KORFBALL

Korfball is a sport of Dutch origin which is played two teams whose objective is to put the ball into the basket. It is a game which is played in mixed teams (four men and four women). ou can!t move forward with the ball in your hand (like in "merican football) and you can!t move forward either bouncing or dribbling (like in basketball)# you can only move forward through passes between partners.

BASIC RULES FIELD, BASKET AND BALL

$ Surface: It!s played in a rectangular %one of &'x(' meters# which is divided in two e)ual %ones by a center line. $ Posts: *hey will put each one in a %one of the field# at +#, meters from the end line. *he baskets will be put at -#, meters of height over the posts. $ Ball: It must be a number , football ball# preferably black and white# and with a weight between &(, y &., grams.

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TIME OF THE GAME

" korfball match consists of two parts# (' minutes each# with a short break of ten minutes.

PLAYERS AND THEIR POSITIONS

Each team has 8 players. In each zone there are two male players and two female players.

$ *he number of players registered by the referee is /'. $ 0eplacements1 *he changes are free. $ 2layer!s position1 Attack formation: group of & players# two men and two women that have to attack. *hey take up half field. Defense formation: group of & players# two men and two women that have to defend. *hey take up the other half field.

OBJECTIVES
he o!"ecti#e is to score the !all into the !asket at a hei$ht of %&' meters. he team that $ets more points at the end of the play time will !e the winner of the match.

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( )*A+,E -. /-+E: 3ach two baskets# there will be a change of %one and functions1 defenders pass to the attack and attackers pass to defend. ( )--PE0A I-+: ou can!t walk or move with the ball in your hands or play individually. *his obliges the rest of the team to play and avoid the individual game of one only player. $ +- 1I-2E+)E: *echni)ue and agility are more important than physical strength and dirty play. ou can!t stop the free movement of your opponent deliberately or not. ( 3I4 P2A5: ou can!t defend an opposite sex player# either to avoid a throw to basket or a pass. ( +- SPE)IA2I/A I-+: 3ach two baskets# there will be done a change of %one and functions. In this way there aren!t fixed positions for the players. ( S6I22: ou have to be unmarked to throw to basket.

THROWINGS
.oul: "ll fouls are drawn from the place where they were committed. Penalty: 4hen a player is going to score a basket with a good opportunity to score and a fault is committed to him5her# the referee will set a penalty. 2enalty is thrown from the (#, meters line in front of the post.

-ut !all: " ball is out when it touches the side line# the end line# the floor# the ceiling or an object which is out of the field.

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ITS NOT ALLOWED

o touch a player of the other team. *o hit the ball with the fist. *o run with the ball. *o take or snatch the ball out of the opponent hands. *o obstruct# push o hit to the opponent. o play with #iolence. " defense player can!t throw to the basket. *o touch the ball with the feet. *o defend a player of another sex or someone who is defended already. o $i#e the !all in the partner hands# we must pass it. *o play the ball individually. o hold the !all more than 7 seconds. o play out of your own zone.

BASIC PHYSICAL QUALITIES AND MOTOR QUALITIES IN KORFBALL

In a korfball match you use the following 6asic 2hysical 7ualities1 3i8 aero!ic9anaero!ic endurance: you can resist some short efforts of great intensity with break (anaerobic) and# at the same time# you can be playing for (' minutes which the match lasts (aerobic). E8plosi#e stren$th: it!s the capacity we use to overcome a resistance or a small weight in a )uick way. It!s call 8power9 too. :or example# jumps# throwing# etc. ,estural speed: It!s the capacity of making a gesture as little time as possible (sport technical gestures like passes and throwing). 0ate of reaction: It!s the capacity of responding to one stimulus in the shortest possible time. Dynamic fle8i!ility: ;ake easier the maximum stretching of muscles and joints involved in a movement.

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MOTOR QUALITIES
6esides# the following motor )ualities1 *and(eye coordination: movements in which a sport action is made relating the eyesight to the upper limbs. A$ility: It allows to make a sport action in the )uickest and most precise way possible.

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P. Santamarta // Dpto. Educacin Fsica // I.E.S. El Astillero. Traducido por A. Santiago