The UK Floorball Federation (UKFF) is the national governing body for floorball in the United Kingdom, operating under the oversight of the International Floorball Federation. It runs three competitive leagues — the English Floorball League (EFL) for seniors, the University Floorball League (UFL) for student clubs, and the Junior Floorball League (JFL) for youth development — alongside referee licensing and national team programmes. I was involved with the UKFF during and after university, contributing to the administration and development of the university league and the wider club structure.
Floorball has an accessibility problem in the UK. It's a fast, technical sport that rewards athleticism and skill in equal measure — but it's almost invisible outside of university environments, and clubs that form don't always survive beyond a founding cohort. Building infrastructure that outlasts its founders is the real work.
University League Coordination
The University Floorball League is the primary pathway through which most UK players encounter competitive floorball for the first time. I helped coordinate national university league fixtures and regional tournaments, working across scheduling, communications with club captains, and logistics to keep the season running smoothly. University sports administration is largely volunteer-driven and often fragile — fixture schedules are disrupted by exam seasons, travel budgets are minimal, and clubs depend on a small number of committed individuals to function. Getting a season completed requires more organisational work than it might appear from the outside.
Club Formation
One of the more satisfying parts of the involvement was helping establish new clubs at universities where floorball had no presence. Floorball's natural growth mechanism in the UK is peer-to-peer: a student encounters the sport, wants to keep playing, and starts a club to do it. Supporting that process — navigating student union structures, helping with equipment access, connecting new clubs to the wider network — meant that the sport's footprint expanded in a way that would outlast any one person's involvement.
Social Media
I created content for the UKFF's social media channels, working to raise awareness of the sport among an audience that, for the most part, had never encountered it. Floorball doesn't have the brand recognition of established sports, which makes content strategy different: the priority is not reinforcing what people already know but introducing what floorball actually is, and making the case for why it's worth trying. Match highlights, club profiles, and coverage of regional competitions all served that function.