Broomball

Programs, often available through local broomball clubs, that provide opportunities for people of all ages to learn, become competitive in and enjoy broomball, a variation on ice hockey which is played indoors on an ice hockey rink or outdoors on a frozen pond in which players wearing special padded sponge rubber shoes attempt to put an air-filled ball about six inches in diameter into the opposing net using brooms made of corn straw dipped in rubber or molded rubber. Broomball clubs are often organized into leagues which play one another in tournaments.