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Ingridiron football, areception, also known informally as acatch, is part of apassing play in which a player in bounds successfully catches (receives) aforward pass thrown from their team'squarterback behind theline of scrimmage. In most cases, after making the catch, the receiver will then proceed to run towards the opposingend zone carrying theball and try to score atouchdown, unless theplay ends due to him beingdowned or forcedout of bounds.Yardage gained from the passing play are credited to the catcher as hisreceiving yards.[1]
If the pass is not caught by anyone, it is called anincomplete pass or simply an "incompletion". If the pass is caught by an opposing player, it is called aninterception.
A reception should not be confused with alateral, also known as a lateral pass or backward pass, which is a legal pass anywhere on the field. In a lateral pass, the ball is thrown backwards or sideways to a teammate with novector of the pass trajectory towards the opponent'sgoal line.
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