BC Floorball News
BC Floorball is proud to announce Bryan Ducharme, Owner/Operator of the Sunplex Arena in downtown Kelowna as the Regional Coordinator of BC Floorball for the Okanagan Branch.
Bryan Ducharme has already begun to recruit players for their upcoming Fall Floorball League and you can visit www.sunplex.ca to register today.
“At the Sunplex Arena, we are dedicated to building a successful Floorball program, in Kelowna, serving the Okanagan that will complement the efforts of BC Floorball. Our Hockey staff, including myself, are all looking forward to getting certified as proper Floorball Referees, Coaches and Administrators by the BCFF. We conducted our due diligence on Floorball Hockey and discovered that Floorball is the fastest growing area of non-ice hockey worldwide, and decided to dig deeper. What we found was amazing and thrilling. Just go online and see for yourselves…the Floorball videos online say it all, You go to a site like www.xfloor.tv and it becomes obvious how big this sport really is internationally. We also understand the International Olympic Committee has recently approved Floorball as a provisional team sport for inclusion in the Summer Olympics.” says Bryan.
He continues to add, “The exciting parts of Floorball Hockey are the speed and skill. It does not allow a player to hack and whack another players stick, because of this and the light-weight stick and ball, Floorball is a very safe and low injury sport that neither requires helmets or gloves to play. This also adds to the low cost of participating. Kids can start Floorball at a very young age, Parents can return to their love of the good old street hockey game with their children in a hockey format that is clean and fast. It’s the ultimate elementary, middle and high school sport which we anticipate will feed our league programs, here at the Sunplex. We plan on launching a demo program at schools in Kelowna, that will teach the teachers about Floorball and introduce the sport to the students.”
About Floorball:
Floorball is a sport for Everyone. It has a MASSIVE opportunity to be a leading team sport option at the recreational level through schools, youth groups, community centers, adult sport and social clubs, hockey associations, seniors activity groups, disabled sports communities and just about any group in Canada that is trying to be active in sports.
- The Equipment:
- The Sticks are brilliant, engineered for safety and performance. They look slick, feel super light, yet can handle the flex power of an NHLer, they are totally ergonomic for gym play, unlike the floorhockey sticks that have been around our schools for the past 30 years. A Floorball stick is the perfect balance between power, creativity and control, a stickhandlers dream!
- The Ball is like a whiffle ball at first glance. Take a closer look and you will discover that the dimple pattern, and design allow for harder shots, true ball flight and when you block a 100km/hr shot, it doesn’t hurt or leave a welt. A Floorball is the perfect balance between power, creativity and control, a stickhandlers dream!
- Simplicity- see above…all you need to play is a stick and a ball.
- Accessibility & Affordability- Floorball is the “soccer of hockey’s”, no expensive equipment to prevent you from playing hockey and super easy to just start playing. Sticks are very light, yet strong meaning that they work for young and old, girls, boys and wheelchair athletes can really enjoy Floorball too.
- Speed- Floorball moves really fast, the ball moves faster than a hockey puck and it keeps the body moving at all times.
- Fitness- The speed, movement and flow of Floorball is very cardiovascular and it’s the main reason why many NHL players play Floorball regularly in the Off-season.
- Spirit- Ice Hockey, Inline Hockey, Ball-Hockey, Street Hockey, Pond Hockey, FloorHockey players and players of just about every other brand of Hockey out there, can say that the Spirit of Floorball truly promotes sportsmanship and fairness like no other, It’s built right in to the culture of the game, like Ultimate Frisbee. It keeps the goonery out of the sport so that everyone can enjoy, have fun and remain highly competitive at the same time.
- Rules- The rules are very smart and well written to increase offense, and game flow while promoting speed and skill. A well refereed game will completely eliminate Hacking and Whacking and encourage smart plays, rewarding both well played offensive attacks and super-smart defensive positioning.
- International Growth- Floorball is the fastest growing team sport in the World! Now that Floorball is recognized by the International Olympic Committee, Floorball growth will quickly accelerate.
- FUN, FUN, FUN!- scoring goals, making plays, great saves, creative dangles, and all the greatness of Hockey rolled up in to a brand of Hockey that is affordable, accessible, safe and wicked Fun!
To learn more about Floorball, visit the following links:
FloorballCanada.ca
Floorball.org
PlayFloorball.com
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BC Floorball Federation
102-118 East Second Street
North Vancouver, BC
V7L 1C3
Greg Beaudin-778 385 7825
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Sunplex Arena
250 469 4330
Bryan Ducharme
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