Blogs Aaaaaand we’re off… | German Bundesliga It feels only a couple of days ago when I wrote the first piece on the new 20-21 Season of the first German Bundesliga. Oh wait… it was. It is Monday and the first round is already behind us. Luckily all but one game actually got to go forward. Unfortunately, the match between VfL Red […] Written by Kimmo Vallema September 15, 2020September 15, 2020 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Blogs Floorball is Back! Little did we know what was about to happen earlier this year as teams were preparing to play the last 1-2 games of the regular season. Enter Covid19 and all the plans were thrown out the window. It was not only the backoffice of the national association but clubs all over Germany that frenzied into […] Written by Kimmo Vallema September 11, 2020September 11, 2020 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Blogs It ain’t over until the fat lady sings… – German League Round #17 It ain’t over until the fat lady sings… – German League #17 If the competition at the very top has been not as interesting as one might have hoped for, the battle in the middle has been more furious than in ages. How fitting is it that it will all come down to the wire […] Written by Kimmo Vallema March 10, 2020March 10, 2020 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Blogs Floorball News Floorball is done….for now… It’s the End of the World….ermm Season as we know it… I know….I told you just last week that “it ain’t over until the fat lady sings”…..you know…”one more round” and so on…. well the fat lady did not sing….and is not about to either. I believe she has Corona and is refusing to utter […] Written by Kimmo Vallema March 3, 2020March 3, 2020 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Blogs German League going Carneval Now what? So three more rounds to go (4 for Bonn and DJK) and competition just seems to be getting more interesting. As a member of DJK Training-staff, a little to interesting to my taste! :) Here is an overview on what is to come in just a few days again. Written by Kimmo Vallema February 25, 2020February 25, 2020 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Blogs German Bundesliga heats up The league is back again in full swing and some of the results have caused some headspinning across the floorball-playing Germany.The only thing certaing at the moment it seems is, that it will take something special to take down Weißenfels this season. Is anyone up for it? Leipzig is certainly going to give it a […] Written by Kimmo Vallema February 18, 2020February 18, 2020 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Blogs Floorball News German Cup – Last Qualification Round | Kimmo blogs One more weekend… … of action until the teams go on a break for about 3 weeks. This partially due to the fact that there are a number of players involved in the German National Team committed to play in the World Championships qualification tournament in Latvia in two weeks time. Last weekend there were […] Written by Kimmo Vallema January 22, 2020January 22, 2020 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Blogs Floorball in Germany, a short evaluation from Kimmo Below, you can find one part from Kimmo’s latest article, about floorball in Germany. Want to read the full article? Click here. Floorball in Germany “After the game between DJK and Weißenfels, I had the chance to chat quickly with Ilkka Kittilä, trainer of Weißenfels, about the game and floorball in Germany in general. First […] Written by Kimmo Vallema January 15, 2020January 15, 2020 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Blogs Floorball News Back in Business – Bundesleague goes forth… | Kimmo blogs And we’re off… “Two long weeks since we were last feasting on Xmas food and/or New Years drinks….and it is back to the salt mines for our floorball-playing populace. Now you might remember that we did already have a sneak-start to the back-nine of the regular season shortly before Xmas, but now we’re really on […] Written by Kimmo Vallema January 14, 2020January 14, 2020 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Floorball News There can be only one!! – German Cup update | Kimmo blogs Fighting for the German Cup “Just when you thought it was safe to go and start making the place nice for the Xmas, it was off to the sports halls across Germany to battle it out one more time. Altogether there were still 12 teams hoping for a nice Xmas present in the form of […] Written by Kimmo Vallema December 28, 2019December 28, 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
