I will be practicing some different shots, I will need to hit the ball a bit lower, more flighted, " he said.
"We're going up there looking to hit the ball hard, not thinking, 'Oh, we might swing and miss, '" second baseman Dan Uggla said.
He has the uncanny ability to get his body into a position where he is able to hit the ball where there are no fieldsmen.
"It may give you extra legs deep in the season, but you still have to have that God-given ability to hit the ball, " he said.
As an example, Towers cited Prado's willingness to hit the ball the opposite way to drive in a run, even if it results in an out or merely a single.
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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It's very difficult to play against him, because his movement is probably the best in the world and he's able to hit the ball very early a lot of the time.
It is as if he sees gaps and decides to back himself to hit the ball to those regions, at times regardless of where the ball may pitch on the wicket.
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But the ability to hit the ball hard the other way is what matters, and if he can perfect that skill, Teixeira knows he won't ever have to say the word "bunt" again.
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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After the longtime .300 hitter saw his average fall into the .240's this past season, he spent the winter working hard in the batting cage and re-learning how to hit the ball to the opposite field.
It also offers plenty of opportunities to bone up on your knowledge of wickets (the three upright sticks the bowler has to hit with the ball to dismiss the batsman), googlies (unpredictably spinning balls), slip-fielding positions (fielders positioned close to the batsman) and ducks (batsmen that get out without scoring).
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The goal will be to hit the cue ball one time and have all the balls go in the pocket.
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Krul was distracted by Craig Eastmond, who might have got a faint touch, as he flapped at a Bendtner header and, when Taylor tried to nod clear off the goal-line, all he managed to do was hit the ball against his keeper as it came off him and went into the home goal.
"The leg strength you gained by skating seemed to help you hit the ball farther, " he says.
In the ensuing melee the hosts screamed for a penalty after the ball appeared to hit the arm of Danny Higginbotham, but a third goal was not needed as they held on for three big points.
Sanchez equalized inside 10 minutes, heading his ninth league goal this season from Iniesta's cross, and Barca almost took the lead just before halftime when Cristian Tello smashed a shot against the underside of the bar -- the ball appeared to hit the line before bouncing to safety.
Winger Aaron Lennon made way for goalkeeper David James, whose first task was to face Shevchenko's penalty but the former Chelsea striker could only hit the post and the ball bounced to safety.
She gave him tips about wrist action, momentum, angles of incidence, about which part of the cue ball to hit when, and about the need to care just enough that you noticed you cared, but no more than that.
"There was so much trouble around the green , and the green sloped heavy from the back to the front, so if you hit the ball pin-high it could be a double-bogey very easily, " Casper said.
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