Techniques of Korfball skills

Modifications of Korfball skills

“The good teacher has a method; the great teacher has many.
The good teacher prescribes; the great teacher diagnoses, evaluates, and then prescribe."

In learning korfball skills players have to face laws, principles and preferences.

a. Law is a statement of a scientific fact that is invariable under given conditions. Example: The shot can only become a goal when the ball reaches a level that is higher than 3.50 metres
b. Principles which belong to Korfball skills are fundamentals like balance, body direction, timing of the movement. See photo: don't jump as a defender.
c. Preferences are the personal choices of formats of shooting, passing and catching and other technical actions. See photo: prefence of attacker: passing with her left hand (in this stiuation).
Now a days we discuss what the best form (technique) of the assist is: Is that a pass with one hand (see: dalto player, Jet Brandsma) or is it an overhead pass with two hands (see basketball). The principle is the assist should go from high to high!

The descriptions of the format of Korfball skills was for a long time a not transformable prescription by the trainer.
Nowadays we see that skills are changing and that players experiment with new skills.
Technique in Korfball has been developed by the following facts:
a. Everybody has to cope with natural laws. The laws are absolute and work regardless of personal style or methodology.
b. The technique of korfball has been developed by trial and error during the matches.
c. The best and most successful players were seen as role models for the way technique should be done. See: “Korfball made simple and present stars”
d. In the match the players are confronted with the playing rules. When the playing roles changed then there was space for a little change of the techniques.
f. The influence of new players from “new korfball countries” and the influence of other sports have contributed to modifications of skills.
g. Trainers develop an open mind to new experiments. Trainers change their attitudes by seeing the new techniques and they try to diagnose the value of new modifications.