Hockey unit

DATE: ______________________ EQUIPMENT: 30 Hockey Sticks, 30 Hockey Pucks, White Board and Marker, Study Guides or Paper and Pencils.


UNIT: Hockey Day: 5 of 15 LOCATION: Inside/Outside
STANDARDS: 1PA-E4 PO1, 5PA-E3 PO1
OBJECTIVE: Today you will learn: The dimensions of a hockey field, hockey terminology, how to start a game using a face off and the positions of the players.

ACTIVITIES	CUE PHRAZES/INSTRUCTIONS
Intro: Partner Over, Under and Around	Students will pair up in scatter formation and will go over, under and around partner for 30 seconds. On signal partners will switch roles and see how many times they can go over, under and around partner.
Fitness: Strength Exercises and Flexibility Exercises Student choice of the various strength and flexibility exercises they have learned in class.	Students will lead groups of five or six in teams to do exercises. Student leaders from each group will choose a different strength and flexibility exercises that they have learned in class.
Lesson Focus: The dimensions of the hockey field is 60 yards by 100 yards. The half way mark is at the 50 yard line. There are eleven players on a team. There are four forwards, three links, three backs and one goalie. Discuss the face-off to start a game, after a goal is made or if a rule has been broken. Organization: Have students fill out dimensions of the hockey field and labeling where the positions of the players are on their half of the field. Students will fill out study guide or take notes. They will know the fouls and penalties. Groups of three students who each have a stick and one puck between them. Demonstrate how to have a face-off. Two partners face each other and do face -off while other partner drops the puck. After three turns, switch roles. Students will stand in appropriate playing positions as a team on their half of the court.	Face-Off- Is used to start a game, after a goal is made or if a rule is broken. Two partners face each other. Tap the stick three times on the floor and tap your partners stick after tapping the ground. Tap ground, tap partners stick, tap ground etc. Keep stick low to the ground. Game consists of three eight minute periods. Fouls: Hacking or striking with a stick, tripping with either the foot or the stick, pushing, blocking, “high sticking”, illegally touching puck with hands, playing in the wrong position. If a foul occurs, team loses possession of puck or there is a goal shot.
Closure: Put all the hockey sticks and pucks against the wall. 1. What was our lesson today? What are some examples of a foul? 3. Name the positions of the eleven players in hockey.