Brooke Neal

Brooke Neal represented New Zealand in the RIO Olympic 2016. She is a defender in the Black Sticks hockey team. Shay Neal, her brother, and Brooke both play hockey. Brooke's motivation is her family. Her dad trained her since she was 2 years old. Brooke Neal's role model is her brother. Brooke loves her brother so much that she follows his foot steps.

Hockey

Today we were practicing how to play hockey with Lydia. Today we played some games and one of my favourite ones were the traffic light game. When we started warming up she gave us rules about how to use the hockey stick when playing hockey and the rules were.

• Keep your hockey stick below your knees
• Don’t wave the hockey stick in the air
• Use the flat side of the hockey stick to hit the ball
• Bend your knees so you can move the ball and your back won't get sore