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  2. Matthew Syed - Wikipedia

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    Matthew Philip Syed (born 2 November 1970) is a British journalist, author, broadcaster and former table tennis player. He competed as an English table tennis international, and was the English number one for many years.

  3. Glossary of table tennis - Wikipedia

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    A player who blocks the ball a majority of the time. Casters Large wheels on the bottom of the legs of some table tennis tables. Chop A chop is the defensive, backspin counterpart to the offensive loop drive. [5] A chop is essentially a bigger, heavier push, taken well back from the table.

  4. Clock management - Wikipedia

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    The clock restarts when the referee whistles the ball in play after a tackle in bounds, and with the snap after an incomplete pass or a tackle out of bounds. A "time count" (the same foul as "delay of game" in American football), which is a 5-yard penalty (with the down repeated) at other points in the game, becomes a loss of down penalty on ...

  5. Trent Tucker Rule - Wikipedia

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    The game clock and shot clock must show at least .3 in order for a player to secure possession of the ball on a rebound or throw-in to attempt a field goal. Instant replay shall be utilized if the basket is successful on this type of play and the game clock runs to 0.0 or the shot clock expires on a made basket and the officials are not ...

  6. Running out the clock - Wikipedia

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    In sports strategy, running out the clock (also known as running down the clock, stonewalling, killing the clock, chewing the clock, stalling, time-wasting (or timewasting) or eating clock [1]) is the practice of a winning team allowing the clock to expire through a series of preselected plays, either to preserve a lead or hasten the end of a one-sided contest.

  7. What's a 'landing zone'? What to know about the NFL's ... - AOL

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    Any kick into the landing zone must be returned. If the ball is kicked short of the landing zone or out of bounds, it will automatically be placed on the receiving team's 40-yard line.

  8. Table tennis - Wikipedia

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    The name "ping-pong" then came to describe the game played using the rather expensive Jaques's equipment, with other manufacturers calling it table tennis. A similar situation arose in the United States, where Jaques sold the rights to the "ping-pong" name to Parker Brothers .

  9. AY-3-8500 - Wikipedia

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    The AY-3-8500 was designed to be powered by six 1.5 V cells (9 V). Its specified operation is at 6-7 V and a maximum of 12 V instead of the 5 V standard for logic. The nominal clock was 2.0 MHz, yielding a 500 ns pixel width. One way to generate such a clock is to divide a 14.31818 MHz 4 × colorburst clock by 7, producing 2.04545 MHz. It ...