Movement skills/concepts

Trapping and passing with a long implement (hockey stick) and running.

Set-up

• Hockey sticks and small balls.
• Each group of four stands in free formation in a level grass or hard area, each with a stick. One player with a ball.

Activity

In each group, the player with the ball passes it to another player, then follows the ball to that position. The receiver traps the ball, passes it to another player, and follows. This process continues until all players have received a pass. The last player then passes to the first and they continue passing in that pattern.

• eyes on the ball
• moving to the ball
• soft contact

Variations

Vary direction: Pass both ways around the pattern.

Vary equipment: Start a second or third ball.

Vary pattern: After passing, move anywhere to a new position.