underground handball

noun

underground handball

noun
1

A handball which is deliberately bounced on the ground before reaching one's teammate, instead of being passed directly as is typical.

Australian rules football

  • He did this underground handball where the pack came at him and he slipped the handball underneath and I specifically remember going to him at quarter time and saying, 'That was really impressive'.2019 August 10, Sarah Olle, quoting Kinnear Beatson, “AFL 2019: The moment Kinnear Beatson knew James Bell had the skills to make it at AFL level”, in Fox Footy:

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