Draft rules for Beach Korfball

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At its recent Congress – 25 and 26 October 2013 – held in Lisbon (POR) the IKF announced that it will, in the coming months, be rolling out draft rules for different korfball disciplines.

The first of these sets of rules are the Rules for Beach Korfball. Designed to be played 3 vs 3 at the highest level, or 4 vs 4 at recreation level, the game is expected to be played with a field size of 18 m x 9 m or 20 m x 10 m, no halfway line, two posts set in from the ends like the traditional variant of the game and in four quarters of 2 1/2 minutes . Teams will consist of 3 male and 3 female players and unlimited substitutions will be allowed.

The IKF member countries are being encouraged to try out these new draft rules and feed back their experiences so that a final set of rules can be put in place by the end of 2014.

Under ‘Documents‘ and ‘Playing Rules‘ these Draft Rules for Beach Korfball are published.

IKF Level IV “High Performance Coach” Course great success

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The IKF Master Coach Clinic in Dordrecht, The Netherlands was very intense. The 12 participants and 7 the tutors worked hard during 5 days. The agenda covered many topics relevant for the “High Performance Coach” working in the area of topkorfball.

The participants arrived Tuesday 27 August from 9 countries.  The longest trips were made by Inglish Huang from Chinese Taipei and Warman Cheng from HongKong. But attendants from Russia, Germany, Belgium, England, Czech Republic, Catalonia, and Portugal contributed as well.

Sunday 1 September this part of the course came to an end. In the next few months the attendants will work at home on their ‘homework’. The reactions from attendants were positive; “this adds to my coach qualities”, “excellent to communicate with coaches from other countries”, good to learn from very experienced international coaches”, good to discover the facilities of software to analyse korfball matches”.

Project manager Ben Crum was very satisfied and tired after five heavy days.

Frans Walvis, IKF Senior Vice-President, was present on the last day to express the great value of this course in the light of the IKF strategy; 6 countries should compete for the highest places in the IKF elite events. Walvis mentioned to the participants: “Have a safe journey home and spread the word that this course is a valuable asset in further developing your coach abilities and will help you to improve the level of play in your home country. Tell other countries as well that this course is available”. Of course Walvis took the opportunity to thank project manager Ben Crum, the KNKV and Albert Vidanya from the IKF for their great efforts in this success.

Korfball moves forward with rule changes

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The Council of the International Korfball Federation has announced a series of rule changes as part of the continual improvement to further develop the world’s only mixed team sport. The changed rules come into effect on 1 September 2013.

The most striking change is to allow competition rules to prescribe that players may re-enter the game after having been substituted. The rule change should allow teams to better protect their athletes against injuries in intensive tournaments. The rule change has been designed such that there is no interruption in the game, and furthermore such that the all-round skills character of the game is maintained: players will have to play in both attack and defence at least once before they can be taken out.

In the coming days, the Council will be also announcing new rules for beach korfball, which allows the game to be played on a smaller court similar in size to a beach volleyball court.

The Council is also working to launch a fourth discipline of the game. Besides (indoor) korfball (8vs8), there is currently outdoor korfball (played on grass or artificial turf) (8vs8) and beach korfball (3vs3 or 4vs4). The council is preparing the launch of a small game, probably 4vs4, later this year.

This text was issued today in an IKF Press Release.

Changes in the Rules of Korfball to take effect from 1 Sept 2013

Explanation of the Changes in Playing Rules to come into effect on1 September 2013

The World Games korfball program online

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The World Games korfball program is online.

Of course you may follow the korfball event during the World Games in Cali, Colombia through the IKF online scoring software system directly attached to the jury table in the korfball venue in Cali.

Follow the link: Korfball in the World Games 2013 in Cali

As well there is a free of charge app available to follow this and all other international korfball events on your smartphone: World Korfball for Android.

Exciting weekend ahead for Oceania Youth

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Australia and New Zealand korfball’s future stars will meet next weekend in Melbourne, Victoria as Korfball Australia organises an U16 Development Tournament and Camp.

Participants from the Australian states of Victoria and South Australia and the New Zealand region of Canterbury have been preparing for the event, which will combine a tournament for U16 teams with a programme of skills and game awareness development, under the guidance of some of the region’s most experienced coaches.

Part of the IKF’s Year of the Youth project, the event will take place alongside Korfball Australia’s 2013 National Club Championship, at 
Whitten Oval Stadium, West Footscray, Melbourne, Victoria on 8-9 June.

If successful, IKF Oceania intends that this will become an annual event, providing young korfballers from throughout the region with a focus for their development and a memorable weekend that will increase their enthusiasm and commitment for korfball.

Korfball Promotion Tour Australia

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This tour is sponsored by IKF and KNKV and looks forward to receive applications from players in Europe that are willing to travel to Australia for a combination of clinics and tourism in some of the main cities. IKF instructor Mr. Edwin Bouman is in charge of this project together with Korfball Australia, in order to recruit 12 players according to the following conditions:

 – Playing at international level Seniors or U23,  or playing at lowest in Overgangsklasse/ Reserve Hoofdklasse standard in the Dutch competition.
– Good communication level in english.
– Good enthusiasm and coaching skills.
The tour will last for 3 weeks, from 22nd June until 15th July and “Promotion Team” will visit cities like Sydney, Melbourne and Adelaide. Australian Korfball Association will take care of the accommodation and different arrangements together with Australian clubs listed in the tour. Details of the trip as well as flight schedules conditions are managed by Mr. Bouman. If anyone is interested please contact him before 20th April 2013.

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U16 Korfball World Cup

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10 Countries will compete in the U16 Korfball World Cup 2013.

This international korfball tournament for players under 16 will be held in the sports centre “Dioscuren” Schijndel Saturday 16  and Sunday 17 March 2013. The KNKV assisted by the local club ‘De Boemerang’ organises this youth event. It is patronized by the International Korfball Federation (IKF).

To compose the pools, the latest IKF under 16 ranking has been used and resulted in the following groupings:

Group A:   The Netherlands, England , Russia , Hungary and Catalonia.

Group B:   Chinese Taipei, Belgium, Germany, Czech Republic, Belarus and District South

U19 Korfball World Cup

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The 18th U19 Korfball World Cup, an IKF patronised event, organised by the Royal Dutch Korfball Federation (KNKV) will take place between 28 and 31st March 2013 in Leeuwarden, The Netherlands.