Floorball: Wrist Taps and Grip Changes on the Move

Individual warm-up for hands, wrists and legs with a stick and ball. Students alternate quick blade taps and two different grips to prepare fine ball control before the main activity.

How to play

1. Review the grip: top hand at the end of the shaft, bottom hand about a hand and a half lower, knees bent and blade on the floor (1 min).
2. Standing still, tap the blade on both sides of the ball with loose wrists: 30 seconds fast and 30 seconds slow, three sets (2 min).
3. Walking around the whole area, tap the ball in front of the body; on the whistle, switch to dribbling on the stick side of the feet (2 min).
4. Easy jog while dribbling: when the yellow cone is raised use a long grip (hands apart, fine control), and with the red one a short grip (hands together, fast dribbling) (2 min).
5. In pairs, one partner claps a rhythm and the other matches the tapping speed without losing the ball; switch roles (2 min).
6. Each student rates their ball control from 1 to 5 and picks one point to focus on during the lesson (1 min).

Rules

• The stick never goes above the waist, not even at the start or end of a tap.
• Stay at least 6 feet away from any classmate.
• The ball is played only with the blade, never with the hand.
• On a long whistle, everyone stops with the blade on the floor.

Variations

Adaptations

• Wheelchair user: shorter stick and a slightly larger ball, tapping beside the wheel.
• Hearing impairment: all cues are given with colored cones and gestures, without relying on the whistle.
• Autism: assign a fixed work square marked with cones and announce changes with a visual countdown.

Learning goals

• Activate forearm, wrist and leg muscles in a sport-specific way.
• Tell the long grip and the short grip apart and know when to use each.
• Self-assess ball control before the main activity.

Equipment for a class of 25

• floorball sticks: 28
• floorball balls: 28
• cones: 12

Teacher tip

In the first minute, check that left- and right-handed students picked the right stick (the blade curves the correct way). Change cone colors without warning to keep them alert.

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