How to Perform Evasion tricks in Ice Hockey

When a player is chasing you down pressuring to take the puck away. The puck carrier can use a few tricks to shake off the attacker. Try these tricks to free up some time and space on the ice.

Avoid being checked requires using your skating and puck skills and using your body as a tool. Players, use your skills creatively and always keep moving when you are on the ice. Coaches continually remind your players in games of their options. Use simple games and good drills in practice to teach your players evasion tactics.

Here are a few evasion techniques to use, the turn up. Have you ever found yourself force to skate in the wrong direction, towards your net to retrieve a loose puck or to get away from my pesky forechecker, try a turn up.

This hockey move is a quick tight turn up in the opposite direction. Keep your head up and on a swivel, reading the attacker speed. Look up the eyes for support. Quickly use a power turn and a few quick strides to distance yourself. This will give you some good distance from the checker and provide good on ice position or options to skate or pass to a supporting teammate.

Add some fakes to your turn up by dipping your shoulder in the opposite direction of your turn or a flit or head-fake. It's usually most safe to turn away from the net and towards the boards on a turn up.

Delays. When a checker has taken away your path to the net, a way to give yourself some room and to buy some time from the defender or checker is using delays. Take a tight power turn towards the boards to get some distance between yourself and the defender or try fade to the outside or may be even the inside. This may really open the ice for you.

Puck protection. Going to the net out of the corner and in other tight checking situations, clever offensive players protect the puck. That involves the use of the body, a balanced and powerful body position, continued skating, and good stick placement. Keep your feet moving, keep your body between the checker and the puck. Establish good body position, leaning and using your shoulders and body to shield the puck. Reach.

More advance players may want to try using their arms as a barrier and holding the puck with one hand. Try turn ups, delays, and puck protection in your next game and practice.


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