| Recreational sports offer exercise, fun and socializing | | | | attempt. |
| to millions of weekend warriors. Unfortunately, for | | | | Third Step |
| majority of community sponsored league sports, there | | | | Ball hockey doesn't involve any icing as in ice hockey. |
| lies an inherent cost. Ball hockey is an inexpensive | | | | Nevertheless, shooting balls into opposing ends with |
| alternative, which nearly any able bodied person can | | | | each and every possession is heavily discouraged. As |
| play for. | | | | off side counts, players with the ball need to enter |
| Things You'll Require | | | | attacking zones before any of their off sides or team |
| Plastic hockey ball, goalie, goal, sticks, shin guards | | | | mates are called. This means that the attacking team |
| goalie, hockey gloves. | | | | has to surrender the ball to the opponent. |
| First Step | | | | Fourth Step |
| Determine the amount of players and divide them into | | | | As with roller hockey or ice hockey, players shoot on |
| two teams. If enough sticks aren't available, players | | | | goals and the goalie tries to block the ball. If the |
| can lend them to benched players during rest time. | | | | goalkeeper covers the ball, the attacking team retreats |
| Now remove debris from playing court, and thereafter | | | | to the defensive zone, causing the opposing team to |
| ascertain the center court line, dividing them into | | | | revert to attack. |
| defensive and offensive zones. | | | | If barrel goal is used, the play simply continues ahead |
| Second Step | | | | as no player can legally cover the ball. The scoring |
| At the end of both halves, set up the goals. By setting | | | | team faces off once again at the center line and one |
| the ball on the ground and tapping sticks to either side | | | | goal is awarded. As having a time clock is uncommon, |
| of the ball, players face off at the center line. This is | | | | usually teams play to a pre-determined goal. Any team |
| done thrice before even making any ball possession | | | | scoring first wins the game. |