Today we will begin our floor hockey unit. Floor hockey is our first invasion game, meaning you are trying to invade another teams territory or prevent them from invading your territory. All invasion games share similar concepts or tactics and if you can grasp these concepts or tactics in floor hockey, you will be better prepared to play any other invasion game. Other invasion games include; soccer, basketball, football, ultimate frisbee, etc.
The first tactic or concept we are going to focus on is maintaining possession of the ball(puck). You can use various skills to help you and your team maintain possession of the ball in two areas. On the ball skills, this is when you have possession of the ball or off the ball movements, these are things you do when a teammate has possession of the ball to help support them.
For this weeks blog I want you to give me one, on the ball, skill you can use in floor hockey to help maintain possession of the puck and one off the ball, movement you can perform to help your team maintain possession of the puck.
To help maintain possession of the puck you should keep it close to you and close to your stick.
ReplyDeleteTo help your team maintain possession of the puck while you don't have it you should get into open space so they can pass to you.
-Becca Edelman
On: Protect the puck by denying other sticks the ability to touch the puck.
ReplyDeleteOff: Either try to take the puck from the opposing team or be ready to block/receive a shot/pass.
Andy Pham
to maintain possession of the puck u shuld make sure you have good control of the stick first. that should help in controlling the puck. to help your team out you should move to open areas away from defenders
ReplyDeleteIf you are trying to protect the puck you must always be in motion and play defensively.
ReplyDeleteIf you are off the ball, you can help your team by playing defense.
-John Duncan
to maintain possession of the puck you should have good formation of the stick and focus mainly on the puck while passing or shooting it.
ReplyDeleteto help your team out you should pass to them and defend them from the other team while they are driving it up to the goal
Ammaar Yousufi
Goureesh Paranjpe-
ReplyDeleteone on the puck skill is maintaining good control on the stick. if you are holding to loosly, it sets you up for having the puck stolen.
(defense)when you are trying to get posession, it's good to anticipate where the puck may go in an attempt to intercept it
1) In order to maintain possession of the puck you should try keeping the puck close to you so the other team won't be able to reach out and get it as easily. Also dribbling is a good way to keep possession.
ReplyDelete2) When you do not have the puck you should move to an open space and make yourself available so your team mate can pass to you.
-Amelia Gerste
keep your head in the game and dont daydream
ReplyDeleteOtari Shiuk
on: you can switch the side of the puck that the stick is on constantly to avoid it being stolen away.
ReplyDeleteoff: get to a position where you are open to passes
-Janet Dong
to maintain possession of the puck, you should dribble the puck to keep control.
ReplyDeleteTo help your teammates, you should get into an open space for them to pass to you for an open shot.
-Jordan Weissberg
josh Lee-
ReplyDeleteon the ball- dribbling
off the ball- block opponent so they cant gain possesion or get open so they can pass
you should keep the puck close to you, and keep both hands on the stick to help you manage the puck.
ReplyDelete-Jacob Amusya
On: Control the puck with short, controlled strokes and keep it close to you to stop it from being stolen.
ReplyDeleteOff: Be aggressive and try to knock the puck away from the opponent and get ready to receive passes.
-Ariana Yeatts-Lonske
when you have the puck, you could put your hockey stick infront of the puck to seperate you from your defender. When you dont have to puck, you can move to open areas so your teammates can pass to you have you would have a easier chance of score
ReplyDeleteAlso Mr.Kirk, can you change my grade for the second blog? I did it and you gave me a 0
Michael Chang
Kurt Vetrano
ReplyDeleteWhen on offense:
Keep the puck close to your stick, and try to open passing lanes for your teamates.
When on defense,:
Double team your opponents and keep them from moving into your territory.
on: control the puck and keep it close to you
ReplyDeleteoff: shorten the distance of your passes to you team because that way the opposing team can't intercept it easily
Jessica Wung
1)On- You should dribble the puck close to you
ReplyDelete2)Off- You should get close to the goal and get open so your teamate can pass it to you.
Chen Goldstein
on: hold the stick with the proper grip and keep the puck close to you and control it well and keep moving with it until someone is open instead of trying to hit it really hard blindly
ReplyDeleteoff: get in a position so that the person with the puck can pass it to you or if the person with the puck is on the other team, try to intercept it when he/she tries to pass it or score
christina hwang
maintain possession while avoiding huge groups of players so you can get an open shot
ReplyDeletestep away from a group and get open where you might have an open shot if they pass to you.
Nick Soileau
on:Try to score with the puck or pass.
ReplyDeleteoff:try to get puck back or block a shot.
Cari Baxtrom,
ReplyDeleteMaintain posession of the puck.
Get open for a pass.
Keep the puck close to your body when you have posession.
Keep the stick under control.
On edline it says I didn't do my blog. but I did.
ReplyDelete-Becca Edelman
if you are on the ball, you must keep it close to you and turn to avoid the opponent's sticks
ReplyDeleteif you are off the ball, you must stay open, and watch your teamate so they can pass the ball to you easily.
Becca and Michael,
ReplyDeleteI have fixed your grade on ed-line, thanks for the reminder.
Keep the puck close to you. Move to open area away from opponents.
ReplyDeleteAlexa Awrich
to help maintain possession of the puck you should work as a team and pass the ball around the other team. when you dont have the ball you shoul;d move to open space.
ReplyDeletekenazie gilbert
keep the puck close to you and dribble the puck to avoid other player's sticks
ReplyDeletestay open for your teamates so they are able to pass the puck to you
Alex Walsh
on the puck, keep close to the puck and pass to opponents. off the puck, try preventing your opponent from your territory and keep open
ReplyDeletebailey
to maintain posession of the puck keep it away from other sticks and keep your eye on the puck
ReplyDeletealways stay open and unguarded , ready to shoot
-Vaughn Meddings
to maintain posession of the puck you should keep it close to your body
ReplyDeletetry to get away from defenders and stay open
-Will Quackenbush
1)when on the puck, moving it back and forth as opposed to just moving forward with it is a good way to throw off defenders and close in on the goal
ReplyDelete2)when off the puck, try to get into the open space away from the defenders in order to receive a pass
jamie logan
to maintain possession of the puck you should keep it close to your body and have a teammate open in passing allies
ReplyDeleteJonny Harvey