CARRIED DODGES.
1. Across front of body from right to left.—This is the oldest and most used carried dodge, and has the advantage of being done with so slight a motion, that it may be repeated in quick succession in a gauntlet of checkers. Grasp the crosse at the butt, or a little above the collar; carry the ball on the lowest part of the centre surface. When bags were used, the nearer the ball was to the lower angle, the easier it was managed. To make this dodge, watch the eye of the checker as you near him, and as he makes a cut at your crosse, bend your arm quickly, and bring it across the front of your body to the opposite side, and thrust it forward past his right, giving a twist upwards from right to left during the thrust, as if dodging another checker. A wavering motion of the stick, confuses checker's eye, gives you more command of the ball, and often prevents its falling off when the stick is struck.
This dodge allows of considerable variety in the deflections and curvings of the crosse, which can only be learned by practice. Some players succeed best by a high up-thrust at the completion of the check; some by lowering the front; others by a straight
