Hockey

Hockey is one of the most gender-equitable team sports, known for being fun, fast, safe, and exciting. With programs for all ages and abilities. Everyone is always involved with their own stick.

Activities are designed to build confidence in a fun and engaging way, helping children develop agility, balance, and coordination, essential for all sports and life.

Primary Formats

Our primary school offer includes two choices:

1. Skill Station Format: This consists of small-sided, fun, easy-to-play games suitable for beginners and experienced players. Key skills include passing, dribbling, and goal scoring. The format can be scored, played for fun, or rewards-based. It's adaptable for different ages, numbers, and spaces, and can be played on various surfaces such as playgrounds, grass, or indoors. It’s great for Intra- or Inter-School festivals, PE lessons and involving many children.
2. Game-based format Quicksticks 4v4: This is ideal for those seeking a competitive game. It’s played on any surface with a larger, lighter, and safer ball. This small-sided game is fun, fast, safe, and exciting.

Both formats are suitable for SEND, as they can be easily modified in terms of space, equipment, and difficulty.

Secondary Formats

Our secondary school offer is In2Hockey. A small-sided game played 6-a-side without a goalkeeper, or 7-a-side with goalkeepers.

It helps young players develop their hockey skills and techniques and provides a gradual progression into the 11-a-side version of the game.

Modifications can be made to make formats easier/harder based on the age and stage of the children.

Equipment needed

• Hockey balls
• Hockey sticks
• Goals
• Bibs
• Cones/throw down markers

Buy your equipment here.

School Games formats

Learn more about the School Games formats for your chosen age group (Primary or Secondary) by selecting the appropriate document below.

The layout is similar with each document providing information in the following order for:

• SGOs (highlighted pink) to support delivery of inter-competition and advocacy of the sport to schools
• Schools (highlighted green) to support delivery of intra-competition and curricular sport
• Young people (highlighted blue) to set up and deliver the proposed format activities

Free School Games activity resources are available here.