Moves quickly and tries to catch the ball (6)
I believe the answer is:
shoots
'moves' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both acts as well as being plural nouns.
Maybe there's a link between them I don't understand?
I don't understand the remainder of the clue.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for shoots that I've seen before include "Wounds; germinates" , "New growths or branches" , "Fires at new branches" , "fires gun" , "New sproutings" .)