| This article will give you a good idea of how to deke in | | | | proceed skate past. If you are going to deke the other |
| ice hockey. | | | | player then you should bait him with the puck and wait |
| When stick handling you should always move the | | | | for the player to make a move |
| puck. This is also called dribbling. When you keep the | | | | The second step in a deke is the fake or the move. |
| puck moving you keep the other players thinking, which | | | | Now is the time when you make a move. Usually you |
| makes it harder for them to take the puck off of you. | | | | can wait for the other player to try and get the puck |
| If you watch NHL or any level of hockey you will see | | | | and then you make your move. There are a lot of |
| other players that are amazing with the puck. You will | | | | moves you can do, some common moves are putting |
| notice all of these similarities in the best stick handlers | | | | the puck between the players legs, under their stick, or |
| in hockey. | | | | just moving the puck from one side to the other. |
| The first step is the preparation. | | | | The third step to a deke is the separation. |
| You have to prepare to deke. You should know what | | | | Now that you have made your move you should |
| deke you are going to do (in time it just comes | | | | protect the puck so the other player can not get it. |
| naturally without thinking) If you are going to just fly | | | | Move it away from the other player to a safe spot |
| past the player then put the puck as far away from | | | | The fourth and final step to a deke is acceleration. |
| the player as you can to protect the puck and then | | | | |