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- adjective sports Before a
shot is taken (as in golf, snooker, etc.).
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Examples
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Those swings were an integral part of my preshot routine.
Confessions of a Recovering Slow Player John Paul Newport 2011
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Those swings were an integral part of my preshot routine.
Confessions of a Recovering Slow Player John Paul Newport 2011
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So instead of talking about preshot routines and tournament strategies, Messrs. Langer and Sindelar hunkered down with Dr. Pirozzolo 's wife, Priscilla, to watch the Rangers play the Yankees in the American League championship series.
Getting Tough in Golf and Baseball John Paul Newport 2010
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Conversely, he uses golf extensively with his baseball clients, especially pitchers, whose prepitch routines are similar to preshot routines in golf.
Getting Tough in Golf and Baseball John Paul Newport 2010
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He wanted Mr. Wilson to observe how the top pros repeated their preshot routines with precision, shrugged off bad shots and reluctantly accepted that sometimes, when a part of their game wasn 't working well, they had to hit more conservative shots than they wanted to.
Getting Tough in Golf and Baseball John Paul Newport 2010
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Another (which seems to show up on every instructional list, no matter the issue) is to develop a rock-solid preshot routine and never vary from it.
The Dreaded C Word 2009
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Common targets that can produce big, immediate payoffs are tempo, the short game and developing an ironclad, stress-reducing preshot routine.
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NBC never said straight out why it cancelled but even when a show IS cancelled, they usually let the preshot series run - the first six episodes - another factor was that the AFA was getting individual NBC station affiliates to refuse to run the show you know..for moral reasons - it was up to 11 on the second week.
TV Show The Book of Daniel: Conservative Christians pick another winner! Elizabeth McClung 2006
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"C'mon Parker, c'mon Parker," as he stood at the ball return during his preshot routine.
USATODAY.com 2002
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I thought it a bit odd that Vitus wasn't over near his ball, getting ready to play, but I pushed those thoughts out of my head and went into my preshot routine.
Hacker - Death at the Member-Guest Bartlett, James Y. 2004
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