Hockey Session (Foundation Phase): Tic-Tac-Toe Warm Up

Game

Objective: Be the first team to have three objects aligned in the tic-tac-toe grid.

Set up:

• Split your group into small teams of 2-4
• Establish a starting line (use a sideline to make the set up easier)
• Lay out a tic-tac-toe grid about 10 yards from the starting line
• Provide two sets of three different-colored objects at each grid (pinnies, cones, balls, whatever you have!)

• On the whistle, the players at the start of the line take off to drop their objects in the tic-tac-toe grid
• They then sprint back through the starting line and tag the hands of their teammate
• Their teammate then sprints to the grid to drop their object
• This continues until one team has their three objects aligned in the grid
• If all three objects are in the grid and there is still not a winner, the relay can continue with a tagged teammate running to the grid to move ONE of their objects to a new square

• Speed!
• Competitiveness!
• Strategy! Have a plan and anticipate your opponent's choices! 

• If you want to modify this to include stick and ball, exchange the objects for white and orange balls and have players dribble to the grid
• If you have multiple grids, make one the top grid and allow teams to move up or down based on whether they win or lose