The infinity swerve is a maneuver used to redirect the motion of the puck while on the front, or top, of the stick. The puck is moved side to side, or diagonally, anywhere from the player's head to hips by moving the hand around the puck. The motion of the hand resembles a rotated number eight “8” or infinity symbol “∞” thus the name (the maneuver can also be conducted in one continuous motion, without stopping or resetting, swerving around and around, without end, infinitely…).
The puck is allowed to rest against the player's index finger when on the front or top of the stick. However, the player's index finger is not allowed to rotate forward (or be otherwise extended) when contacting the puck, doing so is an illegal advancement of the puck foul. It is important when conducting portions of the infinity swerve to make sure the stick, and not the glove, is propelling the puck to avoid an illegal advancement of the puck foul, especially when moving from the stick-hand side to the free-hand side, and from back to front. Using a fingertip grip with the stick moved away from the palm and gripped only by the fingers and thumb can allow for more wrist maneuverability which can help.
Infinity swerves can be done while a player is stationary (cobra position) or when a player is kicking with the puck.
Demo video coming soon!
Portions of the infinity swerve are useful for re-directing the puck and for “faking out” opponents and can be used anywhere. Because the puck maintains contact with the stick throughout the motion it is a dependable maneuver when opponents are nearby.
If opponents are too close to be able to bring the puck over to the stick-hand side then this maneuver loses some efficacy.
Real life video coming soon.
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INFINITY SWERVE
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