What You Need to Know About Lacrosse Skills
- Catching: The act of receiving a passed ball with the Stick.
- Checking: The act of attempting to dislodge the ball from an opponent's stick.
- Poke Check: A stick check in which the player pokes the head of his stick at an opponent's stick through the top hand by pushing with the bottom hand.
- Slap Check: A stick check in which a player slaps the head of his stick against his opponent's stick.
- Wrap Check: A one-handed check in which the defender swings his stick around his opponent's body to dislodge the ball. (This check is only legal at the highest level of play.)
- Cradling: The coordinated motion of the arms and wrists that keeps the ball secure in the pocket and ready to be passed or shot when running.
- Cutting: A movement by an offensive player without the ball, toward the opponent's goal, in anticipation of a feed and shot.
- Feeding: Passing the ball to a teammate who is in position for a shot on goal.
- Passing: The act of throwing the ball to a teammate with the stick.
- Scooping: The act of picking up a loose ball with the stick.
- Screening: An offensive tactic in which a player near the crease positions himself so as to block the goalkeeper's view of the ball.
- Shooting: The act of throwing the ball with the stick toward the goal in an attempt to score.