Clich.C3.A9s List of sports clichés

1 clichés

1.1 sports clichés used in business
1.2 sports clichés used in sports announcing
1.3 sports film clichés

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sports clichés used in business

according don r. powell, licensed psychologist , president of american institute preventive medicine, sports clichés used in 50 percent of corporate boardrooms. provide shorthand communicate ideas. according powell, have love/hate relationship cliches. although complain them, enamored them. s because seem fit.

slam dunk.
s gut-check time.
keep eye on ball.
monday-morning quarterback
hole in one.
don t pull punches.
dropped ball.
step plate.
talk game.
re team player.
re in league of own.
want play hardball.
ball s in court.
answered bell.
knocked out of park.
take 1 team
offense sells tickets, defense wins champions



sports clichés used in sports announcing

2–0 lead worst lead
alligator arms
have have great game team win.
have on same page.
media blowing out of proportion.
come haunt them.
d thank lord , savior.
throw under bus.
d-line or o-line.
lot of open looks @ basket.
doesn t better this.
s warrior.
defense wins championships.
best defense offense.
midfield maestro term used in association football describe midfield player excels in technical , creative aspects of midfield play , create goalscoring opportunities attackers, while @ same time controlling tempo of match , raising game of other members of team.
charity stripe
goals not deserved, goals made
on given sunday . . .
play 1 game @ time
there no in team
there ain t no u either - retort there no in team
s kind of (fill in blank).

sports film clichés

a down , out coach offered 1 last shot.
the coach can t along star player.
someone doubts protagonist s abilities, , made believe in them.
the players overcome race relations or gang violence, , brought being team.
the opposing team larger, better dressed, better equipped yet end defeated protagonist s team.
a death or injury provides main character incentive win.
the main character considered old win, yet does.
an emotional speech inspires protagonists.
near end of movie seem protagonist s team has no chance of winning, bounce little time left.
the protagonist s team makes valiant comeback effort fall short @ last second (puck hits post, shot rims out, etc.). followed dramatic montage tear soaked hugs of players , coaches genuinely better off experience.
after supreme achievement on sports field/court/diamond, achiever will, no apparent reason, extend arm , use forefinger point, extended period of time, team-mate, coach or in crowd. in many cases, person being pointed will, inexplicably, return gesture.




^ sports cliches go locker room boardroom . kusi news. archived original on september 27, 2007. retrieved 2007-03-14. 
^ keep eye on ball . keep eye on ball. farlex. retrieved 26 december 2012. 
^ reynolds, gretchen (28 november 2012). keeping eye on ball . ny times. retrieved 26 december 2012. 
^ sportscasters: ditch cliches . usa today. 2006-12-22. retrieved 2007-03-14. 
^ tom bellwood (2009-10-01). list: football s best midfield maestros - top 10 | mail online . dailymail.co.uk. retrieved 2013-12-17. 
^ enduring, lovable sports-film clichés . msnbc. retrieved 2007-03-14.