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Border Patrol Floor Hockey Barriers

Hockey barriers easily set up in minutes, indoors or out, for any activity.
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Set up an official-feeling hockey enclosure using these high-density foam panels covered in tear-resistant vinyl. You can also use these barriers to designate bowling lanes or boundaries for other games.

Multipurpose Barrier Design

Easily use these 10'L barriers to turn gyms, parking lots, or playgrounds into a hockey rink or to create designated play areas for other activities. Barriers help keep users and equipment in the area in which they belong. If pucks roll away, you don't have to spend time chasing them all over the gym. A hook-and-loop fastener connection means there’s no need for tools, making setup extremely easy.

Set Options

  • Official-Size Rink Set. 80’ x 170’ Rink Size. Includes 50 indoor/outdoor panels.
  • Junior-Size Rink Set. 50’ x 100’ Rink Size. Includes 30 indoor/outdoor panels.

Panel Options (all are 10'L)

  • 12"H Indoor Panel, 14 oz Cover, 15 lb
  • 12"H Indoor/Outdoor Panel, 18 oz Cover, 15 lb
  • 22"H Indoor/Outdoor Panel, 18 oz Cover, 30 lb

Creative Activities Using Border Patrol™ Floor Hockey Barriers

The Border Patrol™ Floor Hockey Barriers are a versatile tool that can be used for various creative physical education activities. These barriers help define boundaries, prevent equipment from leaving play areas, and can be integrated into games that enhance fundamental movement skills such as balance, coordination, and agility. Below are activities that utilize the Border Patrol™ Barriers in fun and innovative ways for students of all ages.

1. Hockey Heaven: Set up the barriers to create a designated floor hockey rink where students practice their dribbling, passing, and shooting skills. The enclosed area encourages control and precision, perfect for teaching manipulative movements like striking and dribbling.

2. Bowling Blockade: Use the barriers to create bowling lanes. Students take turns rolling lightweight rubber balls toward a set of pins. The barriers ensure the balls stay on course, promoting rolling and aiming accuracy.

3. Invasion Game Dodge Zone: Arrange the barriers in a square to form a safe zone in the middle of the gym. Play invasion games, with students practicing dodging (body control movement) as they avoid incoming balls while staying within the boundaries.

4. Leap Frog Arena: Create small pods with barriers spread across the gym. Students jump over the pods focusing on leaping and hopping (locomotor skills).

5. Obstacle Course Chaos: Incorporate the barriers into an obstacle course where students have to climb over, crawl under, and maneuver around the barriers. This activity improves core stability, agility, and coordination.

6. Capture the Flag Corners: Set up a divided play area using the barriers where teams compete in capture the flag. The barriers create ""safe zones"" for players to dodge and hide, encouraging agility and quick movement.

7. Ping-Pong Power: Use the barriers as ping pong nets. Students can play ping pong over the barriers while the ball bounces on the gym floor.

8. Pickleball, Badminton, Volleyball Net: Use the barriers as a net and encourage students to play games small-sided games such as pickleball, volleyball, tennis, and badminton. 

9. Safe Space Soccer Drills: Use the barriers to create small training pods where students work on individual soccer skills such as dribbling, passing, and footwork. The barriers keep the ball contained and focus attention on precise movements.

10. Roller Relay Races: Create lanes using the barriers for students to race on scooters or rollerblades. The lanes encourage straight-line speed and promote balance as students race to the finish.

11. Tunnel Takedown: Place barriers on top of tumbling mats to create tunnels where students must crawl under and around to retrieve objects or complete tasks. This enhances body control movements like crawling, bending, and stretching.

12. Putt-Putt Paradise: Use the barriers to create mini golf holes throughout the gym. Place obstacles, such as cones or small ramps, and have students use a golf putter to putt foam balls toward targets. The barriers help define the course and prevent stray balls, while students focus on hand-eye coordination, precision, and controlled striking movements.

13. Fitness Frenzy Circuit: Incorporate the barriers into a fitness circuit where students perform different exercises, such as jumping over barriers or running between them. This activity targets cardiovascular fitness and agility.

14. Sway and Shuffle Showdown: Create lanes with barriers where students practice lateral shuffling or sliding. This activity helps develop lateral movement and coordination while keeping students in a straight line.

15. Hockey Stick Flick Trick: Set up the barriers in an enclosed space for students to practice flicking hockey pucks over the barriers with their hockey sticks, focusing on wrist control and accuracy.