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Movement skills/concepts

Controlling a ball with a hockey stick, pushing and hitting a stationary ball, space awareness, body awareness, time and energy, and relationships (with others).

Set-up

  • Small balls, (e.g. soft/tennis balls), hockey sticks, markers/cones.
  • Children are spread out in a defined level grass or hard area, each with a stick and ball.

Activity

  • push the ball a short distance, follow and stop it
  • push the ball to space, stop it, then push it to another space in a different direction
  • push the ball as softly/firmly/quickly as you can
  • push the ball in different pathways (forwards, backward, in a straight line, in a circle)
  • push the ball with jerky/smooth movements
  • hit the ball with everyone else, when all are facing the same way

In pairs with a stick each and one ball, can you …?

  • push the ball gently to each other
  • move back, approximately 5 meters apart, and see how many pushes you can do in 30 seconds
  • hit the ball to each other
  • put a marker between you and push/hit the ball at the marker
  • push/hit the ball to your partner, then move to a new place to receive the return

Hitting

  • hands together with left hand on top
  • eyes on the ball and easy swing
  • left shoulder pointing in direction of the ball
  • hitting the bottom half of ball and follow-through

Variations

Vary equipment: Use different implements, (e.g. golf club or cricket bat).

Accuracy: Include a variety of stationary targets for the children to aim for by either pushing or hitting the ball.

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