In Australian rules football, the forward pocket refers to a position on the field deep in offense.
Forward pocket players, situated in the forward line, need to have good avoidance and goal sneak skills and usually, quality forward-pockets are noted for their agility and ability to score difficult goals. Unlike the FF, they are not main targets for marks, but have more slender, lighter bodies, and are expected to "crumb" or recover a ground ball where a mark was dropped.
The position is often used to rest other players during a game, especially rovers.
Examples of forward pocket players include:
Famous quotes containing the word pocket:
“The legitimate powers of government extend to such acts only as are injurious to others. But it does me no injury for my neighbour to say there are twenty gods, or no god. It neither picks my pocket nor breaks my leg.”
—Thomas Jefferson (1743–1826)