Korfball is the only mixed team sport in the world. It is a team sport that both boys and girls can play together on equal terms, encouraging both teamwork and co-operation.

How is it played?
There are eight players in a Korfball team, four boys and fourgirls. The court is split into two halves and to start the game the team is split into two groups of four (two male and two female) at each end of the court. These groups swap roles after every two goals scored.

Korfball's Key Rule: No shooting whilst 'defended'. This is very much the key to the whole game. In sports like basketball and netball (of which Korfball is often wrongly described as a 'cross between') you can just dump a tall player under the basket or net and just keep delivering the ball up to them. Not so in Korfball!

Basically an attacker is considered to be 'defended' when an opponent of the same sex fulfils the following three criteria;

• They are between the attacker and the basket.
• They are within arms length of the attacker.
• They are actively trying to block the ball.

So even if you are seven feet tall you can only shoot in Korfball if you are 'free' of your defender, which means you have to run around and co-operate with your team to create scoring chances like the rest of us.

Korfball is an exciting sport and because few people have even heard of it, almost all players at university level are beginners. This allows coaches to start from scratch and build up a squad of players who are friends as well as team mates.

Feel free to come along to one of our training sessions at Sports Centre Wednesday 5.00pm to 7.00pm or Thursady 7.00pm to 8.00pm in sports hall 1a.

Contact Us

Club Captain: Dan Barron
Email: leeds_korfball@hotmail.co.uk
Website: http://www.leeds.ac.uk/union/sports/korfball/index.php