Inline Hockey

During term 2 Rooms 5 & 6 were taught the skills of Inline Skating, this term they have progressed to learn the skills of Inline Hockey. Every Friday morning they travel to the Stingrays skating rink at Harmony Lane, Waipapa to have an hour and a half lesson with Sophie.

Each week the skaters are taught a new skill and also go over skills already learnt. To start with the skaters had to become familiar with holding a hockey stick and skate at the same time, this proved challenging for some however they soon learnt the correct hockey stance. Once comfortable with skating with a stick, soft pucks were introduced. The skaters then realised why they had to wear knee pads and a helmet, soon it no longer mattered that they didn't look cool.

Time was spent learning how to correctly pass the puck backwards and forwards to each other, using the stick. It's actually a lot harder than you think to get the puck to go where you want it to go.

Last week saw the skaters put all of their skills into practice as Sophie allowed them to play their first game. It was great to see the skaters flying around the rink with big smiles on their faces, having gone from the start of Term 3 learning to skate to now being able to manoeuvre a puck around the opposition to score a goal!

Inline Hockey has definitely been a much needed confidence boost for some of the skaters. It is a great all round activity for fitness, co-ordination and balance. If you have not given it a go before, I highly recommend you do.

Ms Horsfield