Size: 40 x 20m (~131 x 66 ft)
Goals: 160 x 115 cm (~5.2 x 3.7 ft)
Boards: 50 cm high (~1.65 ft)
On 22nd April 2013 we had a
workshop on Floor ball conducted by Mr. Yogesh Diwan. Floor ball is a fast
growing sport played indoors with "plastic" sticks. In each team
there are five field players and a goalkeeper. The goalkeeper has no stick. We
started the workshop with learning the history of floor ball and the plans for
introducing floor ball in the future Olympics.
Floor ball was founded by Sweden,
Finland and Switzerland in the year 1986.In the workshop we learned how to hold
the stick.
A floor hockey stick looks like mixture of Hockey and Ice Hockey
stick in plastic, and the ball is made up off hard plastic with 26 evenly
distributed holes. The difference
between this sport and regular hockey is that Floor ball requires less space
and can be played indoor with more safety.
In the session we learnt the
different tips, tricks and techniques of how to play the sport.
It was a bit
hard at first as well as really exciting as it was a new and very different
sport but we soon managed to do it. Then after learning few strokes with the
stick; we all were divided into four teams. It was followed by dribbling that
helped us to get control over the ball.
We ended up with a nice match though my team didn’t win. Perhaps we
can’t be a loser or winner in a single class.
The time went so fast that we
didn’t come to know when the two periods ended as well as our workshop and we
wished sir thank you and goodbye. It was a very nice and enhancing
experience.
To know more details about floor
ball kindly visit www.floorball.org
