So here is a post dedicated to floorball, one of the BEST sports to play ever :)
Floorball (福樂球）is easiest to imagine as indoor hockey. It is mostly popular in the Scandinavia countries, and is especially popular in Finland, where a Finnish friend tells me it's almost like a national sport.. in Asia, it is probably only more well-known in Singapore and Japan.
It is played indoor between two teams, each comprising 6 players which includes 1 goalkeeper. Here, you see a photo of the game in action, taken during one of our weekly sessions in Singapore. Our court is smaller than the usual one so we usually play 4 or 5 per side.
The game involves lots of running and controlling of the ball with the stick. It also involves team work to defend and attack. Both guys AND girls can play, and I can tell you that in some of our sessions, the girls seem almost as good or even better as some of the guys :)The ball and sticks are made of plastic, which means that they are very much lighter than the sticks and ball in field hockey.
Because the stick is plastic and light, if you use the right techniques and right amount of force, you can make the ball move extremely fast. And of course, since the ball is light, it does move very fast, which makes the whole game all the more exciting!It's a great game to be played with a bunch of friends, great form of exercise, and extremely easy to pick up! It's also very addictive, as can be seen from the increasing number of "regular" players at the weekly sessions in Singapore
So if anyone comes across floorball anywhere in Taiwan, maybe as a school club or a small self-playing group, let me know!! :)
More on floorball: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Floorball
