A stick in your hands in minutes. A goalie in front of you by the end of the session. Every ability on the same floor, with coaches who start from zero.
Last played November 8, 2026 · Next date coming soon
KIHA, Kapolei Inline Hockey Arenas · 1057 Opakapaka St, Kapolei
Standing or seated, same floor
Never played? Perfect.
Sticks and balls are on us
Closed-toe shoes
The game
Indoor field hockey moves a small hard ball across a smooth floor with one flat-faced stick. It is quick to learn and hard to put down. Adaptive means the game fits the player: wheelchair athletes and standing players share the floor, the same drills and the same goal.
AMVETS and Big Tire Bootcamp brought it to the Koa Challenge Veteran Games as an exhibition. It is not scored or medaled. You come to play, learn something new, and meet the people next to you.
How a session runs
Stick in your hands, ball on the floor. Tap it, roll it, get comfortable. Nobody is rushing you.
Take the ball around the cones as slow as you need. The speed comes on its own.
Tap it once and shoot, or bring it all the way up. There is a goalie in full pads waiting.
Bibs on, positions set, game on. That is the part everybody remembers.
Your coaches
They teach the stick, the ball and the rules from the ground up, one player at a time.
Adaptive Indoor Field Hockey
Hands-on coaching from the first touch of the ball to the first game.
Adaptive Indoor Field Hockey
Hands-on coaching from the first touch of the ball to the first game.
“You can go as slow as you can or you need.”
Coach Cho, on running the cones
Learn before you lace up
Straight from the floor at KIHA, in the coach’s own words.
Lesson 1
Start by messing around with the ball. Then the first rule of the stick: flat side only.
Lesson 2
Go as slow as you need, and get your feet around the ball.
Lesson 3
Two ways to take your shot, with slow-motion replays.
Lesson 4
No golf swings, no hacking, no feet, no offsides. Coach Cho explains why.
House rules
Only the flat side of the stick plays the ball.
Keep your stick controlled. Nobody should get hit in the face.
Don't chop at another player's stick to get the ball.
Play the ball with your stick, not your feet.
Want a cherry picker up front? Go ahead.
On defense, get down and play down. Let them come to you.
Thank you to KIHA and Richard Pentecost for supporting the AMVETS Big Tire Bootcamp Veterans Adaptive Sports Program and Indoor Field Hockey.
Tell us and we’ll reach out when the next date is set. Equipment is on us. Just bring closed-toe shoes.
