Floor hockey is a lot of fun and takes some serious skills, it makes sense that physical education teachers use this activity to teach. Floor hockey can help teach the many skills that physical education teachers are required to teach like: body management, locomotor, object movement, and behavior skills.
Let's look at the different skills and how they can be developed while playing floor hockey. In the body management skills category you will learn: Spatial Awareness, while moving up and down the gym, players will need to be aware of their location and where the puck or ball is along with their opponents and team mates. Moving balance is also needed to move the puck or ball down the gym toward the goal while keeping it away from the opposing team.
Locomotor skills will also come into play: walking, running, hoping, galloping, and skipping can be all different ways a player
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