puck handling
Hockey stick dexterity
Puck handling is the skill of controlling a hockey puck with one's stick—maneuvering, passing, and protecting it from opponents.
Good puck handling distinguishes skilled players from mere skaters: His puck handling in traffic is exceptional.
The term appears as both two words and hyphenated (puck-handling), especially when used as an adjective: puck-handling skills.
- hockey stickCurved implement for ice sports
- ballhandlingControlling a sports sphere
- dangleHang loosely, swaying
- dekeSports misdirection move
- dribblingBall-handling with repeated touches
stickhandling · rink · deking · between the legs · through the legs · reaction time · agility · spatial awareness · muscle memory · soft hands · quick hands · offensive zone · power play · skating · fine motor skills · hand-eye coordination · possession · breakaway
- stick sportsbaseball, cricket, golf, hockey, lacrosse
- hockey skillsstickhandling, deke, deking, dangle, dangles
- drillsdrill, drills, drilling, fire drill, earthquake drill
puck handlingpassing
Moving by or temporary
shooting · one-timer · slap shot · wrist shot · turnover
puck handlinggoaltending
Defending the net
shot blocking · checking · body checking · hitting · backchecking
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