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

2.04 ASSISTING

(b) ASSIST FROM FURTHER FROM THE KORF

Exercise in assisting the running-in shot further from the korf

Four per korf with a ball and a cone. They work in rotation (rebound, assist, shoot etc.)

A. The cone is placed six me­tres diagonally away from the korf. The assist for the running-in shot is always gi­ven from this position.    

B. As A, but now the cone is a further five metres away.

It is not easy to pass the ball accurately in B. The shooter should run quickly.

C. As B, but now the cone is on the other side of the korf and the pass should be given with the other hand.

D. As C, but the pass should be given overhand with a straight arm.

E. As D, but now from the other side with the other hand.

F. Now the assist player has a defender who makes the pass difficult, though not impossible. Otherwise as A.

Practise with a defender giving passes in different ways from different positions.

G. As F, but now defending at 100 per cent (a little body contact is not undesirable).

H. A “switch” situation: the defender is told to prevent a goal from being scored. (S)he goes to defend the shooter but this leaves the assist player free to shoot.

I. The defender now tries to defend both attackers. Feinting movements may therefore be used to fool the attackers, the defender not necessarily switching opponents. The assist player must judge quickly as only one shooting chance is allowed: either pass for the running-in shot, or shoot oneself.

J. As I, but now the ball may be played between the attackers. The assist player may move, and therefore the running-in shooter does not know exactly where the ball should be played.

In this exercise we come to another type of assist. If the “switch” leads to the shooter being defended, then the pass must be given in movement, probably with a quarter or half turn. Above all, the pass is normally given following a jump in the air – a difficult technique!