Sunday, January 13, 2008

Introduction to floorball

What is Floorball?
Floorball is an exciting,fast-paced hockey evolution focused on highly skilled play.The sport is played on an oval-shaped rink with five players and a goalie on at a time.Floorball is one of the fastest growing sports in the world today.
The Sticks
Floorball sticks are approximately one metre in length and are extremely light-weight and durable.The hollow shaft of the stick is made of composite materials while the removable blade is made of plastic.Floorball sticks are superbly engineered to allow for the incredible stick-handling,ball control and shooting witnessed in floorball games.


The ball
An offical game ball is hollow and made of a sealed hard plastic with 26 evenly distributed holes throughout its surface.It is not more than 23g in weight and 72mm in diameter.The light-weight ball allows player to mantain amazing ball control and to fire off incredibly fast and accurate shots with a very compact release.Professional floorball players can take shots that travel over 180 km/hour!



There are also highly-skilled moves such as the air hook.Visit www.zorroacademy.com for videos of highly-skilled moves in floorball.

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