Top Hockey Schools In South Africa

What Are Hockey Schools?

These are basically schools reserved for the best players in their area. Many hockey academies provide a full curriculum for their students, so they act as a regular educational center just with an extra emphasis on hockey.

What Is The Main Purpose Of Hockey?

The objective of hockey is to score more goals than the opposite team before the stipulated time runs out. All players use a hockey stick to control the ball and drive it to the opposition’s goalpost to score for their team. A hockey stick has a long handle with a curved head, which is flat on one side.

Why Is Hockey An Important Sport?

Hockey helps Develop leadership skills, discipline, and teamwork in the players. Being a team player is essential in any sport and hockey is no exception. The sport requires teamwork to succeed, which helps develop leadership and discipline.

How To Play Hockey?

The objective of hockey is to score more goals than the opposite team before the stipulated time runs out. All players use a hockey stick to control the ball and drive it in the opposition’s goal post to score for their team.

A hockey stick has a long handle with a curved head, which is flat on one side. The weight of a hockey stick must not exceed 737g. Modern hockey sticks are made from fibers of glass, carbon, and aramid.

These fibres are laminated to build strength and sticks are made as per specifications. Earlier, field hockey sticks used to be made of wood. But the introduction of synthetic pitches forced innovations in stick-making.

Players are only allowed to use the flat side of the stick to touch the ball. Failure to do so leads to a foul (back stick) and the ball is given to the opposition.

All hockey players need to pass or dribble the ball only with their stick and move it towards the opposite goal. And to score a goal, a shot can only be taken from inside the striking circle.

Top Hockey Schools In South Africa?

BOY’S 1sts HOCKEY RANKINGS  02 MAY  2023
RankTEAMPLAYEDAVG  BONUS     PTS
1ST STITHIANS712.37
2SACS1412.02
3PAUL ROOS GYM1711.43
4DHS1611.26
5JEPPE1311.03
6MARITZBURG COLLEGE1310.99
7WYNBERG BH710.94
8GARSFONTEIN1810.94
9PRETORIA BOYS HIGH1510.83
10CLIFTON1710.75
11GREY COLLEGE1610.66
12HILTON COLLEGE1110.59
13KES1010.58
14SELBORNE COLLEGE1210.58
15PEARSON2010.52
16NORTHWOOD1610.51
17KEARSNEY COLLEGE1310.47
18WESTVILLE BH1410.42
19PAREL VALLEI1310.16
20PAARL GIM1910.10
21AFFIES1510.01
22ST CHARLES COLLEGE810.00
23MICHAELHOUSE89.96
24GREY HIGH SCHOOL199.83
25MENLOPARK199.33
26PARKTOWN149.30
27ST JOHNS COLLEGE189.28
28ST ANDREWS COLLEGE119.06
29DURBANVILLE68.87
30QUEENS COLLEGE188.86
31PAARL BOYS HIGH118.79
32ST BENEDICTS58.62
33ST ALBANS COLLEGE168.50
34WATERKLOOF88.41
35SOMERSET COLLEGE178.41
36WOODRIDGE178.41
37ST DAVIDS178.39
38KINGSWOOD88.29
39ELDORAIGNE168.17
40HUDSON PARK138.01
41MERRIFIELD77.97
42WORCESTER GYM177.81
43FAIRMONT187.81
44POTCH GIM77.66
45DALE COLLEGE117.56
46CAMBRIDGE97.54
47YORK HIGH197.51
48JIM FOUCHE187.39
49ST ANDREWS SCHOOL117.37
50WESTERING57.18
51BISHOPS67.13
52VOORTREKKER BETH107.13
53NOORDHEUWEL147.11
54STIRLING117.05
55SASOLBURG136.98
56HELPMEKAAR106.97
57OUTENIQUA106.70
58GLENWOOD86.64
59PIETERSBURG66.60
60STELLENBERG146.59
61TRIO176.52
62FICHARDTPARK76.51
63CURRO DURBANVILLE66.23
64ASHTON176.22
65ST DOMINICS56.18
66EDGEMEAD76.17
67UPLANDS COLLEGE86.16
68RANDPARK236.07
69STELLENBOSCH106.06
70NELSPRUIT106.02
71HTS MIDDELBURG65.87
72DF MALAN85.86
73SENTRAAL85.86
74LINDEN95.84
75MIDDELBURG145.83
76OUDTSHOORN115.80
77BELLVILLE95.78
78POINT115.76
79HUGENOTE WELL105.76
80MONUMENT215.71
81LYDENBURG105.64
82CHARLIE HOFMEYR125.63
83TRANSVALIA155.63
84GOUDVELD85.45
85BEAULIEU COLLEGE65.37
86THOMAS MORE COLLEGE105.31
87DIAMANTVELD105.29
88WITTEBERG65.25
89CURRO HILLCREST105.21
90KRUGERSDORP75.16
91WATERSTONE105.15
92CORNWALL HILL65.13
93DUINEVELD145.13
94FRAMESBY55.10
95ZWARTKOP155.05
96LIGBRON94.60
97POTCH VOLKSKOOL74.40
98SECUNDA104.39
99BERGSIG134.31
100POTCH BOYS93.74
101CURRO LANGEBAAN73.27