Floorball: Clean Steals with a Legal Ball Tackle

Students practice how to win the ball in floorball without committing the most common stick fouls: hitting, lifting, hooking or blocking the opponent's stick. An observer with a worksheet classifies each attempt as a clean steal, a clean miss or a foul.

How to play

1. Show the four stick fouls in slow motion with a student, then the legal tackle: come in from the side, blade low, touch only the ball and on the side away from the opponent's body (4 min).
2. Groups of three: an attacker dribbling slowly along a 10-meter lane, a defender tackling from the side and an observer recording on the worksheet; 5 tries and rotate (6 min).
3. 1v1 in 6 x 6 m squares for 30 seconds: the defender scores 2 for a clean steal and loses 1 for a foul; the observer decides (6 min).
4. Each group totals its worksheet data and discusses which foul they repeat most and in what situation (4 min).

Rules

• Hitting, lifting, hooking or holding the opponent's stick is a foul and gets recorded.
• Do not play the ball between the opponent's legs or push them with the body.
• Stick below the waist before, during and after the tackle.
• The observer's call is respected; it can be reviewed with the teacher at the end.

Variations

Adaptations

• Limited mobility: plays a slow-dribbling attacker or the observer with the worksheet.
• Visual impairment: practices the tackle against an attacker using a bell ball who calls out when approaching.
• Autism: the observer worksheet uses drawings of each foul to make classifying easier.

Learning goals

• Win the ball with a legal tackle.
• Identify the most common floorball stick fouls.
• Accept the observer's decision and correct their own behavior.

Equipment for a class of 25

• floorball sticks: 28
• floorball balls: 14
• cones: 28
• worksheets: 7

Teacher tip

The key test is touching the ball before the stick; when in doubt, it is a foul. The worksheet also gives you evidence for assessing fair play.

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