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first touch

first touch noun: a player's initial contact with the moving ball, used to get the ball under control.

Noun

first touch (plural first touches)

  1. A player's initial contact with the moving ball, used to get the ball under control.
    • They might have taken the lead when Gervinho latched on to a Mikel Arteta through ball, only for a heavy first touch to let Jussi Jaaskelainen gather.2011 September 24, David Ornstein, “Arsenal 3 - 0 Bolton”, in BBC Sport
    • "His ability to take the ball on the half-turn allows his first touch to be always forward when he receives it."2025 October 21, Alex Howell, “The evolution of Rice - how midfielder became Arsenal's all-rounder”, in BBC Sport

Forms of first touch

pluralfirst touches

Questions about first touch

What does first touch mean?
First touch means a player's initial contact with the moving ball, used to get the ball under control.
What part of speech is first touch?
First touch is a noun.
What is the plural of first touch?
The plural of first touch is first touches.

Words near first touch in the dictionary

  1. first things first
  2. first time
  3. first timed
  4. first times
  5. first timing
  6. first touch
  7. first touches
  8. first truth
  9. first truths
  10. first unit
  11. first units

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