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FLOORBALL
The World Games

2022 Birmingham, USA
July 7 – 17, 2022

HISTORY OF FLOORBALL
•Floorball is a type of floor hockey with five players and a

goalkeeper in each team.
•Men and women play indoors with 96–115.5 cm-long

(37.8–45.5 in) sticks and a 70–72 mm-circumference
(2.8–2.8 in) plastic ball with holes.
•Matches are played in three twenty-minute periods
•Floorball was included in The World Games for the first

time in 2017 in Wroclaw, Poland.
•Sweden was the first The World Games gold medal winner.
•The game was invented in Sweden in the late 1960s.[1]
• The basic rules were established in 1979 when the first

floorball club in the world, Sala IBK, from Sala, was
founded in Sweden.[2]
•Official rules for matches were first written down in 1981.

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A BEGINNER’S GUIDE TO FLOORBALL
SWEDEN
World map with the country of

Sweden marked in red.
FLAG OF SWEDEN
Sweden’s blue flag with a yellow cross in the center.

FUN FACT ABOUT SWEDEN
The most famous Swedish sporting event is the
Vasaloppet (Vasa race) for cross-country skiers. It is the
largest annual cross-country ski race in the world.
Athletes skiing in the snow during a cross-country race.

THE RULES OF FLOORBALL
EQUIPMENT
GUIDED QUESTIONS FOR STUDENTS
What sports have you played
that are similar to floorball?
Athletes playing floorball using sticks and a ball.

INSTRUCTIONAL GUIDELINES FOR
TEACHERS
Word apple shape cloud image title:

Teaching Strategies.
FLOORBALL CLASS RULES: 3 – 12 GRADE
• Stick checking and stick lifting are not allowed.
• Players may not catch or use their hands to hit the ball.
• Players are allowed to go down on one but not both

knees to block shots.
• Players may not touch the ball with the stick above the
knee.
FLOORBALL CLASS RULES: 3 – 12 GRADE
• Players may not put the stick between the legs of the
opponent.
• Goalies may grab the floorball as long as they have one
part of their body in the goal box.
• Players may substitute at any point during the game.
• Sticks must stay below the waist.

MODIFIED EQUIPMENT
• Ball: various size “soft” balls
• Goals: pop-up goals, cones for

goals (if pop-up goals are not
available), bigger goals
• Area: without obstruction Boy using a pool noodle while

moving around in a scooter
• Sticks: floorball sticks (hockey board.
sticks), pool noodles cut to size
MODIFIED EQUIPMENT BY GRADE
• K-2
• Pool noodles for sticks
• Beach ball instead of wiffle ball
• Use your hand to hit the beach ball instead of a noodle

or stick
MODIFIED EQUIPMENT BY GRADE
• Grades 3-5
• Pool noodles for sticks
• Beach ball instead of wiffle ball
• Use your hand to hit the beach ball instead of a noodle

or stick
• Use bigger goals

STRATEGIES FOR INCLUSION
• Allow mobility devices in the court.
• Mark the area with poly-spots, mats, cones, tape or rope.
• Use visual start and stop signals and penalties.
• When attempting a goal, use visual cues for precision

such as things to knock down or a noise-emitting device.
• Use a brightly colored and noise-emitting balls for those

with visual impairments.
• Use directional clock cues when alerting someone with a

visual impairment.
• When providing cues that are related to distance within
the playing space use cues that are easy to understand,
such as “the thrower is 10 steps away from you” instead
of using a metric to reference distance.
• Adjust the distance and size of the playing surface and
goal nets to better accommodate the students’ abilities.
• Students are split into two teams and play scooter

floorball.
• You can use more than two goal nets for larger classes.
Assign a goal net for each team.
• Students can attempt to score in any goal net.

• Instead of a regulation size ball, you
can use a bigger ball and floorball
sticks made with pool noodles.
• Ensure that students are safe by

using protective equipment such as
protective goggles. Group of kids playing floorball.
• Use a ball with a noise device for

students with visual impairments.
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FLOORBALL

The World Games

July 7 – 17, 2022

•Floorball is a type of floor hockey with five players and a

•Men and women play indoors with 96–115.5 cm-long

•Matches are played in three twenty-minute periods

•Floorball was included in The World Games for the first

• The basic rules were established in 1979 when the first

•Official rules for matches were first written down in 1981.

World map with the country of

Sweden’s blue flag with a yellow cross in the center.

Athletes skiing in the snow during a cross-country race.

Athletes playing floorball using sticks and a ball.

Word apple shape cloud image title:

• Players are allowed to go down on one but not both

• Players may substitute at any point during the game.

• Sticks must stay below the waist.

• Goals: pop-up goals, cones for

• Area: without obstruction Boy using a pool noodle while

• Pool noodles for sticks

• Beach ball instead of wiffle ball

• Use your hand to hit the beach ball instead of a noodle

• Pool noodles for sticks

• Beach ball instead of wiffle ball

• Use your hand to hit the beach ball instead of a noodle

• Use bigger goals

• Allow mobility devices in the court.

• Mark the area with poly-spots, mats, cones, tape or rope.

• Use visual start and stop signals and penalties.

• When attempting a goal, use visual cues for precision

• Use a brightly colored and noise-emitting balls for those

• Use directional clock cues when alerting someone with a

• Students are split into two teams and play scooter

• Students can attempt to score in any goal net.

• Ensure that students are safe by

• Use a ball with a noise device for

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