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Perks of Learning How to Play Hockey

“You miss 100% of the shots you don’t take". - Wayne Gretzky

Are you willing to miss out on your shot of becoming a great hockey player? Before you let the puck slide from your hand, consider what you are giving up if you choose not to go ahead and take lessons with one of the best hockey tutors in George.

Surely it should be considered a serious offense that deserves a red card should you be considering taking hockey lessons and quitting even before you get onto the hockey field. A hockey instructor may teach you all about the fouls in the game but let's explore the perks that you could reap should you decide to take the shot and give hockey lessons a try.

Firstly, we would hope that you are ready to become passionate about the game called hockey. Once you become passionate about a sport, attending hockey tutorials will seem like less of a chore and more of a hobby.

To reap maximum benefit from learning the sport, you have to enjoy attending hockey lessons. Once you enjoy attending hockey classes and hockey practice, you will automatically become more enthusiastic to grow as a hockey player and as a teammate.

If you are enjoying hockey lessons and are enthusiastic about the game, this is what you can expect:

- Hockey is a cardiovascular exercise: You will certainly get your heart rate increasing and your sweat flowing when you play hockey. This means that during play, oxygen will flow to all your muscles far faster. You will also be engaging in a form of exercise which means weight loss is a sure possibility.

- Development and co-ordination: The reason many schools in South Africa offer hockey as a winter sport for young children is because the sport requires you to be well coordinated. Making a hit with a hockey stick is also a way of developing your fine motor skills. For young children, immersing themselves in a sport like hockey from a young age could mean that their muscles will develop and become stronger as well.

- Team building exercise: Children are always taught how to compete with each other. This is all well and good, but children and adults need to be reminded that in some cases you yield the best results when working with others. Since there are 11 team members on a side in hockey, the sooner you will gain a sense of appreciation for teamwork, the better. Working in a team and working towards the betterment of the team means that you are personally developing yourself as well.

- Fosters a sense of pride: Imagine getting the ball into your opponent's post without being offside. Isn't that a moment of pride? The nice thing about games like hockey (or any sport for that matter) is that the more you work on it, the easier it is to appreciate your efforts and feel proud when you excel at the sport. So, while your failed attempts at scoring a goal during hockey lessons may be getting you down, remember you are working towards all those moments of pride that are yet to come.

- Flexibility and agility improvement: There is no denying that by training to play any sport, you become far more agile and flexible. It is always a good feeling knowing that you can think on your feet and move accordingly whilst being so lithe in your movement.

How can you deny yourself the chance of reaping all the above-listed benefits? Surely, you are doing yourself a great injustice by turning down your chance to take hockey lessons near you!

"What Will I Learn in Hockey Lessons Near Me?" You Ask

It would be impossible to summarise all the rules of hockey, but we know that by taking a few lessons with a professional hockey tutor, you will have clarification about all the rules of the game.  You will probably avoid your green card (first warning) just because you took hockey lessons which helped you to understand the game better.

While the rules will seem relatively simple when you learn them during your hockey classes, the fouls that can happen in the game will take more time to learn. Surely without having taken any beginner hockey classes, you would know that if you break the rules of the game, it's regarded as a foul but what exactly are the fouls in hockey?

Fouls in hockey include:

- Advancing: In hockey, you are not allowed to touch the ball with any body part. The foul advancing is given to a player who uses his or her body to push the ball

- Undercutting: This is a foul awarded to the player who seems to be lifting the ball dangerously.

- Sticks: While the undercutting foul that is given to a player dangerously lifting the ball, sticks is a foul that occurs when you dangerously lift your stick.

- Ballsticks: One of the first rules learnt about hockey is that you must hit the ball with the flat side of the hockey stick, if you hit the ball with the rounded side of the hockey stick, the offense called ballsticks occurs.

- Obstruction: While you would like to win, you can't obstruct anyone during play by using your stick or body to obstruct their way when they are trying to get to the ball.

If you know these rules, you won't get a green card, a yellow card, or a red card.

Field Hockey Tutorials: Find a Tutor

You may be joining group field hockey lessons as it is a sport that expects you to socialize and work with others.  Group lessons for this particular sport work out for the best as you can train with other enthusiastic hockey players.

You can learn from other members of your team, and you can also be helped by your group tutor to identify where your weaknesses lie. This option of taking group hockey tutorials works out to be far more cost-effective. Yet, you are working with other members, and you must remember your hockey tutor cannot only focus on you and your learning pace.

Superprof Private Field Hockey Tutors

A private tutor will not only help you to excel at the sport but he or she will also work with you to make sure that these positive changes happen faster and better.

A private tutor will focus solely on you whilst encouraging you to think about technique and tactics and so on.

You can choose a private tutor on the Superprof site, with lessons starting from as little as R80 per hourly lesson in George. The number of Superprof hockey tutors offering hockey lessons on the site is increasing so give our site a shot and perhaps you will soon be able to take your best shot yet on the hockey field.