Floorball Clinic

The Nomad Floorball Club (NFC) attended a floorball clinic (Sri Kepayan Community Hall) on the 27th Oct 2007. And we are so blessed to have the Penang Floorball Association (PFA) President, Mr. Edward Lim who hails from Penang to coach and shows us the nitty gritty tips of floorball. A real eye opener for rookies like me..its' just 4 months since taking up this sport. There's so much too learn..coming from the state team coach (Mr. Edward). Look through the pics to learn more.

Mr. Edward showing our team captain Shawn how to be a goalie. Notice all the protective gear he's wearing.

Mr. Edward briefing the participants with Penny his assistant looking on.

This the wrong way to hold your stick.

The right way to hold the stick. Held at the end for added power while shooting.

The ideal length of a stick which generally reaches till the bellybutton of the person.

While you hold your stick, your fore finger should not be sticking out to avoid injury. (pic left). The right way is to grip the stick with no fingers sticking out.

As we've mentioned before, floorball sticks cater to both lefties and righties. For lefties, they may want to use a right stick which shoots from the right side due to the blade that curves towards the left. You hold the top of the stick with your left while your right is below your left. The power thus comes from your left hand. Its' the same principle for righties but in the opposite. The righties would use a left stick to shoot from the left side. Below is a comparison between a left stick and right stick.

Left stick (top), right stick (bottom).

Right stick with the blade curving towards the left (left). Left stick with the blade curving towards the right (right).

Now here's an example of how to shoot from the right side and left side. Lots and lots of practice needed to familiarise yourself with the stick. Let it be your second skin.

Shooting from the right with a right stick.

Shooting from the left with a left stick.

Learning how to control the ball by bouncing it on the blade a few times. Needs lot of grace and steadiness.

Good things must always come to an end though yet the clinic was realy helpful for those who don't have a clue bout floorball. So now for homework, its' back to practice in the end. Last but not least, a grateful thank you to Mr. Edward and his team for their wilingness to come.

Group pic at the end of the clinic. Nomad Floorball Club (NFC) and D'Gap Team were the participants in this clinic.

Group pic of the Nomad Floorball Club (NFC) under the helm of Shawn Chung the team captain.