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International Floorball Federation Highlights Successful Referee Training with Special Olympics India

The iFF (International Floorball Federation), the Indian Football Federation and Special Olympics Bharat (India) found a way to enhance the knowledge base of referees through virtual learning.
A stack of floorball sticks.

The following is an excerpt of a post titled Floorball Referee Webinar For India Was A Huge Success published on the iFF (International Floorball Federation) website.

Special Olympics India have together with the IFF arranged a webinar for referees. This was conducted over two sessions by the IFF referee observer Ronny Brännbacka.
“I’m pleased, the participants were very interactive and willingly discussed different topics on refereeing, which was important."
Ronny Brännbacka

The Indian Floorball Federation also attended the webinar. The aim of the webinar was not to teach the rules, but concentrated more on how to act as a referee.

Floorball in India is growing and within Special Olympics they have now over 7000 players. A webinar during the COVID-19, was a good solution to educate and inspire further development.

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