Double Scoreboard: Opponents Rate Your Fair Play in Hockey
A school floor hockey mini-tournament where, after each game, each team rates the other team's fair play on a sheet with four criteria. The final standings add points for wins and the fair-play score received, so respecting opponents counts as much as winning.
How to play
- Present the fair-play sheet with four criteria scored from 0 to 2: respect for opponents, accepting calls, honest self-officiating and helping a player who falls; form four teams of six (4 min).
- Round 1: two 7-minute games at once, then each team fills out the opponent's sheet in 2 minutes (9 min).
- Round 2 against a new opponent, with a new rating (9 min).
- Round 3 against the last opponent, with a rating (9 min).
- Final standings adding one point per win plus the fair-play score received, and a discussion of whether any rating seemed unfair (4 min).
Rules
- The stick stays below the knee, and the ball is never hit so that it lifts off the ground.
- Play is self-officiated: players who commit a foul admit it by raising a hand.
- Each rating of the opponent must be backed by a specific example on the sheet.
- No body contact and no hitting the opponent's stick.
Variations
Easier
The sheet is cut down to two criteria: respect for opponents and accepting calls.
Standard
Three games with mutual ratings on four criteria and combined standings.
Harder
Each team also rates itself and compares that score with the opponent's rating.
Adaptations
- Limited mobility: the student plays goalie in a smaller goal or acts as captain who fills out and defends the team's sheet.
- Visual impairment: use a large, brightly colored ball, and the student plays in a marked zone with a reference teammate.
- Lower-body injury: the student is the scorekeeper who collects the sheets and calculates the standings.
Learning goals
- See fair play as part of the result in sports.
- Rate an opponent's conduct honestly and with reasons.
- Follow safety and self-officiating rules in school floor hockey.
Equipment for a class of 25
- hockey sticks: 24
- hockey balls: 4
- goals: 4
- pinnies: 12
- worksheets: 12
Teacher tip
If you spot revenge scores, ask the team to justify them in front of everyone. Plastic sticks and a foam or hollow plastic ball are safest for outdoor courts.
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