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 Things get heated up… Cup-competition heading towards the final rounds | Kimmo blogs Last weekend it was Cup weekend across Germany again. “As of this weekend, we’re down to 12 teams battling for the three positions in the Final4 weekend in Berlin. I know, it is a bit strange that the hosting team gets a free pass to the finals. The same thing in Football… teams playing for […] Written by Kimmo Vallema November 20, 2019November 20, 2019 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Floorball News Germany’s 6th gameday brings many goals (including a 10-10 score!) | Kimmo blogs The sixth round of the German Bundesliga has been played. “Another day in the office for our first Bundesliga teams. As the table starts to form around teams trying to position themselves in preparation for Play-Offs or Play-Downs, it certainly is getting interesting. This last weekend it was another full round of games that offered […] Written by Kimmo Vallema November 6, 2019November 6, 2019 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Floorball News Kimmo offers a free drink as 1st Bundesliga marches on (Round 5) | Kimmo blogs Kimmo is here to bring you the latest updates from round 5 of the German Bundesliga. “After a short hiatus as the national teams were busy, the teams in the first Bundesliga got a breather – well, apart from the Cup-competitions – only to return to action this past weekend once again. All of the […] Written by Kimmo Vallema November 1, 2019November 1, 2019 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Floorball News Kimmo challenges German clubs after Round 2 is done and dusted (German Cup) | Kimmo blogs Kimmo is back with another update about the German Cup tournament. What’s more: he challenges the remaining clubs to mobilize their crowd. “First of all my apologies for the lateness of this article. I had to fly unexpectedly to Finland due to family emergency and writing these blogs has not been really high up on […] Written by Kimmo Vallema October 17, 2019October 17, 2019 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Floorball News German Cup goes forth and other ramblings… | Kimmo blogs The German cup competition has started. Here’s a summary of the first rounds. Furthermore, Kimmo mentions the low amounts of spectators at German games. Should the German Federation act? “Just this past weekend it was round 1 of round 2 in the German cup-competition. Yes, round 1 of round 2… Confused much? Don’t worry… it […] Written by Kimmo Vallema October 9, 2019October 9, 2019 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Floorball News German surprises in double competition round | Kimmo blogs It was the first double-feature of the German League to hit us just this last weekend. Most of the teams had back-to-back games planned so all-in-all a heavy weekend for all. “Let me just go down through the games one by one. Red Devils Wernigerode – DJK Holzbüttgen 10-8 Perhaps a little surprising, it […] Written by Kimmo Vallema October 3, 2019October 3, 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