The Broomball Corner

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[The Broomball Corner @BroomballCorner]

There was no international player, let alone team, in the “Internationals” tournament. How about we spice it up playing international rules instead? No checking, but red line and small nets. Then we practice more than one every two years weeks before worlds… ?

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@AEBroomball It would be very nice to be communicated all the rules for a given tournament prior to registration. Like “know what you sign up for” kinda deal. …next time?

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Should we talk about the custom curved broom heads? Legal/not legal? Game changer? Fad? Overrated? Killing the backend game? All of the above?

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https://t.co/zEl72bWuxl
Or, you know, don’t allow checking.

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Super series additional take #3: that was darn good broomball. Something you can enjoy even if you don’t buy into the “us” vs “them” bs (nationalism by proxy 🤮), or the ABA trying to rip the benefits of Broomball Canada’s initiative to get this off the ground.

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Super series additional take #2: it will take a lot of effort for this to be the beginning of an era instead of the sunset of one. See the average age of the teams. Especially coed. 10 years from now, the US contingent will be depleted.

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Could it be because they “practice” with wider nets?

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Super series additional take #1: US goalies are the bomb (all three have made their respective “All-Tournament Team”).

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(I do not endorse - I’m just here to stir shit…)

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Overheard this weekend: “At least, now we know why IFBA wants men to keep playing contact: otherwise, they CA wouldn’t win a game.”

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@PittsburghBC I’m afraid the fact that the US have no coed culture will show on the ice. I’d really love for this to be a wake-up call. Coed could be so much fun if it were its own category. Aka more than a collection of the best guys and the best girls aside from their respective tournament.

[The Broomball Corner @BroomballCorner]

Now and again, the question still is: how do we grow our sport?

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@PittsburghBC Agreed. Especially for the coed team, which, I’m sorry to say, is more like the 4th line of the Women’s team. They could have picked up players from Baltimore for instance. These girls are fierce!

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Sure! I’d love to spend all my money and vacation time for a tournament in *checks notes* Kingston, ON. 🤦‍♀️

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Good for competition... or buzzkill?

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Say you have a tournament, anywhere in the US but Minnesota. A Minnesota team comes to play. What's your reaction? Wondering about people playing Queen City, Beantown, Broomfest, etc.

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the roster I want to see play vs CAN

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@BroomsCentral @AEBroomball @ABL_commish

1. Corey
2. Shrugs
3. Jaunty
4. Tony
5. Cam
6. Foreman
7. Foss
8. Sticks
9. Hobey
10.Mackey
11.Wyatt
12.Broten
13.Purinton
14.Max Warr
15.Pete
16.Seitz
17.Hondo
18.J.Kramer
19.Blake S
20. Adam W.

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@FlexKam Great! I wouldn’t dream of a better audience

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Anyone else find Canadian nationals …boring to watch?

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also, it’s my first attempt at a thread I don’t think I did that right. oops.

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I wanted to phrase it in a more controversial manner, but this is how it came out. Incredibly skilled players, absolutely boring to watch. Right?