Local sports ~ NATIONAL SPORTS

Preferred sports

Duration - 5 MINUTES TOTAL VIDEO

Script : must begin with football as a sport, and then significance of football in
netherlands

Football - Annika + Vihaan

Dodgeball - Harini
Dodgeball is a team sport in
which players on two teams
try to throw balls and hit opponents,
while avoiding being hit themselves.
The objective of each team
is to eliminate all members
of the opposing team
by hitting them with thrown balls,
catching a ball thrown by an opponent,
or inducing an opponent to
commit a violation,
such as stepping outside the court.

There are many different ball types used around the world, including 8.5-inch rubber,
"no-sting" rubber, foam and cloth.

Dodgeball can be played on any surface that has clearly marked boundaries and a
centerline, such as a basketball or volleyball court or fenced area. Elite Dodgeball
specifies a court 50 feet (15 m) by 25 feet (7.6 m), where a zone 10 feet (3.0 m) wide at
the junction of the areas is a neutral zone

Korfball -
Shyla
Korfball. -Shyla Verma
Korfball is a ball sport, with similarities to
netball and basketball. It is played by two
teams of eight players with four female players
and four male players in each team. The
objective is to throw a ball into a netless
basket that is mounted on a 11.5 feet high pole.
The sport was invented by Dutch school
teacher Nico Broekhuysen in 1902. In the
Netherlands there are approximately 500
clubs and more than 90,000 people playing
korfball. Korfball pulls together aspects of
netball, handball and basketball to form a
unique and an inclusive game. Korfball is the
world's only dedicated mixed-gender team
sport. Korfball has been on the programme of
The World Games since 1985. Nine times in a
row since then, the Netherlands won the gold
medal,
General sports - other games played in netherlands + world cup + hockey + cricket

While cricket is generally associated with Commonwealth countries like Australia, the
UK or India, it has been played in the Netherlands for centuries and the Dutch national
team regularly appears at international cricketing events, including the World Cup.
Building at first on the ‘Corinthian’ spirit of gentlemanly amateur sport, Dutch cricketers
toured England at regular intervals.

Hockey is a family sport in this country. It is not an unusual sight to see the entire family
active on different pitches at a club, All clubs have a number of artificial turfs- as many
as nine in some instances.
The country’s love for hockey started well over 100 years back and most of the clubs
have very old history. Amsterdam Hockey and Bandy Club (set up in 1892) is the
Europe’s oldest hockey club. The Dutch league is easily the most competitive as well as
the best organised hockey league in the world.
Football- annika
Football is one of the most popular sports in Netherlands.
The bright colour is usually associated with the netherlands
football team, with their official jerseys being of this colour.
It is a game involving two teams of 11 players each,
who try to shoot the ball into the other team's goal
without using their hands or arms.
The team that scores more goals wins.

It is played by two teams on a large rectangular shaped grass field. There are two goal
posts on both ends of the breadth of the field. Both the teams compete for the ball by
tackling each other and try to kick the ball into opponent’s goal post. The goalkeeper can
only stop the ball with hands within a restricted area around the goal post.
The Netherlands national football team has represented the Netherlands in international
men's football matches since 1905. The Netherlands has competed in eleven FIFA World
Cups, appearing in the final three times.

Games - fun, connect humans, keep us fit

Build sportsmanship, keep us entertained