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

2.3 SHOOTING

(n) MAKING USE OF LEARNING TOOLS

Making use of tools such as lines or cones to learn certain shot techniques or correct certain errors

See below.

A. To learn a running-in shot with feint (a clear movement to the side rather than a curving movement) place a cone seven metres from the korf. The feint is performed at this cone.

B. If exercise a is not properly executed, a second cone may be used, so that the players have to run around both. The fein­ting movement is therefore unavoidable. After a while, take the cones away: the movement must remain the same.

C. In the same way, simply placing a cone can ensure that a veering-off shot is taken from the correct place.

Cones are actually indispensable at training; they are extremely useful tools, especially while training outdoors. Indoors lines can very often be used for the same purpose.

D. Players who clearly jump forward during their shot often are not aware of this. Make them shoot from behind a line (or even better a cone) and see (or feel) how far they move forward.

E. The same as D is also possible for players who fall backwards or sideways during a shot: put them next to a cone or a line.

F. Attackers must – if they want to receive a pass from under the post for a distance shot – move out of the line of their defender. Many attackers tend to shout to the assist player “throw it over the top.” To force such players to learn to break free, require the attacker to play between two parallel lines, say three metres apart. A pass over the top of the defender is now impossible.

G. Not really a learning tool, but the following titbit is similar. Many people “push” the ball towards the korf, some only by stretching their arms, others by throwing their whole body after the ball. In either case the wrists are not involved. To experience the use of the wrists, ask players to sit on the ground and shoot at a normal korf 3.5 metres high. They feel that pushing is not enough and, in trying something else, automatically begin to use their wrists.

H. For the same problem as G, ask the players to shoot from 20 centimetres in front of the korf. Without a movement of the wrists, they won’t score.