Any platoon system disrupts a player's rhythm, as he plays one day and sits the bench another.

Their top priority will be to slow Manning by disrupting his rhythm.

Pressing disrupts an opposing team's rhythm and shortens the field.

If the time off disrupted his rhythm, it was not visible.

In that situation, many young pitchers tend to disrupt their rhythm by not firing the ball as hard as they can.

The proper defense, Edwards said, might be to disrupt the receivers' rhythm coming off the line of scrimmage.

"Any time you leave the conference and go to play a tough team in the Big East, it disrupts your rhythm."

On the other end, the super-fast pace might have disrupted the Nets' rhythm from outside.

But some players feel stepping out is a useful mechanism to disrupt a pitcher's rhythm.

The Yankees had been intrigued, but did not want to disrupt their rhythm and passed.