HOCKEY 14
UNIT: HOCKEY
LESSON: ADDITIONAL
OBJECTIVES
Combining skills, game play
ACTIVITY
ORGANIZATION
EQUIPMENT
1 stick/student, 2 balls, 8 small cones,
8 large cones (goals), whistle
TEACHING CUES
-GROUP DAY-
Sideline Hockey
Diagram on back
-Groups of 8, divided into 2
groups of 4, on rectangular
playing area 20 X 40 paces,
with 2 goals (cones 3 paces
apart) at each endline.
-The object is to score a goal by passing or
dribbling without having it intercepted or going
out of bounds.
-Use same organization tips
from previous lesson,
“Endline Hockey.”
-Begin game with a face-off at midcourt.
-Four players from each group will be on the
court. The other 4 spread out on their
respective sidelines. No goalkeepers.
-The ball must be passed to all group members
on the court before scoring.
-Encourage passing strategies -Sideline players are to be used for “give and
go” passes and to keep the ball in play.
between field and sideline
Sideline players may not pass to one another.
players.
-Encourage sideline players to -A ball that goes out of bounds over the endline
is to be put back in play by the group
move along sidelines.
defending that goal.
-After scoring, the other group passes in from
midcourt.
-Rotate groups so the same 2
do not play each other
continually.
-Rotate sideline and field players every
2-3 minutes.
-Play with additional
balls/pucks of varying sizes.
-Use the “Principle of 3’s.”
-Defenders must be at least 3' away from the
player with the ball. (Therefore, possession is
not lost if a defender knocks the ball away
from an opponent.)
-No body contact.
-Illegal touches or body contact will result in
loss of ball to the opposition.
SPARK 6-8 rev. 8/2001