Marcello stories... (about how korfbal is presented in Brazil)

Korfebol (which is how the Brasilians spell korfball): modality is the new habit of the Petropolitans (inhabitants of Rio de Janeiro) in Brazil

Mayor Paulo Mustrangi talks with korfebol teacher Marcello Bepi Soares. Marcello brought korfebol to Brazil. The sport is already played by the children of the city, who play with former-athlete Robson Caetano.

In the city of Rio, "Korfebol" is getting to be more and more wellknown. Last March 20th, the modality was present in the leisure area in the Avenue Koeler, to teacher's Janine Meireles and Márcia Ladvocat of the commission of projects of the Municipal General office of Sports and Leisure. Korfebol is a sport from Dutch origin, that has been introduced in Brazil by teacher Marcello Bepi Soares and Cláudio Ferreira. Besides having a pedagogic element, the sport doesn't just focus on competitiveness, but on people's inclusion and their personal qualities. Macello tells:

“It is impossible to practice the korfebol sport and not to fall in love with it. In this sport all the apprentices play with an equal amount of participation (different from other modalities where the most skilled have all of the chances and the others are excluded). In korfebol we dont make a distinctions between sex, height or force.
All are welcome to play korfebol, which is a cooperative game. The representatives in Brazil, teachers Marcello Bepi Soares and Claudio Ferreira were present to the event, teaching the modality and even making mayor Paulo Mustrangi play korfebol. At the end of the presentation the teachers thanked everyone for the opportunity to show the Dutch sport to the petropolitans.”

Korfebol is a choice of sports that incorporates sensational dynamic sport characteristics. For the last 10 years korfebol has been highlighted mostly within schools.

“Right now our objective is to grow the korfebol sport in Petrópolis. For that we are trying to start a partnership with the City hall, which is close to the municipal plan of sports. We also try to find a place for korfebol in the Street of Leisure; on Sundays in the Avenue Koeler. We are also looking for partnerships close to the schools and the sporting spaces of the city so that the modality can grow more quickly. More details on the sport can be found in the Brazilian popularization blog.”