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Rh for this dodge, is to make a quick succession of down, side, or upward strokes—as indeed is useful wherever possible. Sometimes you may hit the ball as it is in the air.

4. When counter-checked, it becomes a struggle for the possession of the ball, unless a succeeding check again gives you the advantage, and frisking or tipping is your play.

5. When the dodger drops and picks up the ball on the run, and you are too far to dispute his liberty to do so, and cannot make a sufficiently hard stroke at any part of his crosse to give you an advantage, spring in to close quarters; but if you cannot, simply make a thrust at the extreme butt of his stick, from the rear, as he is about picking up the ball. This has the effect of pushing the front of his crosse out of the line of his calculation, and necessitating a second attempt to pick up, which is for you a gain of time, when you may close in to get a more effective check. If he is running at any extra speed and misses picking up the ball, you will have time to get to it before he can recover.

6. When the dodger attempts to throw past your either side, the proper thing is to block the ball just