we use dummy in nz, yes.

i've also heard it called swerve.

originates most likely from a move in rugby where you fake a pass to put the opposition off balance and then sidestep or run straight, dummy pass or fake pass. in the french uwh manual i think they call it a fake pass. they call all sorts of things fake passes which have nothing to do with passing actually, maybe its the language barrier.

dummy terminology is a little flexible with regard to left and right handers. for example, if you have someone beat you by going around your glove into your weak spot where you can't tackle easily, you have been dummied.

but if you as a right hander swim up to anything or anyone in any position you can "pull a dummy" which is basically swerving slightly to your left (stick side) and accelerating.

the opposite of a dummy is a fade, going the other way, or to your right for a right hander.

so.... a right handed player can fade around a left handers glove, and the left hander would consider himself to have been dummied.

anyway. while a dummy is used as a strong attacking move in any situation as it is really strong and hard to stop, it's still associated here in nz with going round the glove of a player whose is handed the same as you, because in doing so you are going into his/her blindspot or vulnerable area.

i think i made my point, i should stop writing. well, i made SOME points at least.