Forehand Receiving

Receiving Hand Position

• Dribbling grip with a vertical stick and left hand away from the body
• Handshake grip with hands split – right hand can be more than halfway down the stick, but not too low
• The left elbow should be as high as your shoulder in front of your body
• Your thumb is pointed down towards the ground, and

Body Position

Athletic Stance

Line up the right of center, in line with the incoming ball

Skill Execution

• Form a triangle between feet and stick head, flex the knees and create a ‘pocket’ into which the ball will be collected
• Your left foot slightly forward of your right. Angle stick forward (the left hand should be further away from your body than the stick head)
• Pick up the line of the ball
• “Soft Hands” as ball contacts stick

TRAPPING DRILLS

Pairs Trap:

Players in pairs approximately 5m apart Player 1 push passes to Player 2 P2 traps on their forestick P2 push passes back to P1

Variations: Reverse stick trap

Trapping on the move (mobile)

Receive the ball (mobile) – dribble – push pass back