The Indian Floorball Federation (InFF) and Karnataka Floorball Association (KSFA) successfully conducted the 7th National Floorball Development Seminar for coaches, referees and official at the Atrium Boutique Hotel, Mysore, Karnataka, August 13th – 14th 2016.

This was a continuation of the last National Floorball Seminar for referees and coaches, which was held at Surat, Gujarat in 2015. This programme for coaches and referees provided added value and also the extra edge to gain floorball expansion in pan India. 58 participants were invited from all over India and the main aim and objective of the seminar was to prepare the well qualified referees and coaches for the future events.

During the two-day seminar, the participants got familiar with the rules and regulations of floorball. They were also taken through methods and procedures as well as all technical aspects of floorball. This entire training session was conducted by Mr Ashok Kumar, Mr JItender Singh, Mr Pankaj Tiwari, Ms Sangeeta Rathi and Dr Pradeep Singh, InFF Secretary General.

The seminar was held under the guidance of Dr. Prabhat Kumar (IAS) President of InFF, the opening ceremony guest and the former national champion in skating as well as 1995 Indian team coach Mr K. Srikanth Rao, the special guest and Vice President of Indian Floorball Federation, Mr Atul Gupta and the closing ceremony guest and AOFC member, Mr Harinder Kumar. The seminar was also supported by Mr Shubhakar B, the President of Karnataka Floorball Association (KSFA) and Rao Prijo Johny, KSFA Secretary General.

After two days of theory and different practical sessions, all participants were tested through written tasks and physical efficiency tests in order to evaluate their knowledge level after the trainings.

After successful completion of the seminar all the qualified referees, coaches and official were awarded with certificates including grading.

Source & more information: Indian Floorball Federation