He was a teacher at Oisterwijk and later Nijmegen and then Amsterdam where he taught at the new school association. In 1902, he went to the Swedish village near Nääs Castle for a course. There he saw the game ring boll played. This game was played with mixed gender teams. The ball had to be thrown through a ring on a three-meter high pole. The field was divided into three sections, where players were allowed to come out.
At home in Amsterdam, Broekhuysen showed his students a similar game. The rules have been simplified and the ring was replaced by a basket. The first game was played on a vacant lot at the Jan Luykenstraat. When the Amsterdam Association for Physical Education were looking for a game in which both boys and girls could join, he brought his version forward.
On June 2, 1903, the Dutch Korfball Association was founded, of which Broekhuysen became president. Korfball immediately became a popular sport, but also because of the mixed play that was considered immoral, controversial. A newspaper even wrote: "Korfball is a monster, that extends its claws to all sides." Later he moved to Baarn where he became head of a school.
Korfball during the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp was a demonstration sport with the help of Broekhuysen. In 1933, he was co-founder of the International Federation of Korfball, the international korfball federation. He remained until 1934 president of the Dutch league and was then honorary chairman.
In 1958 he died at the age of 81 and was buried in Baarn.
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nico, broekhuysen, nicolaas, broekhuijsen, dutch, ˈnɪkɔlaːs, brukˈɦœyzə, dordrecht, december, 1876, hilversum, 1958, better, known, dutch, teacher, known, inventor, korfball, bornnicolaas, broekhuijsen, 1876, december, 1876dordrecht, netherlandsdied, 1958, 195. Nicolaas Broekhuijsen Dutch ˈnɪkɔlaːs brukˈɦœyze n Dordrecht December 30 1876 Hilversum May 13 1958 better known as Nico Broekhuysen was a Dutch teacher who is known as the inventor of korfball Nico BroekhuysenBornNicolaas Broekhuijsen 1876 12 30 30 December 1876Dordrecht NetherlandsDied 1958 05 13 13 May 1958HilversumKnown forInventing KorfballHe was a teacher at Oisterwijk and later Nijmegen and then Amsterdam where he taught at the new school association In 1902 he went to the Swedish village near Naas Castle for a course There he saw the game ring boll played This game was played with mixed gender teams The ball had to be thrown through a ring on a three meter high pole The field was divided into three sections where players were allowed to come out At home in Amsterdam Broekhuysen showed his students a similar game The rules have been simplified and the ring was replaced by a basket The first game was played on a vacant lot at the Jan Luykenstraat When the Amsterdam Association for Physical Education were looking for a game in which both boys and girls could join he brought his version forward On June 2 1903 the Dutch Korfball Association was founded of which Broekhuysen became president Korfball immediately became a popular sport but also because of the mixed play that was considered immoral controversial A newspaper even wrote Korfball is a monster that extends its claws to all sides Later he moved to Baarn where he became head of a school Korfball during the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp was a demonstration sport with the help of Broekhuysen In 1933 he was co founder of the International Federation of Korfball the international korfball federation He remained until 1934 president of the Dutch league and was then honorary chairman In 1958 he died at the age of 81 and was buried in Baarn References editSportgeschiedenis nlExternal links edit nbsp Media related to Nico Broekhuysen at Wikimedia Commons nbsp nbsp This biographical article related to Dutch sports is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Nico Broekhuysen amp oldid 1097898419, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
