A very common way to hold a stick is by holding
one hand on the top of the stick and using
it to poke the puck, it's also known as the
poke check. This is very important because
it increases a player's range. It's mostly
used by defensemen, but it also can be used
by a forward, but if a forward's coming down
and a defensemen uses the poke check, it increase
their range. But make sure you don't keep
your hand, one hand on the stick for too long
because you're more able to be beat by a deke
or, or pass or something, so, it's just for
temporary, short term purpose when you want
to try to increase your range to get to the
puck. So I'm going to show you some examples
of the poke check. And that's the poke check.
