“The goal is to brighten the silver into gold” Tiltu Siltanen made her WFC debut in 2017. She’s ready to fight for gold again. In 2017, Finland became runner-up. The team is eager to improve on this. We spoke about the WFC – and other topics – with team Finland and SB-Pro’s goalkeeper Tiltu Siltanen. What made you decide to become a goalkeeper? I […] Written by Daniël Nicolai November 24, 2019November 24, 2019 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked “I like to spread my love for floorball around Germany” GoGirls! Ambassador Anna-Lena Best will play her fourth WFC (U19 included). We spoke with her about her club, the national team and what it’s like to be an ambassador for the IFF. At which club do you play and how is the season going so far? I play at Duemptener Fuechse 96 as a center […] Written by Daniël Nicolai November 24, 2019November 24, 2019 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked “I want to provide some leadership within the team” Alex Staib is an Australian defender, who’s currently playing in Switzerland at UHC Visper Lions. The WFC 2019 will be her third tournament. Unlike many of her Australian teammates, Alex Staib doesn’t need to travel long for the upcoming WFC, which is hosted in Switzerland. We spoke with her before the tournament. Can you take […] Written by Daniël Nicolai November 24, 2019November 24, 2019 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked NLA top scorer Rüttimann ready for her 6th WFC: “I always expect quite a lot from myself” Corin Rüttimann is up for her 6th WFC. The current top scorer of the Swiss NLA seems to be more than ready. Rüttimann (27) plays at Piranha Chur, the (so far) unbeaten team that’s on top of the Swiss NLA ranking. She is both top scorer (15 goals) as top point scorer (26 points) – […] Written by Daniël Nicolai November 23, 2019November 23, 2019 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked Playing as exchange student in China: “Impressed by the level of some younger players.” A look at the Chinese league and it’s development by Pieter-Jan Maekelbergh, Pixbo’s Star Camp manager. What does he think about the Oriental floorball league and the future of floorball in the Asian country? Can you briefly introduce yourself and your floorball history? My name is Pieter-Jan Maekelbergh. I come from Belgium and have played […] Written by Anne-Jan Hempenius November 23, 2019November 23, 2019 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked Video: Basics of Floorball dribbling | Floorball 101 SG Sports TV SG Sports TV has released another video in its Floorball 101 series. This one is about essential attacking moves! Joshua Seow and Haleef Hairon, both floorball players from team Singapore, show you how it’s done. Previous parts If you like this video, you should have a look at the previous videos: WATCH – Goalkeeping 101 […] Written by Daniël Nicolai November 23, 2019November 23, 2019 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked “A big challenge we face as a team is how spread out we are” Meet Jenna Hausman, the 16-year old defender from the USA. In December, the only 16-year-old Jenna Hausman will play her first World Floorball Championships with team USA. How and when did you start playing floorball? And have you played any other sports? I started playing floorball about 6 years ago. Michael Borg started the club […] Written by Anne-Jan Hempenius November 23, 2019November 23, 2019 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked “I thought it wouldn’t hurt to try out floorball – and now I‘m going to the WFC” One of Germany’s defenders during the WFC 2019 is Alena Holst. Holst has been to one WFC before (2017) and played several WFCQ games. She plays as a defender in the Swiss NLA with her club UHC Laupen. Does your field position at Laupen differ from how you have to play in the national team? […] Written by Daniël Nicolai November 22, 2019November 22, 2019 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked Kimmo’s ‘State of the Union’: Germany, Big country/small sport | Kimmo blogs Floorball in Germany: a small sport in a big country. How should this change? Kimmo shares his opinion. “There was quite a nice article on Paakallo, the Finnish floorball-site, from the current Trainer of UHC Sparkasse Weißenfels, Ilkka Kittilä. He wrote at length about the challenges Germany faces on the international level being a small […] Written by Kimmo Vallema November 22, 2019November 22, 2019 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked Swiss star Jan Zaugg in Sweden: “I liked it right from the beginning” At the end of last season, Swiss forward Jan Zaugg swapped his NLA club Köniz for an adventure in Sweden where he joined the SSL team Mullsjö AIS. Many were eager to find out how the creative player from Switzerland would adapt to playing in the “world’s best floorball league”. After a couple of months, […] Written by Anne-Jan Hempenius November 22, 2019November 22, 2019 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked “Thailand and Singapore are two super fast-paced teams and Australia are very tough” Christine Lindberg is one of team USA’s newer additions to the squad. With the World Floorball Championships 2019 upcoming, we decided to ask her some questions. Christine Lindberg (21) started playing floorball when she was around six years old and had her national team debut in Belleville in 2016 and since then starred in two […] Written by Anne-Jan Hempenius November 22, 2019November 22, 2019 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked The 5 most successful countries in the Women WFC [Patron Only] With the World Floorball Championships 2019 drawing near, the time has also come to have a look at the past. The WFC has now been organized 11 times which means there have been 33 medals handed out. Time to take a look at the five countries that have managed to take one or more medals […] Written by Anne-Jan Hempenius November 22, 2019November 22, 2019 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked “Pre-WFC intensive training camp is crucial for our success” Blaise Hodges (Australia) is one of the experienced players of team Australia. In December, she’ll compete at the World Floorball Championships. The 26-year-old forward is heading towards her fifth WFC. She’s currently playing for Dalen in the Allsvenkan, Sweden’s second league. We spoke with Hodges about her WFC preparation, expectations, and goals. How and when […] Written by Daniël Nicolai November 22, 2019November 22, 2019 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked Taking a look at China and its rapid floorball developments Rapid growth in the last three years is what you could call the situation with floorball in China. Back in 2016, there were only several floorball groups and no regular competitions. Now in 2019, regular youth competitions are taking place, youth teams are popping up in Shanghai and other parts of China and the men’s […] Written by Anne-Jan Hempenius November 21, 2019November 21, 2019 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked Things get heated up… Cup-competition heading towards the final rounds | Kimmo blogs Last weekend it was Cup weekend across Germany again. “As of this weekend, we’re down to 12 teams battling for the three positions in the Final4 weekend in Berlin. I know, it is a bit strange that the hosting team gets a free pass to the finals. The same thing in Football… teams playing for […] Written by Kimmo Vallema November 20, 2019November 20, 2019 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked Newer Posts 1 2 … 17 18 19 … 33 34 Older Posts
“The goal is to brighten the silver into gold” Tiltu Siltanen made her WFC debut in 2017. She’s ready to fight for gold again. In 2017, Finland became runner-up. The team is eager to improve on this. We spoke about the WFC – and other topics – with team Finland and SB-Pro’s goalkeeper Tiltu Siltanen. What made you decide to become a goalkeeper? I […] Written by Daniël Nicolai November 24, 2019November 24, 2019 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
“I like to spread my love for floorball around Germany” GoGirls! Ambassador Anna-Lena Best will play her fourth WFC (U19 included). We spoke with her about her club, the national team and what it’s like to be an ambassador for the IFF. At which club do you play and how is the season going so far? I play at Duemptener Fuechse 96 as a center […] Written by Daniël Nicolai November 24, 2019November 24, 2019 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
“I want to provide some leadership within the team” Alex Staib is an Australian defender, who’s currently playing in Switzerland at UHC Visper Lions. The WFC 2019 will be her third tournament. Unlike many of her Australian teammates, Alex Staib doesn’t need to travel long for the upcoming WFC, which is hosted in Switzerland. We spoke with her before the tournament. Can you take […] Written by Daniël Nicolai November 24, 2019November 24, 2019 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
NLA top scorer Rüttimann ready for her 6th WFC: “I always expect quite a lot from myself” Corin Rüttimann is up for her 6th WFC. The current top scorer of the Swiss NLA seems to be more than ready. Rüttimann (27) plays at Piranha Chur, the (so far) unbeaten team that’s on top of the Swiss NLA ranking. She is both top scorer (15 goals) as top point scorer (26 points) – […] Written by Daniël Nicolai November 23, 2019November 23, 2019 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Playing as exchange student in China: “Impressed by the level of some younger players.” A look at the Chinese league and it’s development by Pieter-Jan Maekelbergh, Pixbo’s Star Camp manager. What does he think about the Oriental floorball league and the future of floorball in the Asian country? Can you briefly introduce yourself and your floorball history? My name is Pieter-Jan Maekelbergh. I come from Belgium and have played […] Written by Anne-Jan Hempenius November 23, 2019November 23, 2019 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Video: Basics of Floorball dribbling | Floorball 101 SG Sports TV SG Sports TV has released another video in its Floorball 101 series. This one is about essential attacking moves! Joshua Seow and Haleef Hairon, both floorball players from team Singapore, show you how it’s done. Previous parts If you like this video, you should have a look at the previous videos: WATCH – Goalkeeping 101 […] Written by Daniël Nicolai November 23, 2019November 23, 2019 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
“A big challenge we face as a team is how spread out we are” Meet Jenna Hausman, the 16-year old defender from the USA. In December, the only 16-year-old Jenna Hausman will play her first World Floorball Championships with team USA. How and when did you start playing floorball? And have you played any other sports? I started playing floorball about 6 years ago. Michael Borg started the club […] Written by Anne-Jan Hempenius November 23, 2019November 23, 2019 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
“I thought it wouldn’t hurt to try out floorball – and now I‘m going to the WFC” One of Germany’s defenders during the WFC 2019 is Alena Holst. Holst has been to one WFC before (2017) and played several WFCQ games. She plays as a defender in the Swiss NLA with her club UHC Laupen. Does your field position at Laupen differ from how you have to play in the national team? […] Written by Daniël Nicolai November 22, 2019November 22, 2019 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Kimmo’s ‘State of the Union’: Germany, Big country/small sport | Kimmo blogs Floorball in Germany: a small sport in a big country. How should this change? Kimmo shares his opinion. “There was quite a nice article on Paakallo, the Finnish floorball-site, from the current Trainer of UHC Sparkasse Weißenfels, Ilkka Kittilä. He wrote at length about the challenges Germany faces on the international level being a small […] Written by Kimmo Vallema November 22, 2019November 22, 2019 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Swiss star Jan Zaugg in Sweden: “I liked it right from the beginning” At the end of last season, Swiss forward Jan Zaugg swapped his NLA club Köniz for an adventure in Sweden where he joined the SSL team Mullsjö AIS. Many were eager to find out how the creative player from Switzerland would adapt to playing in the “world’s best floorball league”. After a couple of months, […] Written by Anne-Jan Hempenius November 22, 2019November 22, 2019 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
“Thailand and Singapore are two super fast-paced teams and Australia are very tough” Christine Lindberg is one of team USA’s newer additions to the squad. With the World Floorball Championships 2019 upcoming, we decided to ask her some questions. Christine Lindberg (21) started playing floorball when she was around six years old and had her national team debut in Belleville in 2016 and since then starred in two […] Written by Anne-Jan Hempenius November 22, 2019November 22, 2019 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
The 5 most successful countries in the Women WFC [Patron Only] With the World Floorball Championships 2019 drawing near, the time has also come to have a look at the past. The WFC has now been organized 11 times which means there have been 33 medals handed out. Time to take a look at the five countries that have managed to take one or more medals […] Written by Anne-Jan Hempenius November 22, 2019November 22, 2019 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
“Pre-WFC intensive training camp is crucial for our success” Blaise Hodges (Australia) is one of the experienced players of team Australia. In December, she’ll compete at the World Floorball Championships. The 26-year-old forward is heading towards her fifth WFC. She’s currently playing for Dalen in the Allsvenkan, Sweden’s second league. We spoke with Hodges about her WFC preparation, expectations, and goals. How and when […] Written by Daniël Nicolai November 22, 2019November 22, 2019 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Taking a look at China and its rapid floorball developments Rapid growth in the last three years is what you could call the situation with floorball in China. Back in 2016, there were only several floorball groups and no regular competitions. Now in 2019, regular youth competitions are taking place, youth teams are popping up in Shanghai and other parts of China and the men’s […] Written by Anne-Jan Hempenius November 21, 2019November 21, 2019 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Things get heated up… Cup-competition heading towards the final rounds | Kimmo blogs Last weekend it was Cup weekend across Germany again. “As of this weekend, we’re down to 12 teams battling for the three positions in the Final4 weekend in Berlin. I know, it is a bit strange that the hosting team gets a free pass to the finals. The same thing in Football… teams playing for […] Written by Kimmo Vallema November 20, 2019November 20, 2019 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
PRO (Patron Only) Forward Bootcamp Pt. 2 – Key points for forwards (including Pylsy, Zaugg, and Sjögren) Welcome back to our Forward Bootcamp! In part 1, I explained to you what to do when you or your team has the ball (chapter 1) and what to do when the opponent has the ball (chapter 2). In part 2, I’ll explain what to do in the ‘in-between moments’: the moment your team wins […] Written by Daniël Nicolai August 7, 2020July 31, 2020 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
PRO (Patron Only) Strategy Floorball Bootcamp for Forwards: Part I You can only win a floorball game by scoring at least once, but actually: the more, the better. Usually, it’s the forwards that score the goals, although of course, this is not always the case. Featured image from Per Wiklund. By the end of this bootcamp, I will have given you all the tools so […] Written by Daniël Nicolai July 10, 2020July 10, 2020 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Blogs PRO (Patron Only) Energy, Work & Power – How physics in hockey can help you with your SLAPSHOT | PRO When executed well, the slapshot is the fastest shot in floorball. Where do the speed and power come from? That’s what I’m gonna dive into today, helped by ice hockey and… physics! Fact: in 2011, the record for the hardest ice hockey shot was broken: Denis Kulyash (Russia) managed to shoot with a speed of […] Written by Daniël Nicolai July 10, 2020July 10, 2020 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
