Talk:Floor hockey

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Ringuette

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The no-blade stick with fabric ring sport is called ringuette by the way, not floor hockey.

It is still a type of floor hockey, though, right? Please sign your posts. Metao (talk) 01:55, 29 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Right. If there are sources, ringuette should have its own article like floorball and cosom hockey. This article is an overview of floor hockey games as a class. — SMcCandlish Talk⇒ ʕ(^Õل^ō)ˀ Contribs. 19:08, 11 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

It does now, and the articles are clearly distinguished. — SMcCandlish ☺ ☏ ¢ ≽^ʌⱷ҅_ᴥⱷ^ʌ≼ 17:43, 12 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Update 2022: Floor hockey, when played with straight sticks and a fabric disk with a hole in the center (called an "open disk") IS called floor hockey, not ringuette/ringette. The confusion is the result of the fact that this type of floor hockey was created and codified by Canada's Sam Jacks in 1936 (I have added this info to the article), the exact same man who went on to invent ringette, an ice skating team sport for girls in 1963, 27 years later. When the new sport was first experimented with, the first ringette ring was essentially a felt floor hockey puck, but was ditched for a deck tennis ring very quickly because it stuck to the ice. By the 1970's this type of floor hockey was changed even further to make it playable for participants in the Special Olympics. Later on gym ringette was created, creating a ring safe for gym floors, but I think it's it based more along the lines of the ice game (ringette).

In short, ringette is not floor hockey (open disk) and vice versa. CheckersBoard (talk) 01:54, 14 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Clarification: "By the 1970's this type of floor hockey was changed even further..." this sentence was in reference to Sam Jacks's floor hockey, not ringuette CheckersBoard (talk) 21:48, 14 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]