Below you will find example sentences with "ball carrier". The examples show how this phrase is used in natural context and which words often surround it.
Ball Carrier in a sentence
Corpus data
- Displayed example sentences: 20
- Discovered as a combination around: carrier
- Corpus frequency in the collocation scan: 8
- Phrase length: 2 words
- Average sentence length: 27.1 words
Sentence profile
- Phrase position: 2 start, 9 middle, 9 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis
- The phrase "ball carrier" has 2 words and usually appears in the middle in these examples. The average sentence has 27.1 words and is mostly made up of statements.
- Around this phrase, patterns and context words such as a bagenalstown ball carrier, a strong ball carrier and they, tackle, hit and take stand out.
- In the phrase index, this combination connects with loose ball, cue ball, aircraft carrier, national carrier and carrier global, linking the page to nearby combinations.
Example types with ball carrier
This selection groups the examples by length and sentence type, making usage of the full phrase easier to scan:
There was not one play where I saw just one guy tackling the ball carrier. (15 words)
The edge rusher is able to eventually chase the ball carrier down from behind using his speed. (17 words)
Adam Ryder’s a strong ball carrier and they’ve also added a couple of good attacking half-backs. (19 words)
Tacklers are not required to wrap their arms around the ball carrier before bringing him to the ground; in fact, the ball carrier is often "tackled" by the defender taking a running start and hitting the ball carrier to knock them to the ground. (44 words)
He does a good job taking out the opponent’s motor by wrapping the ball carrier up low by the legs as you can see in the clips below, getting low and undercutting the runner to get him on the ground. (41 words)
To avoid the tackle, the ball carrier will either pass the ball to a teammate using any of the push, flick, or hit strokes, or attempt to maneuver or "drag" the ball around the tackle, trying to deceive the tackler. (40 words)
Example sentences (20)
Tacklers are not required to wrap their arms around the ball carrier before bringing him to the ground; in fact, the ball carrier is often "tackled" by the defender taking a running start and hitting the ball carrier to knock them to the ground.
To avoid the tackle, the ball carrier will either pass the ball to a teammate using any of the push, flick, or hit strokes, or attempt to maneuver or "drag" the ball around the tackle, trying to deceive the tackler.
When a CPU controlled defending player applies Constant Pressure to the ball carrier but does not win the ball back, they can take longer to track back.
But he certainly covers the “on-ball” element lost with McReight’s absence, meaning Schmidt will have to find a ball carrier/support runner somewhere else in the pack.
Cain carried the ball three times before leaving Saturday’s game and was expected to be the team’s primary ball carrier with starter Journey Brown out.
The Tigers had afforded them far too much time to move the ball in the first term and had no chance to pressure the ball carrier.
Adam Ryder’s a strong ball carrier and they’ve also added a couple of good attacking half-backs.
Although there appeared to be no attempt by Walters to wrap his arms around the ball carrier when he hit him with his shoulder, no penalty was given to Saints.
As previously stated, the guy has impeccable footwork along with good bend allowing him to get out on the edge and free up the sideline for the ball carrier.
For example, the concept of apportioning responsibility to a ball carrier lowering his body height is a difficult one to grasp at first.
If hip-drop tackles are eliminated, many fans will say the NFL is going too far in restricting how defensive players can take down a ball carrier from behind.
Also crazy that Tyreek Hill has hit 20 mph almost 3x as many times as the ball carrier who has done it the second-most times.
Chase Brown hit 22.05 mph on this touchdown catch, the 2nd-fastest speed of any ball carrier this season.
He does a good job taking out the opponent’s motor by wrapping the ball carrier up low by the legs as you can see in the clips below, getting low and undercutting the runner to get him on the ground.
The rookie fifth-round pick is only 20 years old and could quickly take over as the Broncos lead ball carrier this season.
Lawrie limped from the field after the tackle, in which the Storm forward lowered his body weight onto the unprotected lower legs of the ball carrier.
Plays faster than his likely out of the ordinary 4.63 40. Isn’t one to "dance" with the ball carrier squaring up a tackle, but prefers to take his shot.
In a statement of Rangers’ intent, Derek Byrne in a matter of seconds twice lunged at a Bagenalstown ball carrier.
The edge rusher is able to eventually chase the ball carrier down from behind using his speed.
There was not one play where I saw just one guy tackling the ball carrier.