Holidays

Hi boys and girls,

Happy holidays! Drink more milk to get taller and stronger. Don't eat too much junk food and fast food because some of you are getting rounder.

Enjoy your holidays and see you soon.

Friendly 11 Nov

Hi boys and girls,

Fantastic job just now. I am proud of all of you even though we drew with the opponent. We did not train for a month plus and most of you still remember all the things you have learnt from me.

It took some time for us to get used to how we used to play. By the 2nd period, most of you woke up and play to your usual standards. I am glad that this time round, all of you are much confident compared to during the competition the other time.

The coaches in the other team were impressed on how some of you play especially Danny who received high praise from them.

For me, its not about winning today. It is to show what all of you have learnt from me and see all the improvements you have made. Those who made mistakes, it is alright to make mistake now. We will learn from our mistakes and be even better next time and don't do it next time.

Just remember for me I don't like people who scold their own teammates and we don't blame anyone of anything. Because we are a team and even if goalkeeper makes mistakes, it is the entire team fault because the ball should have been cleared by our forwards and defenders, and should not be on our half.

So overall well done today. For those who didnt get selected to play in the friendly, don't worry just work harder and I will organise more friendlies. I don't think there is holidays trainings. So those who have your sticks please train at home or with your teammates when you are free.

Lastly, whoever interested in sticks, feel free to tell me here if you are 100% getting it and your parents allowed you to get it.

Check this blog every now and then. I will try to post videos or tips when im free.

Enjoy your holidays and see you soon!

Friendly

Hi boys and girls,

Sorry that I did not post anything for the past few months. I was busy with work and preparing for my tournament.

As you know there is a friendly next week against keming pri school. For those who are selected, well done because you all have trained hard and thats why you earn the spot to play against keming primary. However for those who was not selected to play, dont worry because its not over yet. I will try to organise more friendlies to let you gain more competitive experience to prepare us for next years tournament.

I have high hopes for all of you to do well in the friendlies and tournaments. So for those who have sticks, please train hard at home, dont forget all the things we have learn such as

Dribbling ( how to dribble on strong and weak sides, when to use 2 hands and when to use 1 hands)

Passing (how to do drag pass and wrist pass, to make passing accurate, you must do the follow through movement. Also close blade when passing ground ball.)

Shooting ( same as passing, just that need to apply more pressure on ground and open blade and point to the goal post. Also remember how to use drag shot when back facing the goalpost)

Defending (use one hand to do fencing and follow ball movement. Tackle the ball when possible. Use 2 hands when confident to get the ball. To defend in the correct positions, sticks follow the ball and body between goalpost amd the ball.)

Shielding ( how to do shielding with the ball, put which legs out when dribbling past opponent and shield the ball.)

Positioning ( remember where to move and stand when attacking and defending)

Any questions can ask me during trainings.

See you next monday!

Happy Holiday!

Hi all,

Enjoy the holidays and have a good rest for the long weekend.

See you next monday!

Trainings (24th July 2013)

Hi all,

Great training session just now. Alot of improvement in terms of passing and receiving the ball. Just remember the correct ways to do drag passes and receive the ball instead of stopping the ball. Any questions can always ask me during trainings. Don't be shy.

Have a good rest! See you all next week!

Trainings (10 July 2013)

Hello boys and girls,

Great job just now for the trainings. Dribblings and passings starting to get better which is very good. Just remember the running to space (pop out) monkey drill. Running to open space is very important in a floorball game. Next week I will go through the positionings again. For those people who had already gotten your own floorball sticks, do work on your dribblings at home. Normal left right dribble, wide left right dribble, one hand then two hand dribble and hockey dribble. Next week I will do some passing, shooting and positionings drills because you all are weak in this 3 areas.

Have a good rest and I will see you next week.

Training (3rd July 2013)

Hi boys and girls,

Another great training session yesterday. Just to recap what we have learnt, you can visit these video links

Shooting
http://www.salmingfloorball.com/salming-academy/en/shooting-school/sweeper.aspx

Dribbling
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zGLSm2hv4uM

Passing
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=swK67NpgZmA

Goalkeeping Skills
http://www.salmingfloorball.com/salming-academy/en/goalie-school/pitching-techniques-one.aspx

For those who have already bought a new floorball stick and for those who already have a floorball stick, do practice your stickwork at home. Move the ball around and work on your ball control. Ball control is very important in floorball. Those who wants to get your own floorball stick feel free to tell me during the trainings.

Rest well, drink more water. I shall see you next week.

Trainings (1st July 2013)

Hi boys and girls,

Great training session just now. Just now we have learnt the passing and dribbling techniques again. Feel free to refer to the first floorball video post if you still dont understand the technique of passing and dribbling. Other than that, anyone else interested in the sticks feel free to contact me through this blog and during trainings.

Lastly, please drink more water. Just now I can see alot of you coughing around and having sore throat. Take care of yourselves amd I will see you on wednesday training.

Trainings

Hi boys and girls,

Training will resume tomorrow and wednesday. For those who are interested to get the sticks, balls or stickbags.It will be good if you can pass me either tomorrow or wednesday

See you tomorrow!.

Floorball videos

Hi boys and girls,

Sorry for the late post. Anyone else getting the sticks? Do comment if you are. I have been posting floorball videos from other countries. This time I will post a video from the local scene. It is one of my club's floorball match which happened last year.

1st Period
Part 1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wve71IDHuPk
Part 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SG9S9NuIDWY

2nd Period
Part 1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bCQwFu4VDDs
Part 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=65Sij003Pks

3rd Period
Part 1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dstYwgG_QC4
Part 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S1fR-nXK9Wc

Enjoy your last week of your holidays and see you soon!

Floorball Video

Hi boys and girls,

Here's another video to entertain you for this week.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zTVmCR0EJQg

For the past few videos that I have posted, some of you might be wondering how come they are playing with 5 outfield players instead of 4.

The actual floorball game consists of 5 outfield players and 1 goalkeeper in the court. You are playing with 4 outfield players is because of the format set by the Singapore Floorball Association for youth players (primary and secondary schools)

Floorball sticks and etc

Hi Boys and Girls,

I will be using this blog to take down some of the orders. Comment on this post and state which stick you are getting (the brand, color, and the price), which color of the ball you want if you are getting (there is white, pink, orange, blue, red, blueish green..). Comment on the post only if you are 100% sure of getting the stick and have seek your parents' permission. Do state your name and primary level.

Please bring the money on the first training. I will try to bring down the sticks that you all ordered during the first training. So once you pay me the money, i will give you the stick on the spot.

Floorball Video (4)

Hi boys and girls, happy holidays!!!

Here's some videos to entertain you all for this week.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ffk86XoMr-8

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fYIF-GWICbM

Enjoy your holidays!!!

Floorball Videos (3)

Hi Boys and Girls,

I will try to post at least one time every week. Here's some videos to entertain you for this week.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=GdrZ8YsW8pk

www.youtube.com/watch?v=RXcDS81e4ps

One more day to your long holiday. Enjoy!

Floorball videos (2)

Hi boys and girls,

Here's something to entertain you for the weekend.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NKm26ggEEJE

In the video, hopefully you will realise moving around and popping out is important. Look at the attacking and defending movement too.

Floorball sticks (2)

Hi boys and girls...Happy Vesak Day and Happy Holiday. Please drink more milk to grow taller and stronger.

For those who are wants to buy stick, best to get those sticks that I have brought down to trainings. At least all of you get to try it and I got discounts for those sticks. However if your parents wants to bring you to the stores to buy floorball sticks... please do some research first before going down to the stores to buy.

You can look at the websites first before going down

Salming sticks
www.salmingfloorball.com

Unihoc sticks
www.unihoc.se

Exel sticks
www.exelfloorball.com

Wooloc sticks
Wooloc.com

Fat pipe
http://www.fatpipe.nu/?lang=en

Zone sticks
www.zone.se

Blast sticks
www.blastfloorball.com

Oxdog
www.oxdog.net

X3m sticks
www.x3m.com

Places to get sticks:
1.Naz Sports Unlimited
Paya Ubi Industrial Park 53 Ubi Ave 1 #02-52d S408934
(Sell Salming and X3m sticks only)
Operating hours: Mon-Sat 12-6pm

2. Valhall (orange building near Nike cage)
No.26 & 28 Jalan Benaan Kapal Kallang Park S399630
(Sell Unihoc and Zone sticks)
Operating hours: Mon-Fri 11am-8pm
                               Sat-Sun 11am-5pm
                              Close on public holidays

3. Dreams Hockey (go up the stairs from the inner side of the building)
Blk 9002 Tampines St 93 #02-30 S528836
(Sell wooloc, oxdog and abit of salming sticks)
Operating hours: Mon-Sat 11-6pm
For dreams hockey store, just mention you can from stamford pri sch, you will get discounts depending on which sticks.

4. Hello Sport S Pte Ltd
Queensway Shopping Centre #02-13 & 02-44f S149053(Not sure what sticks they sell there)

5.Fatpipe store
442 Orchard Road, #03-21 Orchard Hotel Shopping Arcade, Singapore, Singapore 238879 Operating hours: Wed - Fri: 11:00 am - 7:00 pm
                               Sat - Sun: 10:00 am - 7:00 pm

Lastly, there are some tips and rough guide when buying a floorball stick outside.

For Stick length
Body height to shaft length
1.30m-1.65m height => 85-92cm shaft length
1.65m-1.75m height => 92-97cm shaft length

It simply means that if you are 1.30m-1.65m tall, you are recommended to get a stick that is 87-91cm length and etc. The length of the stick can be found on the stick.

For Shaft flex (stiffness of the shaft)
Body Weight to shaft flex
30 kg to 50 kg - 30-35mm flex
50 kg to 70 kg - 27-29mm flex
70 kg to 90 kg - 24-26mm flex
>=91kg - 23mm flex

Most of you all are 30kg-50kg so its better for you all to get a stick with over 30mm. Anything not sure can check with me again.

Training

Hi boys and girls,

Good training sessions just now. Alot of improvement in shooting and passing even though after the 3 weeks break from floorball.

For those who learn shooting just now and even those who haven get the chance to learn shooting yet, just remember this few points.

For wrist shots:
Key points
1. Shoulder point to goalpost.
2. Ball between both legs, preferably nearer to front leg.
3. Hit using middle part of the blade.
4. Bend knees abit and lean forward abit.

Step 1: Close blade
Step 2: Slide across floor (More space to slide from the ball will increase power)
Step 3: When sliding slowly change to open blade
Step 4: Ending position point to where you want the ball to go at the goalpost.

For drag shot:
Key points
1. Shoulder point to goalpost
2. Ball behind both legs
3. Use middle part of blade
4. Bend knees abit and lean forward abit.

Step 1: Close blade
Step 2: Slide across the floor with the ball.
Step 3: Slide till the point of release ( which is middle part of the space between both legs)
Step 4: When sliding slowly change to open blade.
Step 5: Ending position point to where you want the ball to go at the goalpost.

 If you all have any questions on the sticks or any questions about floorball. Feel free to post comment as Anonymous but do state your name and from primary what (primary 3, 4, 5 or 6) , so that I know who you are. If you got questions about floorball sticks, comment on the floorball sticks post. If you have questions on the floorball videos, post it on the floorball videos post.

Other than that, enjoy your june holidays, and i will see you all in term 3.

Floorball videos

Hi Boys and Girls,

There is a few useful videos that I want to share with you all.

You can watch the different type of shooting in this link and recap on the correct technique and shooting posture in the videos.
http://www.salmingfloorball.com/salming-academy/en/shooting-school/sweeper.aspx

For my goalkeepers, you can look at the videos in this link. Most of the drills we have done before. Just to refresh your memory and remember the movement at different situations.
http://www.salmingfloorball.com/salming-academy/en/goalie-school/pitching-techniques-one.aspx

For dribbling
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zGLSm2hv4uM

For passing
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=swK67NpgZmA

For defending, like what I always say between ball and goalpost then you are marking and defending.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uXRo75QP2_c

Floorball sticks

Hi Boys and Girls,

I will list down the price of the floorball sticks with the pictures. It is not compulsory to get your own floorball sticks. For those who are interested in getting the sticks, please show it to your parents first. And if your parents want to see the sticks first before buying, you can ask them to wait for me after Wednesday training. For those who didn't get to try the sticks, don't worry I will bring the sticks down again on Wednesday training.

Please share the website with those floorballers that didn't turn up for training today thanks.

There are some tips and rough guide when buying a floorball stick outside. If you are buying from me, you don't have to worry about all these. I will help u with these.
For Stick length

Body height to shaft length
1.30m-1.65m height => 85-92cm shaft length
1.65m-1.75m height => 92-97cm shaft length

It simply means that if you are 1.30m-1.65m tall, you are recommended to get a stick that is 87-91cm length and etc. The length of the stick can be found on the stick.

For Shaft flex (stiffness of the shaft)

Body Weight to shaft flex
30 kg to 50 kg - 30-35mm flex
50 kg to 70 kg - 27-29mm flex
70 kg to 90 kg - 24-26mm flex
>= 91kg - 23mm flex

Most of you all are 30kg-50kg so its better for you all to get a stick with over 30mm. Anything not sure can check with me again.

There is 3 brands of sticks that I brought down today Wooloc, Zone and Unihoc.

Wooloc sticks
For Wooloc sticks, you can purchase it with or without the package
Package means that it comes with a stick bag and a ball.

The stick bag will look like this. It can hold up to 3 floorball sticks.
Stickbag on its own is $25
Ball cost $3 each

Black Wooloc stick
Model: X plus 2.9
Length avaliable: 96cm
Flex: 29mm
http://www.wooloc.com/10.html
Price: $80 without package (just the stick)
           $100 with package (stick+ stickbag and ball)

Blue Wooloc stick
Model: Player 3.2 blue
Length avaliable: 87cm and 96cm
Flex: Over 30mm
http://www.wooloc.com/02.html
Price: $60 without package ( just the stick)
           $70 with package (with stick, stickbag and ball)

Red Wooloc stick
Model: Winner 3.2
Length avaliable: 87cm and 96cm
Flex: Over 30mm
http://www.wooloc.com/08.html
Price: $60 without package (just the stick)
           $70 with package (with stick, stickbag and a ball)

Unihoc sticks
For unihoc sticks, there is no package for the sticks. But I managed to get discounts for all of you.

Cavity Z 32
Length avaliable: 87cm and 92cm
Flex: 32mm
Original price: $125
After 10% discount: $112.50
http://www.unihoc.se/cavityZ.html

Cavity Z 29
Length avaliable: 92cm and 96cm
Flex: 29mm
Original price: $149
After 10% discount: $134.10

Unihoc SQL Orange curve 1.5
Length avaliable: 92cm
Flex: 35mm
Original Price: $135
After 20% discount: $108

Zone
Zone Masterpiece
Length avaliable: 91cm
Flex: 29mm
Original Price: $130
After 20% discounts: $104

Campus
Campus floorball stick
This white/blue stick i didn't bring down today. It is similar to the red and blue wooloc stick.
Length: 85cm and 96cm
Flex: 32mm
Price: $50 (will double confirm again)
http://www.campusfloorball.com/?campus-32-school-set,6

Intro

Hi all...

I will be using this blog to share useful tips and videos regarding floorball.

Thanks