Wiktionary
body checks
n. (body check English) vb. (en-third-person singularbody check)
Usage examples of "body checks".
He was not as young as most of the other players, nor as fleet as the fastest runners on each side, but the fastest were set guarding each other, and Fromwest had only to face the biggest of the Bear Wolf Beaver Turtle team, who could counter his low and solid mass with body checks, but did not have Fromwest's quickness.