Newspaper Hockey
Players are called by number and race to the centre to grab a newspaper hockey stick and score a goal before returning to their team.
- Players
- 10–30
- Ages
- 7+
- Time
- 25 min
- Prep
- Lots
- Equipment
- 4 items
What to bring
- Newspapers (2–4)
- Masking tape
- 2 chairs
- Tennis ball
Before the session
- Roll up 2–4 newspapers and bind them with masking tape
How to play
This game requires two or four newspapers rolled up and bound by masking tape to make hockey sticks, two chairs to act as goals, and a tennis ball.
Divide the group into two equal teams, and number each person on each team so that there are two ones, two twos, two threes and so on. Have the teams then sit along opposite walls of the gym. Place the hockey sticks and ball in the centre of the gym.
The leader then calls out a number, or two numbers if playing with four hockey sticks. The participants given the called numbers must jump up and run into the centre, pick up the hockey sticks, and try to get the tennis ball into their goal, between the chair legs. The team that gets the goal is awarded one point, then they return to their team and sit down. The leader then calls another number, and the game continues. Repeat for the allocated time. The team with the most points at the end wins.
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