Floorball News Storvretacupen Continues to Grow! In the first of three articles about the world’s largest floorball tournament, hosted in Uppsala, Sweden, Storvretacupen, we look at how it continued to grow last time and is looking forward to further growth. Every year around Christmas and New Year Storvreta IBK in Uppsala in Sweden hosts the world’s largest floorball tournament. In 2018/2019 […] Written by Anne-Jan Hempenius August 23, 2019August 23, 2019 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Floorball News Leganes winner of men’s EuroFloorball Challenge CUF Leganes (Spain) has won the men’s EuroFloorball Challenge (EFCh) 2019. With this victory, the team qualified for the 2020’s EuroFloorball Cup. Final Five teams competed in the EFCh, but it wasn’t only until one of the last games before the top 2 met each other. Leganes play against FBC Lemberg (Ukraine) and didn’t even […] Written by Daniël Nicolai August 20, 2019August 20, 2019 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Floorball News Instagram takeover Thomas Andersson big success Recently, we gave IFF referee Thomas Andersson our login details for an Instagram Takeover during the Slovak Floorball Cup… and it was a big success. You were offered a look behind the scenes of what it is to be a professional referee, answered questions to him by the numbers and received all kinds of tips […] Written by Anne-Jan Hempenius August 20, 2019August 20, 2019 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Floorball News Pink Hockey: Floorball to fight cancer In the beautiful mountains of the Austrian Alps, a very special floorball charity tournament will soon be organized with the aim of raising money in the fight against cancer. On 21 September, the second edition of the Pink Hockey event will take place in Gmunden, a town in the Salzkammergut in Upper Austria, where all […] Written by Anne-Jan Hempenius August 19, 2019August 19, 2019 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
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 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: 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 WFC 2020: Qualification groups Europe and Asia-Oceania At the beginning of 2020, the Qualifiers for the World Floorball Championships will be played. Three teams – Finland, the USA, and Canada – have already qualified, thirteen more will follow from four WFCQ groups. From three European groups – EUR1, EUR2, and EUR3, nine countries will qualify, three per group. Each EUR group is […] Written by Daniël Nicolai August 9, 2019August 9, 2019 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Floorball News Joonas Pylsy’s incredible stats throughout his club career years In a long interview, we asked Joonas Pylsy a lot about his teams, playing for Finland, his life in general and his move to Switzerland. The last topic has already been published, now we want to focus a bit more on Pylsy’s statistics. Meet Joonas Pylsy, one of the best floorball players in the world. […] Written by Daniël Nicolai August 7, 2019August 7, 2019 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Floorball News Czech Open (Elite M) – Participating teams On Thursday, the biggest tournament in the world starts: the Czech Open. In the Elite tournament, these sixteen teams compete. Group A – Match scheduleChur Unihockey (SWI)Technology Florbal MB (CZE)ACEMA Sparta Praha (CZE) Höllvikens IBF (SWE) Group B – Match schedulePixbo Wallenstam IBK (SWE) UHC Alligator Malans (SWI) Sokol Pardubice (CZE) FAT PIPE FLORBAL CHODOV […] Written by Daniël Nicolai August 6, 2019August 6, 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
