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Receiving

  • Keep your eyes focused on a point on the ball, reach your hands out to meet it.
  • Cup the ball by pulling your hands back with your eyes on the ball until it’s tucked under your arm with your hand over the point.
  • To catch a ball above the waist, spread your hands, slightly cupped, with your thumbs and index fingers almost touching.
  • To catch a ball below the waist, spread and cup hands with pinky fingers touching, elbows close together.
  • To catch a ball above your shoulders, reach out towards it with your pinky fingers touching.