Take "korfball," a co-ed sport dreamed up by a Dutchman that combines elements of netball and soccer but looks something like early basketball. From Wordnik.com. [Are the Dutch Destined to Lose?] Reference
Or why have there not been any movements afoot to change the rules to have every football team consist of six men and five women (or vice versa) in effect making them into mixed-gender teams like the Dutch game of "korfball", a kind of basketball played by three men and two women on the same team in which, however, only men can guard men and women can play against women thus in essence perpetuating the gender apartheid within this game itself?. From Wordnik.com. [Andrei Markovits: The Last Legitimate Bastion of "Separate but Equal"] Reference
Maybe korfball would have become more popular than netball. From Wordnik.com. [New Holland « The expat numbat: from AU to NL] Reference
My colleague is now at korfball camp, teaching kids how to play, however I was not allowed to attend sadly. From Wordnik.com. [Netball? « The expat numbat: from AU to NL] Reference
The nearest game happened to be in Tilburg, so after a 30 minute train ride and a 40 minute walk (complete with some New York Pizza slices), we were standing next to a makeshift korfball field, i.e., some rope pinned to the ground for the boundaries and some moveable goalposts stuck in the ground in the right spot (I guess). From Wordnik.com. [Netball? « The expat numbat: from AU to NL] Reference
YOUNGSTERS have been given a taster of what it is like to play korfball. From Wordnik.com. Reference
He would have accompanied the national korfball team on their tour to New Zealand in November. From Wordnik.com. [News24] Reference
I planned to ride the Freecross to my korfball training session , but the rain was so torrential it was called off. From Wordnik.com. [The Guardian World News] Reference
Baseball is not a national pastime among the Dutch, who prefer soccer and the mixed-gender Euro wackiness of korfball. From Wordnik.com. [Tyee - Home] Reference
You name it -- from acrobatics to yachting, with stuff like boomerang throwing, gymkhana, jousting, korfball, and wushu in between -- if it's a sport, it's in here. From Wordnik.com. [AvaxHome RSS:] Reference
Athletes competed in water skiing, korfball, and gymnastics: rhythmic, tumbling, acrobatics, trampoline and tumbling, as part of the pre-event series, which will conclude in Nov. 8. From Wordnik.com. [Digital50.com Digital 50 Daily Industry News RSS Feed] Reference
One of the national sports here is korfball. From Wordnik.com. [Netball? « The expat numbat: from AU to NL] Reference
A game of korfball. From Wordnik.com. [Are the Dutch Destined to Lose?] Reference
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