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Associated sport: Hockey
Indoor-friendly: Yes
Pool-friendly: No

Game description

Using rolled-up newspapers to hit a soft ball, 2 teams try to score goals.

What you need (setting up)

• 4 x cones or markers for a set of goals at each end of the playing area.
• 1 x bat per player using 1 - 2 pieces of rolled up newspaper per player (rolled diagonally for longer bats), stuck together with tape.
• 1 x soft ball per game.

What to do

• 4 v 4
• Players try to score a goal by passing the ball to 1 another and hitting it through their goals.
• Practise passing, trapping and hitting.

Scoring

• Number of goals scored.
• Not scoring is an option.

Change it

• Vary the team sizes to cater for varying ability levels, e.g. 4 v 2
• Try other combinations, e.g. 1 v 1, 2 v 3, 2 v 4.
• Use hockey sticks instead of newspaper.
• Introduce scoring zones - attacking players must strike for goal outside of the zone.
• Introduce a goal-keeper for each team.
• Introduce a zone for a mobility-restricted player that is out of bounds to opposition players.

Safety

• Choose an area away from walls and other obstructions.
• The ball must be hit below waist height.
• Encourage players to call ‘Mine!’