If you are a boy that wants to do a school sport in winter but doesn't like basketball, then you probably ran into a same problem as me, because there are not any other sports than basketball for the winter season. This year our school doesn't have a ski team. It means even girls have just competitive cheerleading and basketball. There is a good opportunity to add another winter sport and it's floorball. EJHS must add floorball as another winter sport, because of skill development, student numbers and money issues.
EJHS must add floorball as another winter sport, because of skills development at the first place. When you body is moving the brain receives more oxygen and that helps students to think better, and stay in a good condition. Every
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There is just 11 players on the field plus some reserve players. Our school has definitely enough students that are interested in playing hockey and floorball is almost similar, but available for more students and more safe, because because they don't have to know how to ice skate. We need to have JV and Varsity teams, but if there is enough interested persons, it's always an open option and if girls don't find people for a full team, they can try to play with boys anytime, because it's not an aggressive type of sport and all depends on how good they can learn the technique.
The last and the most important thing, to add floorball as another wither sport, is money. Money always was, is and will be a problem for schools, but for floorball the school does not have to issue a lot of money. Floorball is a cheaper alternative for ice hockey. There is no need for the stadium, and our school even can skip the most expensive part, because we already have a really big and modern gym. All team needs are goals, jerseys and balls. Students can buy their own floorball sticks. That means the price should be low and same as for basketball