Yio Chu Kang Primary get a taste of floorball

FLOORBALL

Monday, 13 November 07

Story and pictures by Leslie Tan. © Red Sports

The increasingly popular sport of floorball was introduced to 150 10-year-old students recently at Yio Chu Kang Primary School. Floorball, an easy game to pick up, is also a logistically easy game to set up within a school’s premise.

“It’s very easy to play, ” said 10-year-old Radiah Maria of Yio Chu Kang Primary who was trying it out for the first time.

Divided into four groups, the students were taken through simple drills to learn the basic techniques of floorball. Said Sonia Teo, 25 years old, one of the instructors with 7 years of experience in the game: “Everybody can play and the game can be played on any grounds. Also, it’s a free game. No offside rules, no fixed position.”

With it’s simple rules, it’s easy to see the appeal of the game which requires six players a side, with one goalkeeper and five field players. The other appeal of the sport is the safety aspect – only plastic balls and sticks are used.

Floorball was played at the National School Championship level this year for the first time with Meridian Junior College winning the A Division. In the B Division, Bukit Merah Secondary won both the Boys’ and Girls’ Championships while Victoria School won the C Division Boys’ title and East View Secondary the C Girls’ title.