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  2. Hook (bowling) - Wikipedia

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    When a ball is rolled by a right-hander, the ball will hook from left to right. The bowling ball can be drilled for a left-handed bowler. The exact same principles of hooking a ball are applied on a backup ball, except the hand rotates clockwise for a right-handed bowler and counterclockwise for a left-handed bowler. [6]

  3. Shaolin Temple (1982 film) - Wikipedia

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    The film's plot has an episodic storytelling structure while combining action, comedy and romance elements. [3] It was the first martial arts film to be made in mainland China after the founding of the People's Republic of China; up until then, kung fu films and wuxia films were mostly made in Hong Kong and Taiwan.

  4. Googly - Wikipedia

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    While a normal leg break spins from the leg to the off side, away from a right-handed batter, a googly spins the other side, from off to leg, into a right-handed batter (and is distinct from an off break delivery). The bowler achieves this change of spin by bending the wrist sharply from the normal leg break delivery position.

  5. Spin bowling - Wikipedia

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    Spin bowler Muttiah Muralitharan bowling to the batsman, Adam Gilchrist. Spin bowling is a bowling technique in cricket, in which the ball is delivered relatively slowly but with rapid rotation, giving it the potential to deviate sharply after bouncing.

  6. Biao Ren (film) - Wikipedia

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    In July 2023, it was announced that a film adaptation of the Biao Ren manhua is in development, [1] and in December 2023, it was revealed that Yuen Woo-ping will direct the live-action film. [2] In June 2024, it was announced that Wu Jing will produce the film and were cast as the lead role Dao Ma, with Nicholas Tse joining the cast, [ 3 ] [ 4 ...

  7. Bowling form - Wikipedia

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    A two-handed approach is a bowling technique whereupon the throwing hand is in the bowling ball and the opposite hand is also placed on the ball during the shot. This is an evolution of the one-handed no-thumb technique, where a bowler would generate similar revolutions but could not be as effective because their opposite hand does not support ...

  8. Wrist spin - Wikipedia

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    Done by a right-handed bowler, this imparts an anticlockwise rotation to the ball, as seen from the bowler's perspective; a left-handed wrist spinner rotates the ball clockwise. The name wrist spin is actually something of a misnomer, as the wrist is not a vital part of the mechanism for producing the characteristic spin on the ball.

  9. Fong Sai-yuk (film) - Wikipedia

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    The Legend of Fong Sai-yuk or simply The Legend; [2] [1] released in the Philippines as The Prodigal Fighter) is a 1993 Hong Kong action-comedy film directed by Corey Yuen and produced by Jet Li, [3] who stars as Chinese folk hero Fong Sai-yuk. [4] It co-stars Josephine Siao, Vincent Zhao, and Michelle Reis. The film received positive reviews ...