1. Students will be able to demonstrate appropriate foot placement and arm motion when striking a ball off a tee.
2. Students will work as a team to retrieve the ball and encourage theirteammates to use appropriate striking skills.

1. Mark off large (20'x30') rectangles with cones or other boundary markers. Make one boundary for each team. (Depends on the number of students, the amount of space, and the amount of equipment you have available.)
2. Demonstrate the correct stance, body position, hand grip and arm motion for striking the ball off the tee. Choose a few students to also demonstrate the swing. Encourage the strikers to swing evenly and slowly, keeping their vision on the ball at all times.
3. Each team will move to their designated area and begin practicing. One student striking, one student coaching and the remaining students on the team in the designated area retrieving. Remind the students the ball should not leave their area, therefore strike the ball softly, only hard enough to get it out into their designated area.
4. Each student will take 5 swings before rotating.
5. Regroup and allow students the chance to demonstrate the correct striking techniques to their classmates.

1. Place the cones in the playing field in a large diamond shape. The cones will be the boundaries in which the students will run around.
2. Set up the tee with the foam ball at one cone.
3. Choose 5 children to be lined up behind the tee and the other students scattered in the playing field.
4. The first child at bat will hit the ball, using the correct swing, and run around the cones with the other 4 children running behind. (You can announce different movements for the runners; skip, hop, jump, slide, etc..)
5. A student in the outfield will catch or grab the ball that was struck while the other outfielders race to get behind that student. The child with the ball will pass the ball as quickly as possible overhead to the next person in line. The ball is progressed down the line of students in the same manner. The last person in line will run the ball back to home base. Trying to get there before the 5 runners reach home. Encourage teamwork and verbal and non-verbal encouragements.
6. Rotate hitters until everyone has a chance to strike the ball.

1. Students will demonstrate appropriate and safe technique when gripping andcarrying the hockey stick.
2. Students will show correct hand placement (dominant hand near blade) when holding and using the hockey stick.
3. Students will move safely and under control throughout the designated area among their classmates while dribbling the puck.
4. Students will be able to identify parts of the stick and know cues associated with hand and stick placement in relation to these parts.
5. Students will be able to re-state cues for hitting and dribbling the puck.

1. Review with students specific techniques for carrying and gripping the stick. Refer to parts of the stick as needed (Blade, Shaft, and Butt). Remind students about keeping the blade on or near the floor.
2. Review hand placement (hands apart and dominant hand near blade).
3. Talk to students about "dribbling" or "ragging" the puck. Dribbling is a series of short taps as you move across the playing area. Ragging is a series of small taps to yourself while trying to outwit an opponent while in a stationary position (before moving).
4. Each student should have their own stick and puck and should practice dribbling their puck throughout the playing area, keeping it close enough to the stick to stop on the signal. DEMONSTRATE. Students will move on signal and stop - moving under control and while keeping the puck near the blade and paying attention to safety.
5. Teacher starts and stops students. Look for students that are consistently moving under control and controlling the puck well. (Stop if some students move too aggressively and become a danger to others.)
6. Now introduce obstacles (cones, bowling pins, dots) for students to move around. Try it again, starting and stopping on signal.
7. Review cues for dribbling and ragging - "short taps" "move under control"