The key is the fact that the first stage of the sequence is a dangerous combination in its own right - faking backhand and shooting forehand.
The vantage point below grants us a look at just how simple yet deadly the move is. “Then the player pulls it across their body while releasing to one hand, for extended reach, to finish backhand.” “The Forsberg one-handed deke is a fake move to the forehand that gets the goalie moving laterally to stop the forehand shot,” Barber explains.
FAKE DEKE NHL 22 HOW TO
(Watch Barber’s tutorial on how to master the move via the video embedded at the bottom of this story). Last week, it was Connor McDavid in the spotlight, granting us a look at the art of deception.įor the fourth instalment, we look to Elias Pettersson‘s iteration of The Forsberg: Next up was a look at another bit of one-handed, backhand magic, that one from Sidney Crosby. In Week 1, we broke down the backhand toe drag, courtesy of Mitch Marner. While amassing half a million followers online, the Toronto native has trained NHLers like Jonathan Toews and Jake Virtanen, and recently linked up with Bo Horvat and the Vancouver Canucks to coach some local Vancouverites. The YouTube phenom-turned-skills coach has made his name dissecting the finer points of offensive wizardry. With the hockey world coming to a halt in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, we’ve called on Barber to share his on-ice expertise for young players using this downtime to fine-tune their skill-sets. On this week’s edition of Inside the Highlight Reel, stickhandling specialist Pavel Barber and I break down the mechanics of The Forsberg for aspiring danglers looking to master the move during these quarantimes.