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In games where a ball may be legally caught (e.g. baseball) or carried (e.g. American football), a player (or the player's team) may be penalized for dropping the ball; for example, an American football player who drops a ball ("fumbles") risks having the ball recovered and carried by the other team; in baseball, a player who drops a thrown or ...
The chants may give encouragement to the team, for example, "Come on you [name of team]", "Vamos [name of team]", "Allez [name of team]". They may be expression of confidence and optimism, suggesting that their team will win a game, the league, be promoted, or win a major cup tie at venues such as Wembley .
The coach can't get along with his star player. [5] Someone doubts the protagonist's abilities, and is made to believe in them. [5] The players overcome race relations or gang violence, and are brought together by being a team. [5] The opposing team is larger, better dressed, better equipped yet end up defeated by the protagonist's team. [5]
Rhythmical cheering has been developed to its greatest extent in America in the college yells, which may be regarded as a development of the primitive war-cry; this custom has no real analogue at English schools and universities, but the New Zealand rugby team in 1907 familiarized English crowds at their matches with the haka, a similar sort of war-cry adopted from the MÄoris.
This category should be used for articles that describe the title term in reference to more than one sport. These articles should also be placed in the appropriate categories for the sports they describe.
The 29-year-old has completely bought into the new schemes, averaging 22.7 points on 49.5/45.8/81.5 shooting splits. Partly because this was always the system he was destined to flourish in, and ...
Bosie (alternative name for a googly) – after Bernard Bosanquet (England) Kolpak – a Slovak team handball player whose victory in the European Court of Justice opened the door to numerous non-English players in English county cricket, term also used in both codes of rugby, after Maroš Kolpak (Slovakia) Mankading – after Vinoo Mankad (India)
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