Let's play floorball!
Floorball is fun, fast, safe and inexpensive, requiring only a stick, sneakers, shorts and a t-shirt to play. Teams consist of up to 20 players, with five field players and a goalie on the court at a time in official matches. A floorball goalie wears light padding and a mask but does not have a stick.
What is floorball?
Floorball is fun, fast, safe and inexpensive, requiring only a stick, sneakers, shorts and a t-shirt to play. Teams consist of up to 20 players, with five field players and a goalie on the court at a time in official matches. A floorball goalie wears light padding and a mask but does not have a stick.
The game can be easily picked up by beginners; yet, it holds great potential for development of stick and ball handling, passing and shooting skills.
Floorball is ideal for coed and mixed age groups due to the emphasis on speed, skill and technique over physical strength. Injuries are not much of a factor because the stick is made of a lightweight (carbon or other type) fiber with a plastic blade and the ball is a plastic ball. Body and stick checking are not permitted and playing of the ball above the knee is illegal.
Basic Rules
Safe Sports – The goalie is the only player required to wear protective equipment. Players may wear eye protection.
Basic Rules of the Game
- Sticks must stay below the waist.
- Players may only touch the ball with their stick below the knee.
- Players may not stick check, stick lift, or go through opponents stick steal the ball.
- Physical contact is primarily limited to contact similar in soccer, shoulder to shoulder (no checking).
- Players are permitted to use their body (minus arms, head) to trap the ball to the ground (think soccer).