Floorball News 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
Floorball News 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
Floorball News 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
Floorball News “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
Floorball News “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
Floorball News 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
Floorball News 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
Floorball News “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
Floorball News PRO (Patron Only) 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
Floorball News “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
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
