KS3 · Physical education · Year 8
Playing smart with the ball on a stick
Invasion games: tactics and strategies to outwit opponents in donor sports
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Your learning goal
I can manipulate a hockey stick and transfer tactics to keep possession by passing and dribbling.
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Playing smart with the ball on a stick: slides adapted from the imported teaching text; recall questions created from its keywords, learning points and common mistakes. Self-check practice, with no automatic grading or XP. Answers stay on this page and are cleared when you leave.
What you’ll learn
I can manipulate a hockey stick and transfer tactics to keep possession by passing and dribbling.
Key learning points
- Move: moving with bent knees and an upright back enables sight of the stick, ball and field.
- Move: making square and diagonal passes helps to utilise width and avoid defenders.
- Think: fast passes and dummy passes help shake off defenders.
- Feel: striving to achieve goals regardless of external factors like praise from others demonstrates self-motivation.
- Connect: supporting and encouraging others enables them to develop control of the ball when using a stick.
Words to know
- square
- a pass that goes sideways across the pitch, not forward or backwards
- reverse stick
- passing on the backhand side by turning the stick over to ensure the flat side of the stick contacts the ball
- cross
- a pass that goes across the field, often from the wings towards the goal
Common mistakes
Pupils use both sides of the stick like they see in ice-hockey.
In field hockey you are only allowed to use the flat side of the stick. If the ball touches the other side or your foot it is a foul.
For parents, carers and teachers
- This lesson can easily be adapted to use unihoc/floorball sticks or lacrosse/hurling/camogie sticks.