1. Floorball

2. Floorball – An Introduction
What is Floorball
Past and future
Floorball in the UK

3. ? What would make your ideal sport Exciting?
A light/fast ball would create adrenalin?
Players can have varying levels of fitness?
Simple rules but fair
Good all round exercise?
Unlimited subs would mean you can play for as long as you want and then retire to the bench for a breather?
You play one-handed or two handed?
No offside, run anywhere?
Rules that are designed, not evolved over many years?
Running, turning & stretching? ?
You can start at any age and you won’t be surrounded by better players
What would make your ideal sport
Simple skills but can be taken to ‘another level’
A brand new sport would mean that even sports fanatics will have to learn the basics
You could start a game with about 2 rules and 2 tips for play?
No time off for injuries?
Mixed teams / social?
Cheap?
Low physical contact, lightweight equipment would mean lead to less injuries?
A team sport with low physical contact would mean that skill and not sheer strength would help you win?
Being able to buy all your equipment for just £25 plus short & trainers?

4. Floorball? Exciting? Players can have varying levels of fitness?
A light/fast ball would create adrenalin?
Players can have varying levels of fitness?
Simple rules but fair
Good all round exercise?
Unlimited subs would mean you can play for as long as you want and then retire to the bench for a breather?
You play one-handed or two handed?
No offside, run anywhere?
Rules that are designed, not evolved over many years?
Running, turning & stretching?
You can start at any age and you won’t be surrounded by better players
Simple skills but can be taken to ‘another level’
A brand new sport would mean that even sports fanatics will have to learn the basics
Floorball?
You could start a game with about 2 rules and 2 tips for play?
No time off for injuries?
Mixed teams / social?
Cheap?
Low physical contact, lightweight equipment would mean lead to less injuries?
A team sport with low physical contact would mean that skill and not sheer strength would help you win?
Being able to buy all your equipment for just £25 plus short & trainers?

5. What is Floorball? “Ice hockey without the ice” Played in a gym
Similar rules, similar skills
1 ball but no ice!
1 netminder + at least 5 ‘field’ players
Lightweight ball, lightweight sticks, unlimited subs = a VERY fast game
How fast?
- whole outfield team is substituted every
2 mins
- ball travels at 50-90mph

6. So Why Did They Make a New Sport?
Ice Hockey is a spectacular sport
High speed action
High speed crashes
A little ‘minor ruffing’!
People wanted a more accessible sport
No need to be an expert skater, forwards and backwards
High speed skating means high speed accidents
Protective kit costs £ hundreds
Training on ice at midnight when the rink is available
The answer was obvious…
Floor-hockey
but…

7. A new international standard was needed
The Need for Speed
A puck on a wooden floor is too slow
There were many rulebooks with no governing body
One manufacturer, Unihoc Ltd, started to dominate
The sport became known as ‘unihoc’ causing copyright problems
A new international standard was needed
A single set of rules
Can be promoted by all equipment manufacturers & sponsorship
So they needed a better solution…
Floorball

8. Floorball Timeline GB need a team 2024: Floorball at Summer Olympics?
2013: UKFF appointed by IFF
2010: Included in UK AS Levels (EdExcel)
2009: 51 member countries
Floorball recognised by IOC
Included in UK GCSEs (EdExcel)
2004: Czech Open 200+ teams
1996: First World Cup
1993: Czech Open tournament first held
1986: International Federation formed
1970’s: Swedish students

9. Floorball In The UK UK FLOORBALL FEDERATION LEAGUES
Appointed by the International Floorball Federation in
May 2013 to lead Floorball in Britain
LEAGUES
South East: Surrey
South England: Reading
Northern: Scotland, various sports centres
Midlands: Solihull, 2 divisions
Plus extensive junior leagues in Gloucestershire &
Oxfordshire

10. British Floorball Clubs

11. Meanwhile What Are The Kids Up To?
Salming TV advert
Swedish League TV Advert
Floorball tricks
Please note the links to these videos only work in Powerpoint ‘presentation mode’

12. Floorball training & matches
Top 20 goals
Swedish player practising