body checking
Deliberate defensive collision
Body checking is using one's body to block or impede an opponent, a legal defensive technique in ice hockey and lacrosse.
Players deliver checks with the shoulder or hip to separate opponents from the puck or ball: He was penalized for body checking from behind.
Outside sports, the term describes physically blocking someone's movement.
Solid mass, or impede
- screenDisplay or barrier
- bumpSlight collision or protrusion
- physicalityBodily, material quality
- positioningArranging in specific locations
leverage · timing · separation · balance · impact · contact · rebound · boxing out
Deliberate fear-inducing pressure
- dominanceSuperior influence over others
- hostilityAntagonistic disposition toward others
- forceStrength or compulsion
- physicalityBodily, material quality
assertion · confrontation · bullying · retaliation · cheap shot · targeting · intent · flagrant
Successful contact or strike
- collisionForceful contact between objects
- boardsPlanks or governing bodies
- penaltyPunishment for wrongdoing
- shoulderUpper arm joint
hip · referee · puck · rink · ice · skates · helmet · padding
Thin piece of wood
- fieldArea of specialty
- shoulderUpper arm joint
- collisionForceful contact between objects
- penaltyPunishment for wrongdoing
contact · padding · helmet · ground ball · clearing · riding · physical · defender
Methodical assessment or review
- assessmentFormal evaluation of worth
- physicalOf body or matter
- screeningEvaluative selection process
- evaluationDetermining worth or quality
inspection · palpation · checkup · wellness · diagnostic · routine · comprehensive · annual
block
Solid mass, or impede
- screenDisplay or barrier
- bumpSlight collision or protrusion
- physicalityBodily, material quality
positioning · leverage · timing · separation · balance · impact · contact · rebound · boxing out · posting up
intimidation
Deliberate fear-inducing pressure
- dominanceSuperior influence over others
- hostilityAntagonistic disposition toward others
- forceStrength or compulsion
physicality · assertion · confrontation · bullying · retaliation · cheap shot · targeting · intent · flagrant · unsportsmanlike
hit
Successful contact or strike
- collisionForceful contact between objects
- boardsPlanks or governing bodies
- penaltyPunishment for wrongdoing
shoulder · hip · referee · puck · rink · ice · skates · helmet · padding · concussion
stick
Thin piece of wood
penalty · contact · padding · helmet · ground ball · clearing · riding · physical · defender · midfielder
examination
Methodical assessment or review
- assessmentFormal evaluation of worth
- physicalOf body or matter
- screeningEvaluative selection process
evaluation · inspection · palpation · checkup · wellness · diagnostic · routine · comprehensive · annual
- hockeypuck, hockey, ice hockey, pucks, field hockey
- shovingpushing, shoving, jostling, elbowing, shouldering
- body imageself-perception, self-esteem, curves, musculature, dissatisfaction
- compulsionsOCD, compulsion, obsession, handwashing, hand washing
- OCDOCD, obsession, obsessions, compulsion, compulsions
- dysmorphiaexcessive grooming, camouflaging, weight obsession, reassurance seeking, self-criticism
body checkingpuck handling
Maneuvering the disc in hockey
stickwork · playmaking · dangles · soft play · pond hockey
body, check, checking, bodied, bodies, bodily, embody, embodied, embodiment