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Summary: Handle the puck or ball and keep it under control in roller hockey. Learn how to play roller hockey with free video lesson.
"Alright, with roller hockey, using the ball, it's easy to have control of it. You can, you can stick handle and cradle it back and forth nice and easily, whereas if you had a puck out here, it's a little bit harder to, it's a little bit more choppier and stuff. So, but using a ball, it's really easy to stick handle as you can see, and just cradle it like it was an egg. Be gentle with it and go back and forth. That's basically your stick handling move. You can do it on the side over here, and it helps protect the ball away from other players. You can stick handle away from somebody. but the ball is great for that. I mean, I grew up playing roller hockey outdoors and we always used a ball, and it was just easy to use. A lot easier than a puck."