Korfball is a Dutch sport invented in 1902 that involves teams of 4 males and 4 females passing a ball and attempting to shoot it into a raised basket. The field is divided into attack and defense sections, and teams switch sides every 2 goals. Players on defense must guard opponents of the same gender and try to block shots with their hands raised. Fouls result in game resumption, free passes, or penalties depending on severity. The goal is teamwork and accuracy in shooting baskets while following basic rules around movement, defending, and out-of-bounds balls.

1. korfbal
By Björn, Mitchell & Judith

2. introduction
• Korfbal since 1902
• A team 8: player 4 girls & 4 boys
• 2 sections: defence and attack
• Change sides every 2 goals

3. korfball
intro
• Korfball is a typical Dutch sport. Nico Broekhuysen came up with this game
in 1902. He was in Sweden were he saw the Swedish ringboll, then he came
up with the variant korfball. Korfball is one of the sports where boys and girls
play together.
• Korfball is a ball game and the goal is to throw the ball in the basket. Korfball
is played in 2 sections: an attack section and a defence section. In both
sections stands a post with a basket on 3,5 meters above the ground. The field
of the seniors is 60 by 30 meters and the game takes 2 halfs of 35 minutes.
• A korfballteam has 8 players, 4 boys and 4 girls. In each section stand 2 girls
and boys. One team of four forms the attack section and the other four forms
the defence section. When one of the teams score 2 times, the teams have to
switch to the other side. So when it’s 1-1, the attack section walks to the other
side and they become the defence. And exactly the same with the defence
section.

4. attack
• Play the ball around, not walk with the ball
• To score
~ Shot
~ doorloper

5. Defence
• Follow your opponent with your arm up
• Ladies → ladies
• Men → men

6. Fouls
• Game resum: by a light offense
• Free bal: by a heavier offense
• Penalty:

7. Attack, defense and fouls
The attack section
• The goal is by playing together to get the ball into the basket. It is not allowed
to walk with the ball in your hands. There are two ways to score. A runner ore
a shot. (uitleg filmpje) A goal counts when it’s scored in the top of the basket
and when it’s not defended.
The defence section
• In the defence is it the intention to follow your opponent. When he or she tries
to shoot, you can block it by raising your hands in the sky. (=flimpje) As a girl
you may defend all the girls in your section and the boys may defend all the
boys in there section.
Fouls
• Game resume:
• by a light offense like walking, pushing your opponent or your hand on the
ball while defencing, then there wil be a game resume on the place where the
offense was. The person how may take the game resume may not be
abstructed by the opponent.

8. Other simple rules
• Ball over the line
• defending

9. free ball and other rules.
• By a heavier offense, be awarded a free ball. Example: smash the ball out of
the oponnent’s hands. 1 Player from the attacksquare may stand at a distence
from 2.5 metres from the basket. The other players may not stand closer then
2.5 metres to that men. When the whistle blows that men has got 4 seconds to
throw the ball to one of his teammates and if it can get the ball back and score.
The players may walk into the 2.5 metres when the ball is moving.
Penalty.
• If the opponents defender makes a foul, your team gets a penalty. 1 player
may stand 2.5 metres from the basket and take a free shot. All the other
players must stand 2.5 metres from the shooter or the basket. When the whistle
blows the shooter has got 4 seconds to shoot the ball into the basket. If the
other players walk to the basket before the shooter trows the ball, then the
penalty may took again.
The ball over the line.
• When the ball rolls over the line, it’s the same rule like football: who last
touched the ball don’t get the throw in, but the other team gets the throw in.
defending.
• A a shot to the basket is only defended when the distence between the shooter
and the defender is an arm’s lenght.

10. The end