For participants to practice their hockey stick handling, while staying on the lines of the gym floor and/or following a line path.
Other Skills:
Coordination

Give each participant a hockey stick and tennis ball.
Have them start on different lines throughout the gym.

1. Go over the basics of stick handling with participants (if they haven't already done this in another activity).
2. Hold the stick with two hands, one at the top and one in the middle. When stick handling, it's important to use both sides of the stick to help direct the ball/puck in the direction you wish it to go. Also, do light and little pushes so the ball doesn't get too far in front of you, because if it does in a game, the other team can easily steal the ball/puck.
3. Each participant will be holding their hockey stick with two hands and have their tennis ball on the ground and on a line in front of them.
4. Emphasize the importance of keeping the stick/blade on the ground at all times.
5. When the leader says "Lines On" participants will start stick handling their ball along the lines of the gym.
6. Depending on their comfort and skill level, they can walk or run while doing this, but remind them to keep their heads up.
7. They can go down any line and switch lines when they reach an intersection of lines.
8. However, if they go down one line and there is a participant on the same line coming towards them and the only way to keep going is to turn around and go the opposite direction, they do this instead: They both say "switch", give each other a high five and they walk to the other participant's ball and keep going in the same direction they were before, but now with the other participant's ball.
9. Continue for a set amount of time.
10. Next Step:
11. Have all participants lined up at one end of the gym.
12. They will put their tennis balls along the wall and hold onto their hockey sticks.
13. They will get in a line behind the leader.
14. The leader will walk down the lines creating a line path.
15. The participants will follow the leader, holding their hockey stick properly and stay in the line and a few steps behind the participant in front of them.
16. When they all get to the end of the path, they will all go back to the start.
17. This time the leader will jog the line path, and the participants will follow at a jog.
18. Next, participants can get their ball, and they will stick handle down the line path.
19. Make sure participants have staggered starts so they do not run into each other.

Only do one of those stick handling activities.
For younger participants, use beanbags instead of tennis balls to help with control.
If there are no lines in the gym/room, set up pylons and/or beanbags along the gym. Create a path on how to get around and through the obstacles.

Adaptations (General):
Some participants with disabilities will find stick handling very challenging. Consider using smaller sticks or larger balls.

Adaptations (Blindness/Visual Impairment): Consider having them work in a small space with a ball that has a bell inside for those who are blind or visually impaired.