Clinical performance

[tufguy]

What is "Clinical performance" in terms of sports. I read it in a newspaper but couldn't understand what it meant there.

 

[teechar]

methodical, flawless

 

[Tdol]

precise

 

[Tarheel]

What is "Clinical performance" in terms of sports? I read it in a newspaper but couldn't understand what it meant there.

I have never run across that term before. However, I agree with the interpretations of the other posters. ("Boring" comes to mind although that's probably not inten

 

[emsr2d2]

It's used quite a lot by tennis commentators (the only sport I watch). If someone wins relatively easily, with barely any mistakes and, for some players, without much discernible emotion, it could be described as a clinical performance.

Look at definition 2 HERE.

 

[Tarheel]

What is "Clinical performance" in terms of sports? I read it in a newspaper but couldn't understand what it meant there.

"Boring" comes to mind although that's probably not intended.

 

[Tdol]

"Boring" comes to mind although that's probably not intended.

A clinical performance might not have that much excitement or raw emotion, but it gets the job done in an efficient way. I wouldn't use boring.

 

[Tarheel]

An American commentator might say "They put on on a clinic" suggesting that they were so were so good they showed the other team how it should be done.