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Teacher Recommends Floorball! General
10.05.21 USA: Michael Borg of Floorball Hockey U has helped us find a very informative letter from a Middle School physical educator who has found floorball to be the perfect sport for his students.
You will find the letter from Tyson Corb bellow. Feel free to email him any questions you might have about his experience with starting up floorball at his school.
The letter was first found at Floorball Hockey U.
5/19/10
To Whom It May Concern:
I am a middle school physical education instructor in Osceola, WI. This
winter I was introduced to the sport of Floorball by Roger Schuebach, a
citizen of Switzerland who came to America to spread the sport. At first
I didn't see much difference between floorball and floor hockey, which
has traditionally been taught in physical education. After observing the
growth in my students from a few lessons of floorball, I am convinced
it is a better choice to teach than floor hockey.
Skills were easier for my students to apply in game situations. I
consistently observed students dribbling with control, passing to
teammates and spaces and playing with a purpose. In floor hockey I
observed little of this, students primarily hitting the ball as hard as
possible in the direction the ball came from.
The floorball equipment is safer, stronger and easier to control. Safety
is a huge concern when teaching sports with sticks. Students
demonstrated the ability to shoot hard, but keep the stick low. The
equipment withstood the test of middle school abuse. There was zero
damage. Floor hockey equipment fails at a high rate, around one broken
stick each class period.
Students had more fun and more fitness. When asked what sport did you
like better, floorball or floor hockey, one seventh grade boy responded,
"Floorball. It was easier to control, more safe, and more fun than
floor hockey. Kids didn't just slap shot the ball around."
In closing I thank Roger for introducing the sport to me and Osceola. I
highly recommend floorball in favor of floor hockey and hope to see its
popularity grow.
Sincerely,
Tyson Korb
Osceola Middle School
Physical Educator
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Floorball California's Report from the U.S. Championships!
10.08.31 The US National floorball Championship tournament hosted by myself, Erik Larsson of floorballca.com, was played August 14-15, 2010 at The-Rinks in Huntington Beach, California. It was played in combination with the 3rd annual US Open Championships. 
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Taking Aim at 2012!
10.08.23 In February of this year the U.S. Men’s Team fell to Canada but preparations for the next World Floorball Championships Qualification games are already in full swing.
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The USFA becomes the USFbA!
As you might have noticed the USA Floorball Association acronym has been changing on the website. The work is not yet complete but we feel we should inform everyone why. The simple fact is that the USFA is the US Fencing Associaton.
We where not aware of this and aplogise to the USFA for any inconvinience this might have caused them. We also send thanks for their understanding in this matter.
We will continue the work with changing the acronyms on the website until it is complete. So from now on the USA Floorball Association is know as the USFbA. |
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