Author: Daniël Nicolai

COFOUNDER - Passionate about (playing and watching) floorball. Working on social media and match reports. Always looking for new ideas, improvements and creative ways to spread floorball. You'll read about it!
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“I want to win the Swiss championship and the Champions Cup”

Earlier on, we wrote about Joonas Pylsy’s decision to choose Switzerland as his new home country. Now it’s time to focus on the upcoming season, in which he’ll play at Wiler-Ersigen in Switzerland. Summer training In August, you’ve moved to Switzerland. How’s the floorball preparation been throughout summer?“I’m in training now. I’ve started my preparation […]
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Germany’s Cup Competition: traveling over 2.000 km | Kimmo blogs

Every now and then, Kimmo Vallema blogs about his floorball experiences in Germany. Want to know more about him? Click here to read his introduction article. The Cup-Competition in Germany“It’s me again. Last I wrote a lengthy summary, about the league-system in Germany. Well… it is not the only competition in the country. No, I am not talking […]
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Statistics in floorball: diving into player, goalkeeper and team stats [final part]

Welcome to the third and final part about statistics in floorball. In the previous articles, you’ve been able to read about how floorball analytics can help you win the game and how you can become a better floorball player by sitting behind the computer. In this final part, you’ll get to see more of the […]
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Become a better floorball player by sitting behind the computer [part 2]

Continuing our miniseries about statistics in floorball, here’s part 2. We started off with an extended introduction and now, David Schenker would like to give you some more illustrated examples. How is the image below helping you a in floorball game, one might wonder. It’s not clear at all what all dots mean and how […]
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How floorball analysis can help you win the game [part 1]

The next weeks, we’ll have a few guest articles by David Schenker (Floorballytics), who will lead us through the world of analytics in floorball. David was assistant coach for SV Waldenburg Eagles, and, in 2017, he already wrote a few articles for FloorballToday (for instance: the differences in goal scoring in Sweden/Finland). Now there’s time […]
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IFF decides to take time-out in ‘Grip Gate’, changes might be withdrawn

After a storm of protest, the International Floorball Federation (IFF) has decided to put the announced rules on the same stick and grip on hold for the time being. The federation will take the time to reconsider the decision. Last week it was announced that the IFF wanted to make it mandatory that stick grips […]
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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 […]
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