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FLOORBALL HANDNOTES
Floorball is an indoor game, similar to ice hockey, but it is non violent, so
we can play safely at highschool. It is a fast team sport with no physical
contact . Floorball is also called floor hockey, innebandy, (in Sweden)
salibandy (in Finland) and unihockey (in Switzerland).There are many
professional leagues, such as Finlands Salibandyliiga and Swedens
Svenska Superliga.

VOCABULARY IN THIS LESSON:

rink: pista, cancha

leading: que conducen a

rounded corners: esquinas

redondeadas

to end with a tie: acabar en empate

upper: superiores, de arriba

breaks: descansos

wide: ancho

to change sides/ends: cambiar de campo

to measure: medir

throw-out: saque

goalkeeper: portero

to tackle: hacer una entrada

nearest: el ms cercano

according: de acuerdo con

damaged: daado

face-off dots: puntos de face-of

goal cages: jaulas de

portera

guilty: culpable

match: partido

replaced: reemplazado

tie: empate

prevented: evitado

resumed: continuado,
reanudado

comitted: cometida

penalty: castigo

offence: falta

penalty shot: tiro de

penalty

a correctly scored goal: un gol marcado

correctamente

penalty bench: expulsin al

banquillo

at least 3 m from the ball: por lo menos

a tres metros de la bola

awarded: concedido

fixed situations: situaciones a bola parada

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A) THE RINK
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wikipedia
commons

Dimensions of the rink

The rink must be 40 m x 20 m and have a board all around it with rounded
corners.
Markings on the rink
All lines must be 4-5 cm wide, in a clearly visible colour.
Goal areas measure 4 m x 5 m.
Goalkeeper areas measure 1 m x 2,5 m.
Face-of dots are on the centre line and on the imaginary extensions of the
goal lines, 1.5m from the sides of the rink.
Goal cages
Goal cages measure 160cmx115cmx40/65cm. Upper corners must be
rounded.

B) GAME TIME
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Regular game time

Regular game time is 3 x 20 minutes
with two 10 minute breaks.
Extra time
If a match ends with a tie, teams
play extra time until one team
scores. The extra time is limited to
10 minutes. If no team scores in 10 minutes, the match is decided by
penalty shots.
C) PARTICIPANTS
Players
Each team can use a maximum of 20 players. Only six can be on the rink at
the same time.

D) EQUIPMENT
Particular goalkeeper's equipment
The goalkeeper must not use a stick. (but in our highschool we use it)
The goalkeeper must wear a face mask.
The goalkeeper can use helmet and gloves.

Do you want to see what a floorball game is like? Here you have a
video of the 2008 World Championship finals:
World Floorball Championships 2008 Finals: Sweden Vs Finland

E) FIXED SITUATIONS
1. Face-off :
-At the start of a new period and after a correctly scored goal, teams take a
face-of at the centre spot.
-When play is interrupted and the referee cant decide what team must do a
hit-in, a free-hit or a penalty shot, play is resumed with a face-of.
-Teams take face-ofs at the nearest face-of dot, according to where the ball
was at the interruption.
You also do a face-off...
-When the ball is damaged or is not correctly playable.
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-When a serious injury occurs or an injured player directly afects play.
-When a penalty shot does not result in a goal.
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2. Hit-in:
-When the ball leaves the rink, the
non-ofending team gets a hit-in.
-Hit-ins must be taken from where
the ball leaves the rink.
-All opponents must be at least 3 m
from the ball.
-The ball must be hit to start play. The player taking the hit-in must not
touch the ball again before another player touches it.
-A hit-in can go directly into goal.

3. Free-hit:
-When a team commits an ofence, the other team gets a free-hit.
-The free-hit must start where the ofence was committed, but never closer
to the goalkeepers area than 3.5 m.

4. Penalty shot:
-When an ofence leading to a penalty shot is committed, a penalty shot is
awarded to the non-ofending team...
-The penalty shot must be taken from the centre spot.
Offences leading to a penalty shot:
When a goal situation is interrupted, or prevented from occurring, because
the defending team has committed an ofence leading to a free-hit or a
penalty.
Here you have an amazing video on floorball skills:
Innebandy Floorball Tricks: Peter Runnestig

F) BENCH PENALTIES
1. Offences leading to a 2 minute bench penalty:
-When a player kicks an opponent's stick.
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-When a field player plays the ball

above knee level with any part of his
stick or his foot.
-When a player tackles or trips an
opponent.
-When a player obstructs an
opponent.
-When a field player actively obstructs the goalkeeper's throw-out.
-When a player violates the 3 m rule at a hit-in or a free-hit
-When a field player participates in play without a stick.
-When a field player stops or plays the ball when lying or sitting down.
-When a field player stops or plays the ball with his hand, arm or head.

2. Offences leading to a 5 minute bench penalty:

-When a field player, performs violent or dangerous strikes with his stick.
-When a field player uses his stick to hook an opponent's body.
-When a player throws his stick or other equipment on the rink to hit or try
to hit the ball.
-When a player throws himself towards an opponent or attacks an opponent
violently.
-When a player tackles, throws or trips an opponent against the board or the
goal cage.
-When a player commits repeated ofences, each leading to a 2 minute
bench penalty.

G) Review: MAIN RULES OF FLOORBALL:

You can:
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Hit or drive the ball with both sides

of the stick

Play against the walls or rink

Stop the ball with the stick, your

chest or foot.

Drive the ball with your foot to your

own stick

Steal the ball from an opponent

Push an opponent with the

posession of the ball or who is near you

You can not :

(and it is punished with a free hit:)

Raise the stick over knee level

Get any part of your body inside the goal area (attacking players
only)

Stop a ball with your hands or head

Play the ball while you are lying on the floor

Raise or move your opponents stick

Get in your opponents way with your body or push him with your
body

(and it is punished with a penalty shot:)

Get any part of your body inside the goal area (defending players
only)

Attack your opponent violently or playing in a dangerous way

Hit a player

Place your stick in between your opponents legs.