15 Facts About Floor hockey

Floor hockey is a broad term for several indoor floor game codes which involve two teams using a stick and type of ball or disk.

Two floor hockey variants involve the use of wheeled skates and are categorized as roller sports under the title of roller hockey.

Floor hockey games differ from street hockey in that the games are more structured and have a codified set of rules.

Floor hockey was originally a physical fitness sport in many public schools developed for physical education class but has since developed several variants played in a variety of ways and is no longer restricted to educational institutions.

Floor hockey codes derived from ice hockey were first officially played in Montreal, Quebec, Canada in 1875, but the game's official creation is credited to Canada's Sports Hall of Fame inductee, Samuel Perry Jacks, better known as "Sam Jacks".

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Floor hockey's achievement was later recognized by the Youth Branch of the United Nations.

In 1962, one of the first variants of organized indoor Floor hockey games were created in Battle Creek, Michigan in the United States by Tom Harter who used plastic sticks and pucks.

One version of floor hockey was introduced as a sport in the Winter Special Olympics in 1932.

The third can be found in gym ringette which was developed in the 1990s, but gym ringette itself is not in fact a direct variant of floor hockey and was more heavily influenced by the ice sport of ringette.

The first three categories are floor hockey variants played on foot while the latter involves the use of wheeled skates.

Ball Floor hockey is an indoor game using a lightweight ball.

Special Olympics variant of floor hockey uses a wide disc with a hole in the middle and a blade-less stick.

Quad hockey is a wheeled floor hockey variant known by various names including roller hockey and rink hockey.

In-line hockey is a wheeled floor hockey variant derived from the ice sport of ice hockey.

Floor hockey games start with a face-off, in which a player from each team has an equal chance to gain possession.