Section 1

• 1 The Basics

Section 2

• 2 Individual Korfball Skills

BREAKING FREE AND COLLECTIVE PLAY

• 2.1a Collective Play Without Opponents
• 2.1b Breaking Free In Groups Of Five
• 2.1c Tenball
• 2.1d Breaking Free in Groups of Four
• 2.1e Square Exercise in Threes
• 2.1f Breaking Free and Collective Play
• 2.1g Passing Movements in Four Squares
• 2.1h Breaking Free by the Line

INDIVIDUAL DEFENCE

• 2.2a Following in Pairs
• 2.2b Attack and Defence
• 2.2c Defending Given Movements
• 2.2d Intercepting the Ball in Defence
• 2.2e Shot Blocking
• 2.2f Following the Trainer
• 2.2g Making Passing Difficult

SHOOTING

• 2.3a Standard Exercise in a Group of Three
• 2.3b Developing the Standard Exercise in Groups of Three
• 2.3c Groups of Four with a Fixed Defender
• 2.3d More Difficult Types of Shot
• 2.3e Types of Shot for Assisting Players
• 2.3f Circuits Around the Korf
• 2.3g Shooting in Pairs
• 2.3h Assist from Four Metres Diagonally in Front of the Korf
• 2.3i Assist from 10 Metres in Front of the Korf
• 2.3j Trio
• 2.3k Difficult Running-In Shots
• 2.3l Point Shooting
• 2.3m Two Korfs Opposite Each Other
• 2.3n Shot Circuits
• 2.3o Shooting while Combining
• 2.3p Lineshooting
• 2.3q Carrot and Stick Shooting
• 2.3r Hunt the Korf
• 2.3s Shooting from the Assist Position
• 2.3t Shot Circuits

ASSISTING

• 2.4a Exercising in Groups of Three
• 2.4b Assist from Further from the Korf
• 2.4c Assisting Distance Shots
• 2.4d Gaining the Assist Position
• 2.4e Doubles
• 2.4f Assist in Game Situations

REBOUNDING

• 2.5a Rebounding During Shooting exercises
• 2.5b Learning Timing and Looking
• 2.5c Competing Under the Korf
• 2.5d Rebounding from a Front Defending Position
• 2.5e Rebounding from Away from the Post

INDIVIDUAL ATTACK

• 2.6a Basic Exercise in Threes
• 2.6b Attack/Defence
• 2.6c Scoring from One Chance
• 2.6d Standard Attacking Movements
• 2.6e Four Against Two
• 2.6f Keeping Busy

Section 3

• 3 Korfball

Section 4

• 4 Miscellaneous

• Home

2.02 INDIVIDUAL DEFENCE

(b) ATTACK AND DEFENCE

One on one defence exercises with korf

Groups of three with a ball and a post. Number 1 attacks, Number 2 defends and Number 3 assists and rebounds. Change functions every 30-45 seconds. The exercise can also be performed in groups of four, but then requires less stamina.

A. Number 1 attacks as well as possible, supported by Number 3. Number 2 defends in such a way that no running-in shots can be made. Can the defender prevent the attacker from scoring?

B. As A, but now the defender cannot allow any shot from closer than 6 metres. This development makes the defender’s task a little more difficult.

C. Number 1 attacks as well as possible with the defender’s job being not to allow any distance shots.

For most korfballers this is an unnatural option, but they must follow the attacker, even far from the post, where the risk of a running-in shot is, indeed, great. The objective of this exercise is to give the defenders a feeling for how far they can go with their attacker.

D. Normal attack and defence. The defenders must defend in the way that they think most effective for conceding the fewest possible goals. Which of the three concedes the fewest goals in 45 seconds?

Change the opponents frequently. Playing against different attackers makes an enormous difference to this exercise.

E. The attacker continues as before but now the defender must try to intercept the ball. This can be achieved through the positioning of the arms (held high or to the side) taking up a different position (with one eye on the attacker and one on the assist player) or even by defending with one’s back to the attacker. The latter is very risky....

F. As D, but now the defender can choose to try to intercept the ball.