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Korfball (Dutch: Korfbal) is a mixed gender team ball game, similar to mixed netball. It is played in 57 countries. The sport is very popular amongst others in both the Netherlands, Belgium, Chinese Taipei and many others on all continents. A team consists of four (4) men and four (4) women. How to playKorfball is played indoors or outdoors on a court divided into halves called zones. In each zone is a post (3.5m (11.5 ft), shorter for children) with a basket at the top. This is positioned two thirds of the distance between the center line and the back of the zone. The ball is in size similar to that used in football (soccer) but with more grip and bounce. Players score by throwing the ball through the other team's basket. After two goals the teams change zones: defenders become attackers and attackers become defenders. At half-time teams swap halves. Men and women play side by side, but duels are man to man and woman to woman. One man may guard one man and one woman may guard one woman. A woman may not defend a man nor may a man defend a woman. Each team tries to score using tactics. The rules prevent physical strength dominating the game. Blocking, tackling and holding are not allowed. Nor is kicking or punching the ball. A player may not attempt to score when defended. That occurs when the defender is closer to the basket and facing his opponent, and is at arm's length and attempting to block the ball. HistoryNico Broekhuysen, a Dutch school teacher, learned a game called ringboll in Sweden in 1902. Ringboll was the Swedish name for netball, called that because they used s simple ring rather than a net. Points are scored in ringboll by throwing the ball through a ring attached to a 3m post. Broekhuysen replaced the ring with a basket (for which the Dutch word is "korf" or "mand") and simplified the rules. They included letting men and women play at the same time. From Wikipedia under the
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Is Korfball an Olympic sport? Why or Why not? Q. Is Korfball an Olympic sport? Why or Why not? Asked by Betzy - Mon May 19 06:38:43 2008 - - 2 Answers - 0 Comments A. No korfball fails to meet the 1st major criteria to be an Olympic Test for the reason it only has 54 affiliated members and in order to meet the criteria of universality a sport at least has to have 75 members over 4 continents ,since Korfball is a gender mixed sport Women's criteria numbers don't come into play, then it fails to meet the criteria. Korfball is an Olympic recognized sport. Since the IOC capped Olympic sports at 28 and there's only 2 open spots for 2016 Summer games I say Korfball prospects are highly unlikely of becoming a future Olympic sport. It's just not a universally played sport after all Belgium and the Netherlands have played in all the World Championships. Sports that made the list for the vote of what 2… [cont.] Answered by MR.OLYMPIA - Mon May 19 13:15:30 2008 well can anyone tell me all the rules to korfball, like sombody who has played it and nos a lot about it? plz! Q. well can anyone tell me all the rules to korfball, like sombody who has played it and nos a lot about it? plz! Asked by nick s - Fri Feb 9 13:04:51 2007 - - 1 Answers - 0 Comments A. How to play Korfball is played either indoors or outdoors on a court divided into two halves called zones. In each zone there is a post (3.5m, shorter for the young) with a basket at the top. This is positioned at two thirds of the distance between the centre line and the back of the zone.The ball is similar to the one used for association football. There are two teams, each consisting of eight players: two men and two women of each team in each zone (attack and defense). Players score by throwing the ball through the other team's basket. After two goals the teams change zones: the defenders become attackers and attackers defenders. At half-time the teams swap halves of the court. History Nico Broekhuysen, a Dutch school teacher, learnt… [cont.] Answered by B - Fri Feb 9 13:39:22 2007 What if any former Olympic (modern) sports would you like to see brought back?
Q. Baseball Cricket Croquet Lacrosse Golf Pelote Basque Polo Power Boat Racing Rugby Softball Tug of War Demonstration sports Bowling Boules Korfball Rink-Hockey (Roller Hockey) Water Skiing Diciplines- Cross Country, Underwater Swimming Men's Under Water Swimming was in the 1900 Paris Olympics. This was the only occasion this event was held. There is however a new sport of underwater fin swimming. This is a IOC recognised sport and is competed at the World Games. Asked by MR.OLYMPIA - Thu Jul 26 17:00:29 2007 - - 12 Answers - 0 Comments A. rugby Answered by Alam mercant - Thu Jul 26 17:03:14 2007 From Yahoo Answer Search: "Korfball"  nottskorfball.co.uk bigal Mon, 25 May 2009 20:41:24 GM For making the event a real showcase of . korfball. , thanks are due to the players, coaches and managers of all the teams, to the referees of course (David Bond, Paul Jeanes, Steve Jones, Liam Clarke, Jackie Hoare, Azi Sieber, ...  sa.korfball.org.au Korfball SA hu, 21 May 2009 21:17:00 GM Hi all,. Round 2 results and league tables are attached. Last week I didn t think anyone would get close to either Arista or Boomers in the A grade, but I have to eat my words this week. Sikopi, coached again by Karen Zilm, ... nottskorfball.co.uk Ian Walker Wed, 08 Apr 2009 19:36:45 GM Tigers Korfball Newsletter April / May 2009. New logos .. What do you think ?? Nottingham Korfball Club has some great, new logos ! We re using this one for the juniors, among other things, as it actually shows a post and players, ... From Google Blog Search: "Korfball" |
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