How to read the defender

 This is something I need to work on, I'm not really good at 1v1's and I realize that a lot of the time it's because of me not being able to read the defender and asses which side I should be going. 

The main point would be to see which side their hips are facing. Whichever side the hips are facing is the side they would most easily move to. The opposite of that (where the back is facing) is the blind spot, the place they can't see. It'll be really hard for them to move into that direction quickly, as they have to turn their body completely and then move, it could be harder if they have forward momentum. 

So you try to go towards the blind spot side. If the hips are relatively straight and you're not sure which side they're facing. See which foot is forward, if the right foot is forward they're facing towards the left and you should go towards their right. 

That's it