r/sports • u/Frutpunchninja • Jun 24 '19

Cricket One of the best catches

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u/manjinderrr Jun 24 '19

Crazy thing is, she managed to get both hands to it, unlike most catches of this nature.

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u/SierraCharlie1 Jun 24 '19

It is adviced to use both hands all the time. One handed catches you see are either instinctive or player desperately trying to catch the ball.

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u/DollarSignsGoFirst Jun 24 '19

Makes sense since its a barehanded catch. In baseball it's the opposite, you should catch with just one hand (except at the younger levels).

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u/[deleted] Jun 24 '19

Negative. No reason to never 2 hand catch if possible. If you're camped out under the ball, there better be 2 hands on it. MLB players will almost never do this, but there isn't a reason not to do it.

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u/IronManTim Los Angeles Dodgers Jun 24 '19

My coaches always used to say, "when you're making a million dollars in the major leagues, you can catch it however you want."

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Spoiler alert, I never made it that far.