First, there was basketball. Then the Commonwealth nations had Netball. Then there was Korfball. Korfball, as you can imagine, is not nearly as well known as any of the aforementioned two sports.
Well, after hearing about Korfball at Saturday's basketball competition against HKU, I decided I should check it out. Being in Hong Kong, playing basketball isn't exactly deviating from the United States experience. Sure, I'm dealing with language difficulties, but basketball itself is a large part of our shared international cultures.
Ergo, Korfball. Just to try something different. And I figured what the heck, the variation shouldn't be that different from basketball. The differences are subtle and because of such, it could potentially affect my basketball training negatively. Nonetheless, Korfball was interesting, and per the nature of the game, the locals were very friendly. Also, Korfball is intentionally a "mixed-gender" game, where the team is composed of 4 men and 4 women which made it kind of fun and light-hearted. It's a non-contact sport without a backboard and freedom to shoot from 360 degrees around the 3.50 meter high hoop (basketball is 3.05 meters high). Another difference between Korfball and Basketball, is you can't dribble or run with the ball. You also can't take a shot if you are being guarded well so you really have to use strategics to get you or your teammate open for a shooting opportunity.
Will I return next week? I'm leaning towards it.
I still craaaave Ultimate. And Volleyball...
13 Nov 2010 - HKUST Women's Basketball vs. HKU
相信自己! 加油!
ReplyDeleteso, 'you can dribble or run with the ball' means as soon as you catch the ball, you have to stop and throw the ball to your teammate? sounds interesting
ReplyDeletethanks for explaining, I know there's such a sports going on on campus, but always don't know what is it, kinda because they block the view when they are training :(
haha craving for ultimate too ! yay
btw, i'm michael, weixiang xu is my chinese name :D
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