stickwork
Lacrosse player's skill
Stickwork refers to skill in handling a stick-like implement, especially in sports.
In hockey and lacrosse, good stickwork means deft control of the puck or ball: Her stickwork in the attacking zone created three scoring chances.
The term also applies to drumming technique or any activity requiring coordinated manipulation of sticks.
Hockey's rubber projectile
- slapshotForceful hockey strike
- dekeSports misdirection move
- dangleHang loosely, swaying
- snipeHidden-position shooting
puckhandling · passing · shooting · faceoff · one-timer · backhand · forehand · stickhandling
Shaping by cutting away
- whittlingKnife-carving wood into shapes
- woodcraftWilderness survival skills
- canesSupportive walking sticks
- staffsPersonnel groups or poles
rustic · folk-art · handmade · bark · branch · twig · natural · bentwood
Art of weaving containers
- wickerPliant twig for weaving
- rattanTropical palm for weaving
- willowNarrow-leaved waterside tree
- interlacingCrossing and recrossing alternately
lattice · trellis · fencing · wattle · hurdle · matting · caning · splint
Holding tenderly, protectively
- dodgingAvoiding by moving aside
- scoopingLifting with curved tool
- passingMoving by or temporary
- shootingDischarging a weapon
checking · faceoff · groundball · feeding · catching · throwing · wrap-around · one-handed
puck
Hockey's rubber projectile
snipe · puckhandling · passing · shooting · faceoff · one-timer · backhand · forehand · stickhandling · saucer
carving
Shaping by cutting away
- whittlingKnife-carving wood into shapes
- woodcraftWilderness survival skills
- canesSupportive walking sticks
staffs · rustic · folk-art · handmade · bark · branch · twig · natural · bentwood · pyrography
basketry
Art of weaving containers
interlacing · lattice · trellis · fencing · wattle · hurdle · matting · caning · splint · reed
cradling
Holding tenderly, protectively
shooting · checking · faceoff · groundball · feeding · catching · throwing · wrap-around · one-handed · underhand
stickworkfumbling
Clumsy, uncoordinated handling
clumsiness · butterfingers · ineptitude · mishandling · ham-handedness
work, stick, sticky, stuck, sticks, sticker, sticking, stickiness, unstuck