Floorball News SSL newcomers Visby no chance against superior Pixbo (+Highlights) A tough start of this SSL season for the promoted Visby as their first game became a big loss. Pixbo Wallenstam takes the lead in the SSL after their 11-3 victory. Featured image by Per Wiklund Written by Daniël Nicolai September 27, 2019September 27, 2019 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Floorball News Overtime victory for Storvreta in opening game against Falun (+Highlights) A few months ago, Storvreta – Falun was the final of SSL’s season 18/19. Now, the teams met again during round 1 of this year’s SSL season and again, Storvreta was the stronger team. Casper Backby opened the score for the visitors, but Storvreta grew into the game and equalized right before the end of […] Written by Daniël Nicolai September 26, 2019September 26, 2019 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Floorball News Clash between last year’s finalists GC Zürich and Wiler-Ersigen ends in overtime (+Highlights) Last weekend, a repetition of last year’s Superfinal has been played: GC Zürich vs. Wiler-Ersigen. Unless last time, the Grasshoppers took the victory: 8-7 in overtime. Runner-up GC wanted to prove it’s able to fight for gold again this year, while on the other side, Wiler added incredible players like Joonas Pylsy and Krister Savonen […] Written by Daniël Nicolai September 24, 2019September 24, 2019 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Floorball News Storvreta vs. Falun on opening day of SSL Season 19/20 Season 2019/2020 of the Swedish Superleague (SSL) is finally starting, with last year’s final directly played again. The men’s SSL has its official restart tonight, with three games being played. Reigning champion Storvreta gets a visit from last year’s runner-up Falun. READ – Storvreta makes dream-comeback and takes Swedish gold Jönköping – Linköping and Pixbo […] Written by Daniël Nicolai September 24, 2019September 24, 2019 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Floorball News Kenya winner of men’s and women’s Africa Floorball Cup 2019 Kenya has become the winner of both the men’s and women’s Africa Floorball Cup 2019. The tournament was played last week, in Nairobi, Kenya. At the men’s tournament, Burkina Faso became runner-up, followed by Somalia. The score in the final was 3-1 in Kenya’s favor. Two participants in women’s tournament The women’s tournament only had […] Written by Daniël Nicolai September 24, 2019September 24, 2019 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Floorball News Draw for Eighth finals Swiss Cup tournament, Wiler meets Köniz – See full draw The Swiss Cup tournament has started off. Now, the draw for the eighth-finals has been announced. Men’s tournament Three big games will be played in the men’s tournament, as multiple NLA teams face each other. Reigning champion Wiler-Ersigen gets a visit from Floorball Köniz, the champion from 2017/2018. UHC Thun faces the promoted Ad Astra […] Written by Daniël Nicolai September 20, 2019September 20, 2019 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Floorball News These teams qualified for the Women’s U19 WFC 2020 Now that the Women’s U19 WFCQ has come to an end, we can make a list of all sixteen participants to the U19 WFC. WFC Qualifications With fourteen places occupied already, only two more European teams could add to the list. At the last WFCQ, five teams competed against each other: Russia, Austria, Hungary, the […] Written by Daniël Nicolai September 20, 2019September 20, 2019 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Floorball News New Dutch Floorball Foundation to boost Dutch national teams In the Netherlands, a foundation has been set up to boost floorball. Read what the DFF told us about it. Dutch Floorball Foundation The Dutch Floorball Foundation (DFF) was established in the Netherlands this month. Its goal? Stimulating the development of floorball in the Netherlands, hosting international tournaments and gathering funds for the Dutch national […] Written by Daniël Nicolai September 20, 2019September 20, 2019 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Floorball News MVP Joonas Pylsy helps Wiler-Ersigen to first victory (+Video) The Swiss season has officially started. Reigning champion Wiler-Ersigen faced UHC Alligator Malans. Debut Joonas Pylsy After months, we could finally see Joonas Pylsy in the Swiss NLA. His move from the Finnish Classic to Wiler-Ersigen was spectacular and Pylsy showed himself right away with a strong performance in the Supercup. In his first competition […] Written by Daniël Nicolai September 19, 2019September 19, 2019 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Floorball News Similarities and differences between a Finnish and a German club | Kimmo blogs Kimmo Vallema blogs about his floorball experiences in Germany. Want to know more about him? Click here to read his introduction article. “Greetings from Finland, Just this past two weeks I have had the pleasure of visiting my native land of Finland. Even if I never did really play organized floorball in Finland, I decided […] Written by Daniël Nicolai August 23, 2019August 23, 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