Modern Times and Korfball

In the Netherlands Korfball is played in two zones with the playing rules as the IKF prescribes.
Only the youth under 10 years plays a different form: one - zone - korfball. (In my opinion it should be better that the youth till 14 years old, plays one-zone- korfball)

In the Netherlands we have two competitions: inside (sport hall) and outside on the grass.

In the south of the Netherlands there is also a discipline of Korfball that is not mixed but only played by women. They call that women korfball. Nowadays these ladies want to develop internationally but are hindered by the IKF since the IKF rightly insists on the basic principle that Korfball is "the only mixed sport in the world".
Still there are some ways for women to realize their international ambitions. This is possible, even on the umbrella of the KNKV.
1. They can join the Netball ladies or
2. They go for their own brand and give the discipline its own name. I suggest "SHEball".

KNKV is an association with many members with different motives for doing korfball. Not everyone likes to play for the result and the best performance.
Not everyone loves to join the league every week.
The fun of playing and playing in a team is another legal objective.
Other legal objectives are "korfball as teamsport is healthy", or "korfball for recreation after work gives satisfaction.
These motives and objectives put new demands on the KNKV and clubs.
This means that the KNKV has to review the idea that competition is the core business of the association. The thinking of the pyramid is just not fitting for all the members.
Now KNKV has to look for other forms than competitions and other disciplines.
I suggest monokorfbal on the beach , in the pitch, on the street with playing rules like ice-hockey where lines can come in and can go out.
I suggest street korfball as 2 against 2 around one post.
I suggest fun forms like the acrobatic korfball. (see the movie of MKBA)
Also the new information technology gives new chances for styling korfball and being involved in Korfball in a modern way.
I hope that my readers has more suggestions?
I hope that IKF will look for more and new disciplines in our sport Korfball?

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.