Floorball News BREAKING: Mika Kohonen made his decision After a long silence, Happee has announced that they have renewed their contract with Mika Kohonen who will strengthen their ranks for the 2019/2020 season. Mika Kohonen, praised by many as the best player of all time, has renewed his contract with Happee, a club which plays in the Salibandyliiga, Finnish highest league. Last year, […] Written by Anne-Jan Hempenius August 16, 2019August 16, 2019 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Floorball News EuroFloorball Challenge: the Dutch teams started off strong On Wednesday, the EuroFloorball Challenge (EFCh) started for both men and women. Halfway the tournament, the two Dutch teams might have become the teams to beat. Men The men play in a group of five teams. UFC Utrecht has won both of their games, one against the strong FBC Lemberg. Today, they meet the Spanish […] Written by Daniël Nicolai August 16, 2019August 16, 2019 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Floorball News Toms Bitmanis: “It’s our target to get Latvia into the top 4” During the Czech Open 2019, we spoke with Toms Bitmanis. The Latvian national team player gave us some insight into his club, his experience in Sweden and the national team. Toms Bitmanis is a 23 years old Latvian player, who currently plays for TALSU NSS/KRAUZERS, a team from Latvian highest league. He also has experience […] Written by Daniël Nicolai August 14, 2019August 14, 2019 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Floorball News Joonas Pylsy and the Finnish national team: a late, but perfect match Imagine being 25 and still not having played at the national team, but a few years later… you’re two times World Champion! It happened to Finnish center player Joonas Pylsy. In our interview series with Joonas Pylsy, we already covered his decision to move to Switzerland, his thoughts and expectations and his statistics in his […] Written by Daniël Nicolai August 13, 2019August 13, 2019 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Floorball News EuroFloorball Challenge (W): schedule + FREE live streams Tomorrow, the EuroFloorball Challenge (EFCh) starts. After the Champions Cup and the EuroFloorball Cup (EFC), it’s the third European club tournament. In the women’s tournament, only three teams compete. The winner will qualify for the EFC. READ – Men’s EFCh schedule and streams The competing teams are Lyon Floorball Club (France), UFC Utrecht (Netherlands) and […] Written by Daniël Nicolai August 13, 2019August 13, 2019 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Floorball News EuroFloorball Challenge: full schedule and free live streams (M) The EuroFloorball Challenge (EFCh) starts tomorrow. It’s the third European club tournament, next to the Champions Cup and the EuroFloorball Cup (EFC). The winner of the EFCh qualifies for the EFC. In this year’s edition, five teams compete. There’s Utrecht, the Dutch champions. On the first day, they’ll meet the French Bisontin-Besancon, or ‘Les Dragons’, […] Written by Daniël Nicolai August 13, 2019August 13, 2019 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Floorball News Referee tips: communication with players and coaches In our referee series, helped by world-class referee Thomas Andersson, we focus on improving your refereeing skills. We received a few reader questions about communication and decided to ask them to Andersson. What’s most important to look at when you talk to a player?“Several things are important. One is to secure that you do not […] Written by Daniël Nicolai August 12, 2019August 12, 2019 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Floorball News FREE STREAM: Falun vs Wiler-Ersigen (Men Elite Finals Czech Open) At 15:20 CET the finals of Men Elite will be played between the dominating Swedish club Falun and the Swiss champions Wiler-Ersigen. Tune in below with the free YouTube stream: Written by Anne-Jan Hempenius August 11, 2019August 11, 2019 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Floorball News Galante Carlström: “Maybe I shoot too much” Today, Falun plays the semifinal of the Czech Open against FbŠ Bohemians. We spoke with Falun’s star forward Alexander Galante Carlström. Falun is preparing for the next SSL season and is taking part in the pre-season tournament Czech Open. They won it last year, so they sure will be trying to repeat that – and […] Written by Daniël Nicolai August 10, 2019August 10, 2019 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Floorball News Czech Open Day 3: Schedule Elite Men Quarterfinals and Semifinals (Free Streams) The Elite Men category went from 16 teams to 8. Among the survivors are the Swedish teams Pixbo Wallenstam, Höllviken and Falun. Switzerland is represented by Wiler-Ersigen and host nation Czech Republic has Tatran Stresovice, Chodov, Bohemians and Ostrava defend its flag. Streams can be followed for free, just click on the link. Czech Open […] Written by Anne-Jan Hempenius August 10, 2019August 10, 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
