Broomball is a popular recreational sport played on ice. It originated in Canada and is now played around the world. It is played in a hockey rink, either indoors or outdoors, depending on climate and location.

There are two teams in a game of broomball, each consisting of six players: a goaltender and five others. The object of the game is to score more goals than your opponent. Goals are scored by hitting the ball into your opponent's net using your broom.

Tactics and plays are similar to those used in sports such as ice hockey, roller hockey and floorball. Players hit a small ball around the ice with a stick called a "broom." The broom may have a wooden or aluminum shaft and has a rubber-molded triangular head similar in shape to that of a regular broom.

Players wear rubber-soled shoes instead of skates, and the ice is prepared in such a way that it is smooth and dry to improve traction. Outside North America, broomball is often mistaken for the sport of curling possibly due to the "broom" reference in the name, although the only similarities between the two are that they are both played on ice and players don't wear ice skates.

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