Great video! Smiter's the legend! =) Smiter is one of the best ball hockey players I've ever seen and he is master in the art of stickhandling! He has soft hands and can stickhandle without looking at the ball! He's definitely the Godfather of Team India Ball Hockey. In my humble opinion, he's also the Godfather of Ball Hockey in BC. I have been recording many ball hockey games in the Greater Vancouver area and he's the inspiration to so many ball hockey players. Smiter is one of the top snipers and he's a very smart player with tremendous vision! He is the Captain of Vancouver Falcons and he's also the Captain of Vancouver Ball Hoggz that has won the Play On! Street Hockey National Championships 3 times. Vancouver Ball Hoggz players're recognized as "Canada's Greatest Street Hockey Players" during Hockey Night in Canada! =)
Right on man. you guys make me want to get back into the sport. the ice hockey vs running sports really doesn't get talked about enough. I grew up playing box lacrosse. it was awesome to me because ice hockey was my off season. 30 second hockey shift truly had nothing compared to a 60-90 second shift in lacrosse running up and down the rink. good luck gents, i'm cheering for you. ps. dudes got a killer beard.
I’m a 56 year old white guy. Grew up playing road hockey,setback with a football or throwing a baseball on our street. This ball video is awesome. You guys are awesome.Best of luck.We love Nazem Kadri in Toronto. I love this Country
Yes im Czech, playing hockeyball about 10years and ive to say hocekyball is very popular in Czechia,Slovakia and Switzerland. This was champisoonship in Pilsen and it was amazing for all hockeyball fans that there were so many fans, but it was championship. Average attendance on highest hockeyball league is about 100-200fans, and best players are working as normal people. So its amazaing when they are playing for 9000fans.
It is interesting because in the UK ball hockey like this is not really a sport at all. Field hockey, which uses a ball but is played outside on a field and is quite difference from ice hockey, is the main form followed by Ice Hockey.
So cool of these boys to do this. They could've easily named themselves something after Sikhism as they're all or most are Sikhs but they're involving the entire Indian community of Canada by naming themselves team India. Well done my boys. Tuhanu mere walon good luck and sat sri akal
HK Z well ppl lyke u have this religion dilemma in ur mind its coz of ppl with ur mindset that there is a religion unrest...they are indians before they are sikhs or any other religion...india is a country of 90% hindus bt irrespective of religion we say we are indians not hindu , muslim , sikhs , christian!!!
@@nik8106895483 They are Sikhs before , after they are Punjabi. None of them are “Indian”. India to most Sikhs reminds us of Sikh genocide, a reason why many of us are here in the west
@@rozqr4320 yes and thats why a lot of the same sikhs join the indian army and serve the nation only a few run away from there motherland to follow there greed for money!
@@nik8106895483 yeah, subserviance, either being used as fodder (dying for your effed up Fascist state) or acceptance in the subjugation, would definitely be enjoyable to the Indian Hindu state and its majority, but the moment we ask for rights, we are either killed( Sikh Genocide , 2,50,000 killed in extrajudicial fake encounters by your great nation) or are incarcerated in Jails on fabricated cases indefinitely. Your hindu majority has forced this exodus on us. Btw, Rajnath Singh is asking Army for decreasing army recruitment from Sikhs. So, people are rising from the 20 year of propaganda your state has run against our heroes, our shaheeds
@@rozqr4320 first the Indian army is voluntary army u might not know what is sacrificing for the county is but those who join the army knows pretty well next i know what kind of people(sikhs in western countries) they openly hail sikh terrorist from 1984 and all you give this bullshit claims saying this many died that many died we are been oppressed and have never been to india ever in there life and you would neva know how this country works and y even after these many years people of all religions live here together and call them indians unlike so called runaways, you guys ( people who flew away to the west) don’t know your own history and all you do is run this propaganda 🤦🏽♂️
I had the pleasure of being a referee in a number of tournaments that Smiter took part in. Beyond the fact that he was usually the best player on the rink he was also one of the most respectful and classy players I've ever encountered.
Played a ridiculous amount of ball hockey in the off season in FL. It's expensive to play ice hockey year round in FL, so me and a couple other kids would ball out. I even had bauer street goslie gear....played for hours.
*Indo-Canadians are very good at hockey. I mean not professional, but at rec level, there's tons of them. They either all seem to be big fans of hockey and can play well too.*
When I was a kid we played every day. I drove a beater station wagon and we kept everything in the back. After school we played every day and in the winter the ponds froze over so we took to the ice. I’d give just about anything to go back to that time again.
Good luck all best eh I love Ball hockey I have not played since November last year... Our team lost and they fell apart... empty promises...play fall... play Spring... never happened... Here I am waiting for a team to give me a chance and believe in me. I just have anxiety especially socially. Hard for me to put myself out there. wish I had half the heart these guys do.cheers from Hamilton Ontario Canada!
I've played ice and ball hockey, they both have their ups and downs but they are quite different in terms of play style. Ice hockey is way more fast paced and in my honest opinion, alot more difficult than ball hockey. Not saying that ball hockey isn't hard, it's just not as strenuous and doesn't have alot of the really crippling big hits that are in ice hockey simply due to speed on the ice. Easily the hardest thing in ball hockey is getting used to running, and dekes in the neutral zone (my personal Achilles heel). Passing in ball hockey is superb and easy to go tape-to-tape. If you say Ice hockey is easier because you're skating and not running, that's a clear-as-day example that you've never played a tough game of ice hockey. Just my two cents on the matter. Play whatever the fuck makes you happy and don't listen to dumbasses on the Internet :)
They're both hard as hell, but I feel like with skating you get tiny breaks compared to running. Ball hockey whoops your ass in terms of cardio, even if the hits aren't as hard. The ball has a lot less energy too, so you can be braver about blocking it.
Grew up with this Man and his brother both excellent players ! Worked hard at it ! Great athletes I played with them quiet a bit when I was younger but most of they are good honest Men 🙏❤️
This is really cool. I am a Canadian, as these guys are. It is heartwarming to see other cultures adopting and loving and growing Canadian culture. Great job guys and best of luck.
good video. indians have always been good at field hockey, so i can also the comparison to ball hockey. either way, great athletes who have a passion for the game. good luck in june.
I played ice and roller hockey. I was never good at either even after years of playing. Regardless, this seems as fun as both and woulda love to have played it.
Canada has a ball hockey team as well. These guys formed this team to grow the sport among the Indo-Canadian community, and Team Canada, in anything hockey related, is always loaded.
FJ707 no idea maybe sponsor's? perhaps they put in lot of the money and effort take it happen. .. I imagine they have support maybe get free air travel and hotels and such.
i remember playing these indian teams in ball hockey. Im from a mostly white part of vancouver and we just played ball hockey after our ice hockey seasons were over so it was pretty funny playing against them because of how seriously they took it when we'd just try to see how many people on the other team we could dangle in a row.
His beard is perfect for playoffs.
Jens im subed
I KNOW THAT GUY
HIS LITERALLY LOOKS THE EXACT SAME
THAT LEGEND
Great video! Smiter's the legend! =) Smiter is one of the best ball hockey players I've ever seen and he is master in the art of stickhandling! He has soft hands and can stickhandle without looking at the ball! He's definitely the Godfather of Team India Ball Hockey. In my humble opinion, he's also the Godfather of Ball Hockey in BC. I have been recording many ball hockey games in the Greater Vancouver area and he's the inspiration to so many ball hockey players. Smiter is one of the top snipers and he's a very smart player with tremendous vision! He is the Captain of Vancouver Falcons and he's also the Captain of Vancouver Ball Hoggz that has won the Play On! Street Hockey National Championships 3 times. Vancouver Ball Hoggz players're recognized as "Canada's Greatest Street Hockey Players" during Hockey Night in Canada! =)
The Jagr of ball hockey lol
Tyler079c lol
Tyler079c that's a disgusting comparison
+Patrick Bryan Lol why? It's 2 old dudes playing the game they love. Seems like a fitting comparison.
yes i was thinking the same. an effective older wiser athlete who is still a force in the game, just like Jagr in ice hockey.
Tyler079c yes
Dope documentary! thanks.
I've played against him and let me say its way too hard to get the ball from him, i look up to Smitter!
Right on man. you guys make me want to get back into the sport. the ice hockey vs running sports really doesn't get talked about enough. I grew up playing box lacrosse. it was awesome to me because ice hockey was my off season. 30 second hockey shift truly had nothing compared to a 60-90 second shift in lacrosse running up and down the rink. good luck gents, i'm cheering for you.
ps. dudes got a killer beard.
sikh dangles
Creative!
Ahahahahaha
stinkin lincoln, lol 😂
aye finally some love for ball hockey i play for usa
butter nut I play for canada
TheSuperRayRay1 what age group?
DId you play in Budapest? Our u16 Canadian team beat the Team India one.
butter nut do you earn any money bro?
Sorry to hear that
I’m a 56 year old white guy. Grew up playing road hockey,setback with a football or throwing a baseball on our street. This ball video is awesome. You guys are awesome.Best of luck.We love Nazem Kadri in Toronto. I love this Country
Kadri is a steal, can't believe Toronto only pays him $4.5M. He'd be making 6M at least on any other team!
What does Nazem have to do with team India? His family is from Lebanon.
This is so weird to see how popular ball hockey is for them. Coming from a Canadian kid who played ball hockey for fun and was on the ice a lot.
Yes im Czech, playing hockeyball about 10years and ive to say hocekyball is very popular in Czechia,Slovakia and Switzerland. This was champisoonship in Pilsen and it was amazing for all hockeyball fans that there were so many fans, but it was championship. Average attendance on highest hockeyball league is about 100-200fans, and best players are working as normal people. So its amazaing when they are playing for 9000fans.
I'm Canadian and I just joined a ball hockey league that starts in a couple weeks I'm super hyped for it
I play for Richmond south delta Ball hockey league Surreys always a joy to play
It is interesting because in the UK ball hockey like this is not really a sport at all. Field hockey, which uses a ball but is played outside on a field and is quite difference from ice hockey, is the main form followed by Ice Hockey.
I gotta cop a team India ball hockey jersey
all of us do
Fucken gay
of course a kings fan would comment that
So cool of these boys to do this. They could've easily named themselves something after Sikhism as they're all or most are Sikhs but they're involving the entire Indian community of Canada by naming themselves team India. Well done my boys. Tuhanu mere walon good luck and sat sri akal
HK Z well ppl lyke u have this religion dilemma in ur mind its coz of ppl with ur mindset that there is a religion unrest...they are indians before they are sikhs or any other religion...india is a country of 90% hindus bt irrespective of religion we say we are indians not hindu , muslim , sikhs , christian!!!
@@nik8106895483 They are Sikhs before , after they are Punjabi. None of them are “Indian”. India to most Sikhs reminds us of Sikh genocide, a reason why many of us are here in the west
@@rozqr4320 yes and thats why a lot of the same sikhs join the indian army and serve the nation only a few run away from there motherland to follow there greed for money!
@@nik8106895483 yeah, subserviance, either being used as fodder (dying for your effed up Fascist state) or acceptance in the subjugation, would definitely be enjoyable to the Indian Hindu state and its majority, but the moment we ask for rights, we are either killed( Sikh Genocide , 2,50,000 killed in extrajudicial fake encounters by your great nation) or are incarcerated in Jails on fabricated cases indefinitely. Your hindu majority has forced this exodus on us.
Btw, Rajnath Singh is asking Army for decreasing army recruitment from Sikhs. So, people are rising from the 20 year of propaganda your state has run against our heroes, our shaheeds
@@rozqr4320 first the Indian army is voluntary army u might not know what is sacrificing for the county is but those who join the army knows pretty well next i know what kind of people(sikhs in western countries) they openly hail sikh terrorist from 1984 and all you give this bullshit claims saying this many died that many died we are been oppressed and have never been to india ever in there life and you would neva know how this country works and y even after these many years people of all religions live here together and call them indians unlike so called runaways, you guys ( people who flew away to the west) don’t know your own history and all you do is run this propaganda 🤦🏽♂️
Ah man what a load of cool chaps. Good luck gents!
Agreed
Never stop playing Bro...Good Luck.
This is sick, great work
I had the pleasure of being a referee in a number of tournaments that Smiter took part in. Beyond the fact that he was usually the best player on the rink he was also one of the most respectful and classy players I've ever encountered.
Played a ridiculous amount of ball hockey in the off season in FL. It's expensive to play ice hockey year round in FL, so me and a couple other kids would ball out. I even had bauer street goslie gear....played for hours.
I love seeing ball hockey getting more recognition, it is a tough sport to play, and few people realize that.
In terms of cardio it's probably even tougher than ice hockey.
I am stoked for you guys, I hope you all kill it in June. Rock On!!
Looks a bit like Joe Thornton
Yeah like a mixture of Andreas Anthanasiu and Joe Thornton
*Indo-Canadians are very good at hockey. I mean not professional, but at rec level, there's tons of them. They either all seem to be big fans of hockey and can play well too.*
Jujhar Khaira plays in the NHL for the Oilers, Manny Malhotra was solid too.
Racism doesn’t let them go far
Please more of this! More ball hockey or roller hockey
harps a beast one of the sickest shots , and players ive played against
When I was a kid we played every day. I drove a beater station wagon and we kept everything in the back. After school we played every day and in the winter the ponds froze over so we took to the ice. I’d give just about anything to go back to that time again.
all the best guys!! Wish you all the luck!!! Thanks for representing INDIA!! Respect!
I'm digging this!
I played for the South Surrey Sharks in 1983/4.... great game. Our team wasn't any good, but it was a great time.
Good luck all best eh I love Ball hockey I have not played since November last year... Our team lost and they fell apart... empty promises...play fall... play Spring... never happened... Here I am waiting for a team to give me a chance and believe in me. I just have anxiety especially socially. Hard for me to put myself out there.
wish I had half the heart these guys do.cheers from Hamilton Ontario Canada!
Just put yourself out there. its not the nhl man.. i mean seriously they arent gonna come looking for you, you got to want to play
I've played ice and ball hockey, they both have their ups and downs but they are quite different in terms of play style. Ice hockey is way more fast paced and in my honest opinion, alot more difficult than ball hockey. Not saying that ball hockey isn't hard, it's just not as strenuous and doesn't have alot of the really crippling big hits that are in ice hockey simply due to speed on the ice. Easily the hardest thing in ball hockey is getting used to running, and dekes in the neutral zone (my personal Achilles heel). Passing in ball hockey is superb and easy to go tape-to-tape. If you say Ice hockey is easier because you're skating and not running, that's a clear-as-day example that you've never played a tough game of ice hockey. Just my two cents on the matter. Play whatever the fuck makes you happy and don't listen to dumbasses on the Internet :)
They're both hard as hell, but I feel like with skating you get tiny breaks compared to running. Ball hockey whoops your ass in terms of cardio, even if the hits aren't as hard. The ball has a lot less energy too, so you can be braver about blocking it.
Grew up with this Man and his brother both excellent players ! Worked hard at it ! Great athletes I played with them quiet a bit when I was younger but most of they are good honest Men 🙏❤️
Love seeing these Indian boys spread the sport.
thats my friend harshaan ive known him for 6 years and i always see his dad i saw him today hes on my hockey team
Ethan Caruso is he good
i saw a video from team Czech vs team Slovakia masters world championships and there were thousands of people watching
This is really cool. I am a Canadian, as these guys are. It is heartwarming to see other cultures adopting and loving and growing Canadian culture. Great job guys and best of luck.
How 'bout you guys make a documentary about floorball? Similar, but played without pads and lighter sticks.
Who else plays hi level ball hockey much love to ball hockey ❤️🔥
Love the patched holes in the walls at 2:21 Reminds me of my house growing up!
Awesome! Representing the Indians! Love from Toronto
Great to see everyone new and recent to Canada loving and enjoying hockey.
I love this. The game is growing so well... this video makes me want to switch from ice hockey to ball hockey!
AWESOME STORY!
Damn I wanna play ball hockey now
I've spent many of summer days playing street hockey. We used to have all out wars in the neighborhood
good video. indians have always been good at field hockey, so i can also the comparison to ball hockey. either way, great athletes who have a passion for the game. good luck in june.
When they were playing that clap bom from the blue line game the tendy made a beauty snag
I m not a huge hockey fan but "RESPECT" to these guys!
Love seeing guys going out playing hard in hockey
Best of luck to you all from saskatchewan
Such a chill dude
Never have I ever been so excited to watch ball hockey.... wow.
Smither Kaila would have a killer playoff beard if he played in the NHL
He doesn’t cut his beard already
Cosmo floor hockey league in Saskatoon Sask has the best players in the world
living in Vermont were so close to Canada. I'm super jealous. universal healthcare and hockey rinks everywhere.
nice to see the east indian teams there good ballhockey players
Love our based Indian hockey players!
I’ve never seen a net with no puck makings
this video is so awesome!
massive respect for these guys
Those India jerseys look sick.
Well... I think I'll try to watch that when June rolls around.
This was a great video!! Can u guys do a roller hockey player now, like Jr Cadiz, Greg Thompson, CJ Yoder, or itan chavira?
Lets gO!!!! represent out there boys and best of luck!
How can I get one of their Jerseys?
I grew up playing Hockey, Ice, Street, Roller, if it has Hockey in front of it I played it. I love the game. Keep it going boys great video.
Those team india jerseys are fire.
They have wii u,knee hockey,baseball,basketball,football
very inspirational
Great vid
Do these guys practice in NewEngland because they all had some sort of Boston sports team logo on their clothes or hats.
Julia Chase Naw, they play up in Vancouver
Would love to meet the man, fancy a trip to the Falkland Islands :)
Love it keep going boys
I played ice and roller hockey. I was never good at either even after years of playing. Regardless, this seems as fun as both and woulda love to have played it.
their jerseys are sick
amazing story line
This is great, what a bunch of beauties!
I don't understand why they don't play for Canada if they all live there?
The captain did, but he made this team after retiring from team Canada.
Canada has a ball hockey team as well. These guys formed this team to grow the sport among the Indo-Canadian community, and Team Canada, in anything hockey related, is always loaded.
There was or is an indian playing in the NHL and i didn't know about it? I must be living under a rock.
plays for edmonton ... there have been a handful in the NHL
this is awesome but why no roller skates? makes ball hockey way more fun
Ahhh shit my city
*Ahhh my shit city. FTFY ;)
i'm sorry to hear that
TheSuperRayRay1 is that bad
Same thougjh
samr
Great video!
Smitter is champ
This was awesome.
Oml India is sick a ball hockey that's lit
Wow he looks good for being 43.
Where is part 2?!
I played the same game but it was called FLOOR BALL
what an example this guy is
Vancouver Falcons during PlayOn?
how do I get on team India roster?
How do they make money doing this
FJ707 no idea maybe sponsor's? perhaps they put in lot of the money and effort take it happen. .. I imagine they have support maybe get free air travel and hotels and such.
they don't. most money is raised thru fundraising or self paid
They probably have day jobs and take vacation days when they have tourneys
FJ707 tournaments
FJ707 Vegas has big tournaments paid in teams compete for the pot of money
Sad that he cant represent canada but happy that hes making hockey a global sport
you mean ice hockey or ball hockey not field hockey
mavkor he is eligible to play for Canada. He isn't good enough to play for Canada. But still a nice story.
And I'm happy that he's representing us India ❤
Carl Bochanski he's good enough to play for Canada, they said he played for them for 6 years
Yung Dick sweat this is a fine UA-cam name. Keep up the good work.
i remember playing these indian teams in ball hockey. Im from a mostly white part of vancouver and we just played ball hockey after our ice hockey seasons were over so it was pretty funny playing against them because of how seriously they took it when we'd just try to see how many people on the other team we could dangle in a row.
Dope Doc!
Inspirational.
awesome bring home the ship smiter!
They should try floorball and stop playing with that hot protective gear
Wait my hockey teams name is falcons and we have the exact same logo.
Lower version of ice hockey....Ice hockey is much more interesting
They didn't get a world title this year unfourtunately
They were talking about the nhl but it's ball hockey