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Rink Bandy

Rink bandy is a bandy variant on a hockey or ice-rink surface. It is played with a ball, curved sticks, goals, skates and bandy-style passing/positioning on a smaller ice surface.

LevelVariant FamilyHockey Family CategoryWinter sport

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Classification

Category Winter sport

Family Hockey Family

Level Variant

Getting started

Kurzbeschreibung Bandy variant with ball and stick on a hockey/ice-rink surface.

Geeignet für Good for team players who like skating, ball control and bandy tactics.

Cost Skating basics and club loan gear are more realistic than buying a bandy stick immediately. Skates, helmet/protection, bandy stick, ball, ice time, club fee and possible event travel. Bandy/rink-bandy club, ice club or bandy federation. Treat rink bandy as a bandy variant on a smaller ice surface.

First progress First passing and ball control after a few practices; game awareness takes longer.

Fitness level medium

Was du brauchst

skates
helmet/protection
bandy stick
ball
goals
ice rink

First steps

build skating base
find bandy club
try stick and ball feel
practise passing
play small games

Bandy or rink-bandy club, USA Bandy/FIB-adjacent club search or ice club.

Train with helmet/protection, coach, approved ice and clear contact rules.

Weitere Angaben

Tags rink-bandy, winter-sport, hockey-familie, wintersport

Rules and format

Die Grundlagen

Ziel

Play the ball legally with the stick into the opponent's goal.

Teilnehmer

two teams with goalie.

Teamgröße

smaller rink team by rulebook.

Spielfeld

ice rink.

Dauer

Depends on format and event.

Wertung

goals and penalties.

Gewinnbedingung

Best valid time, placing or score in the announced format.

Ausrüstung

skates
bandy stick
ball
goals
protection

Wichtige Regelpunkte

illegal contact
stick offence
game-rule breach
unsporting conduct

Regelquellen

Federations and sources

Federations

FIB
Federation of International Bandy (FIB)

Learn More About Bandy USA Bandy · official-beginner-guide · high
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Bandy Encyclopaedia Britannica · sport-guide · medium