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Adjective: ball-hawking
  1. (basketball) used of a player skilled in stealing the ball or robbing a batter of a hit
    "a ball-hawking centre fielder"
Noun: ball hawking
  1. A skilful manoeuvre in catching balls or in stealing the ball from the opposing team

See also: skilled

Type of: maneuver [US], manoeuvre [Brit, Cdn], play

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