Slight or slight means small or insignificant in size, degree, or importance--
After the layoffs, there will be a slight increase in our workload.
There is a slight difference in the paint color, but I don't think anyone will notice.
Slight may also means a social offense or snub--
She overreacts to the least slight, real or imagined.
Sleight or sleight ( rhymes with slight ) means physical dexterity or craft--
He spends hours each day practicing sleight-of-hand magic tricks.
He wants to learn the art of legerdemain, or sleight-of-hand.
Now that you know that, you can say--
"To learn sleight-of-hand, you have to practice making a slight movement undetectable to the eye."
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