11 & 12 December 2021
When Kees Verhoeven, Head Coach of the Irish National team, travels all the way to Switzerland for a training, you can be sure it is going to be a good one. As part of a Korfball clinic, he taught our players everything from how to improve our passing and shooting to game tactics and further Korfball tips and tricks. Kees, who is also a former coach of several youth teams in the biggest club of The Netherlands, PKC, was able to help us a great deal. With his encouraging attitude and great sense of humour, he taught and entertained us the entire afternoon and he had great advice not only for new players, but also for the more experienced. After the strenuous training, we enjoyed a well-deserved dinner at Frau Gerold’s Garten. We’d like to thank Kees again for his brilliant Clinic!
The following day, we had a match day, where Basel, Zurich, and one delegate from Lausanne met for some friendly matches. We could put the theory from Kees right into practice and get some further Korfball advice from him. After several mixed games, we had a final battle: boys against girls. Both teams put up a great fight to a 5-5 score. The match was then won by the girls in a penalty shootout. More pictures can be found online.