{"id":245,"date":"2026-10-02T06:48:28","date_gmt":"2026-10-02T06:48:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/borderlessadvice.com\/?post_type=ba_guide&#038;p=245"},"modified":"2026-10-02T06:48:28","modified_gmt":"2026-10-02T06:48:28","slug":"korfbal-netherlands","status":"publish","type":"ba_guide","link":"https:\/\/borderlessadvice.com\/?ba_guide=korfbal-netherlands","title":{"rendered":"Korfbal in the Netherlands: a Dutch sport and how to try it"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ba-lead wp-block-paragraph\">Korfbal was developed in the Netherlands and is one of the clearest examples of a sport newcomers may rarely have encountered elsewhere. It is a team ball sport built around scoring through a high basket (<em>korf<\/em>) and has a long mixed-gender tradition.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How to try it<\/h2><ol><li>Search for a local <em>korfbalvereniging<\/em> or use the national federation&#8217;s club information.<\/li><li>Ask for a trial training and tell the club you are a beginner.<\/li><li>Ask whether the club is playing field or indoor competition at that point in the season.<\/li><li>Check fees, team level and equipment before registering.<\/li><\/ol><!-- \/wp:post-content -->\n<!-- wp:heading --><h2>Why include it in a newcomer guide?<\/h2><!-- \/wp:heading --><p>Because understanding Dutch sport should not mean listing only internationally famous spectator sports. Korfbal is part of the association culture in many towns and can be an accessible route into local club life.<\/p><!-- \/wp:paragraph -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What korfbal is, why it matters in Dutch club culture and how a newcomer can find a local club and trial session.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"template":"","ba_country":[2],"ba_topic":[264,271,262],"ba_audience":[261,17],"ba_section":[23,20,272],"ba_stage":[28,29,30],"ba_location":[],"class_list":["post-245","ba_guide","type-ba_guide","status-publish","hentry","ba_country-netherlands","ba_topic-amateur-sport","ba_topic-korfbal","ba_topic-sport-clubs","ba_audience-newcomers","ba_audience-residents","ba_section-language-culture","ba_section-living","ba_section-sport-clubs","ba_stage-getting-established","ba_stage-integrating","ba_stage-living-stage"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/borderlessadvice.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/ba_guide\/245","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/borderlessadvice.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/ba_guide"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/borderlessadvice.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/ba_guide"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/borderlessadvice.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/borderlessadvice.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/ba_guide\/245\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":246,"href":"https:\/\/borderlessadvice.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/ba_guide\/245\/revisions\/246"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/borderlessadvice.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=245"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"ba_country","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/borderlessadvice.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fba_country&post=245"},{"taxonomy":"ba_topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/borderlessadvice.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fba_topic&post=245"},{"taxonomy":"ba_audience","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/borderlessadvice.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fba_audience&post=245"},{"taxonomy":"ba_section","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/borderlessadvice.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fba_section&post=245"},{"taxonomy":"ba_stage","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/borderlessadvice.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fba_stage&post=245"},{"taxonomy":"ba_location","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/borderlessadvice.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fba_location&post=245"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}