Active After School Sport - Hockeyroo style

Now it is school holidays, its nice to reflect back on some of the things that the kids got to do during Term II.

One of the things Hallie really enjoyed was Active After School Care. Once a week on a Friday from 3-4.30pm, under the supervision of one of our teacher aides, who volunteered her time to run the program, Hallie got to learn how to play hockey. Their coach's name was Di.

She was very excited to be fitted out in shin pads, a hockey stick and her own mouthguard. On the last day of the program, the coach organised for the kids to go into Launceston to the St Leonards Athletics Centre, and try out their new skills on some actual hockey turf under the tutelege of one of the State Tasmanian players.

I went on the bus with Hallie and as usual I think the kids got a kick out of the bus trip as much as the actual event.

Even though Hallie is small, she is pretty skillful and quick with the stick. I loved playing hockey at high school so I hope Hallie chooses that sport too.

The kids had alot of fun trying out their mouthguards too and it was funny watching them, looking all important and serious while their mouths bulged.

I'm glad kids get this opportunity to try out new sports and skills, especially as it provides a taste of something they might like to take further in the future. Hallie seems to have a natural talent for any sort of physical activity, learning things quickly and having that balance of agility and hand eye coordination. I will never forget we were teaching Sarra how to ride her bike without training wheels and Hallie was only 2yrs old. 

Watching Sarra, she decided she wanted to learn too and in one afternoon, she was riding her bike on just two wheels, without any help from us. We were so busy helping and watching Sarra, doing the hold on the back of the bike, as she wobbled away thing, that we didn't notice Hallie teaching herself and since then she has never looked back.