Essential Skills: Scooping

Scoop: How to pick up the ball whenever it is on the ground. 

Some key things you can say to help the girls understand

  1. We don’t want to look like farmers, we aren’t digging holes in the ground

  2. Butts down! This is in reference to the terms of the stick as well as getting low to the ground as a player. The end of the shaft on a stick is called the butt. 

  3. Poop (squat down low, get your butt low), Scoop (Extend your arms, get your knuckles dirty while running through the ball), Sniff (Bring the ball up to your goggles), Listen (Bring the ball to your ear away from the nearest defender)

BeginnerKara SanfordEssential Skills