SCOOTER HOCKEY

K-5

HOCKEY SKILLS, TACTICS AND POSITIONS

  

The students completed two weeks of hockey using long handed sticks. In order to effectively teach tactics and positions for the game of hockey I like to use scooters.  This slows down the movement of the students so everyone isn’t swarming around the ball. It also provides a great workout for the lower extremities.

Teacher Tip: Divide the playing area into three zones using floor tape.

Divide the class into three groups. I have a yellow team, a blue team and a sideline team.

Color code the goals using cones.

The students had the opportunity to play many different positions.  They played in a designated playing space on the hockey court.

• Goalie
• Defense
• Offense
• Midfield

The fitness focus for the side line players was to work on cardiorespiratory endurance. We talked about howthere is a wall on an ice hockey court that the puck bounces off.  The sideline team acted as this wall and gently kicked the ball back into play if it went out of bounds near them. They had to keep moving by performing a cardiorespiratory exercise such as running in place, jumping jacks or imaginary jump rope.

Teacher Tip: Star Students are students who are on task and demonstrating proper components of the skill you are teaching. After each round choose a rock star exerciser and a rock star hockey team player to receive a star sticker.

Rather than use one ball like a traditional game I use three. This allows the students to have more opportunities to demonstrate the skills they have learned. It also keeps them moving more. Students strived to demonstrate the following tasks to earn a star student sticker. 

• Move to open space
• Gain control of the ball before passing or scoring
• Look for open teamates
• Call a teamate's name before passing to them

Teacher Tip: Adaptations for students with special needs: I often add a fourth ball that is larger and a different color. The students know this is the superpower ball. Whenever this ball comes their way they pass it back to the designated

student. This allows them more chances to strike the ball and keeps other students from stealing the ball