Floorball notes for 3º E.S.O. 1 Prof: Miguel Á. Cubero Molero

UNIHOCKEY OR FLOORBALL

1. HISTORY

Unihockey originates from hockey, but it is a modern version.

There are many types of hockey.

a)Field hockey: It began at the end of the XIX century in Britain and its colonies

(India and Pakistan) and it has been an Olympic sport since 1908.

b)Ice hockey: Originated in Canada at the end of XIX century and from there spread

to the USA. It has been a winter Olympic since 1920.

Unihockey started as a variation of ice hockey.

c)Roller hockey: Started at the end of the XX century in Great Britain and became

popular in many Latin countries.

Unihockey starts in the 50s in the USA as a variation of ice hockey. It was

played with a puck instead of a ball that is used now. In the 70s it became very

popular in Nordic countries, especially Sweden, and from the 80s, it has been an

official sport.

2. RULES

A. Court/Rink

It is like in handball, 40 x 20 metres with 10% extra around the outsides.

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There is a central line that divides the court in two halves and a central point where

they start each period. The size of the goal zone is 5 x 4 m and the area is 2´5 x 1

m. The goal cage measure is 1´60 x 1´15 x 40/65.

Around the court there is a fifty centimetre high barrier called the RINK

which stops the goal from going out of play and so the play is more continuous. There

are other points on the court called “face off “, there are a total of six and they are

1.5 m from the barrier. Here you can restart the play.

B. Materials

Sticks and ball are made of plastic

and the ball has got 26 holes. Its weight

cannot exceed 23 gr. You can hit the ball

with both sides of the stick.

C. Time game

The game is made up of three 20 minutes periods with 10 minutes break

between them. The last 3 minutes of the regular time shall be effective. During regular time, each team shall have the right to request one time-out, which

shall be carried out as soon as play is interrupted. It will last 30 seconds. If a match, which must have a winner, ends with a tie, it shall be extended 10 minutes

until one team scores (so called sudden death). Before extension, the teams have the

right to a 2 minute intermission, but no changing of sides shall take place. If the

score after limited extension still is equal, the match shall be decided through 5

penalties shots per team.

Time will only stop when:

- There is a goal.

- There is a time out.

- There is a penalty.

-When the referee says.

D. Teams

Each team has got six players playing on the court, including the goalkeeper.

The team is made of 20 players.

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Players can be substituted at any time in the match, an unlimited number of

times.

Each team must have 5 players on the court for the referees to start the

match, or else the match will be forfeited. The forfeit score is 5-0.

Each team must have at least 3 players on the court at all times. If this is not

possible, e.g. due to injuries or penalties, the match is stopped, and the present score

is the final score. If the forfeit score (5-0) is more advantageous for the opposing

team, then that is the final score.

E. Legal moves

-You can hit the ball with any part of your stick.

-You can touch or stop the ball with your legs and feet, but not with your head or

your upper body.

-You can pass the ball towards the stick using your foot, but not intentionally at

another player or at the goalkeeper or have more than one touch.

-You can play using the barrier.

F. Illegal moves

-Lift the stick above your waist if there are players near.

-You cannot go on the ground to play the ball.

-You cannot hit, block or interfere with the movements of the stick of your opponent.

-You cannot play inside the small area around the goal, but the stick can be inside as

long as the feet of the players are outside.

-You cannot push another player with your shoulders.

-You cannot jump.

-The ball cannot be above knee height. You can not hit the ball with the knee or your

leg although if it is unintentional it is allowed.

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G. The goalkeeper

-The goal keeper wears a helmet and

special clothes and does not have a stick.

-He can touch the ball with any part of

his body.

-If he goes out of the area he is

considered as a field player, but without

stick.

H. Fouls

Free hit

After every foul, a free hit is performed at the location where the situation causing

it occurred. The defending team can form a defence line 3m away from the ball ,

sticks included.

Hit-in

A hit-in shall be taken by a player in the team who did not play the ball out-of-

bounds, from where the ball left the court, within 150 cm from the board.

Penalty shot

When there is an intentional foul to stop goal opportunity, the penalty is taken

from the centre of the court. The player can touch the ball as many times as he likes.

The other players cannot interfere.

I. Start (face-off)

To start the game put the ball in the centre and you will do a neutral start. One

member from each group fights for the ball when the referee whistles. Each player

stands in front of the opposite team with their feet perpendicular to the centre line.

The sticks are held at the top and placed either sides of the ball without touching

and perpendicular to the centre line. The player from the away team (visiting)

chooses with side of the ball to place the stick. The pass can go directly to goal and

the rest of the players must be three metres apart, including sticks.

This way to play the ball is called face-off. There are six face-off points all

over the court.

J. Restarting play (hit-in)

When the goal goes out of the court, the game is restarted from the place

where the ball went out and 1.5 metres from the side line.

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The rest of the players must be three metres apart. You cannot score directly.

k. Penalties

During the match the referees may call different types of penalties in which

players are penalized with 2, 5, and 10 or for the rest of the match out, depending on

the seriousness of the foul.

The penalized player shall be on the penalty bench during the penalty.