Kin-Ball and Fun Games
Gernot Köcher
Studied to become a teacher in Sports and Geography at a secondary school.
40 years of teaching experience at secondary schools and in various specialized sports associations.
First contact with Kin-Ball in 2011.
Since 2013, organizing and conducting Kin-Ball workshops in schools and clubs.
Participated in the Kin-Ball European Championships in 2018.
Co-founder of the German Kin-Ball Association in 2019 and since then Vice President for Education and Schools.
Co-coach of the German National Teams at the Kin-Ball World Championships in 2019.
Responsible for training coaches and referees in the German Kin-Ball Association.
Involved in the preparations for and staging of the 2026 Kin-Ball European Championships in Erfurt (Germany)
Lesson Overview
Kin-Ball 1: Introduction
A tried-and-tested methodological approach introduces you to this fantastic, socially inclusive game, in which three teams of four players each officially take to the pitch at the same time, playing with the 1.22-metre ‘giant ball’. Towards the end of the session, you’ll suddenly realise that you’re playing Kin-Ball fluently and having lots of fun. You’ll also discover that Kin-Ball can be adapted in many different ways.
Kin-Ball 2: Introduction
If you’re keen to delve deeper into this thrilling three-team sport featuring a giant ball following your experience with Kin-Ball 1, or if you’ve already played Kin-Ball before, you’ve come to the right place. But newcomers are also very welcome and will be guided by more experienced players to play Kin-Ball at a slightly more advanced level, with more rules and tactical finesse. In keeping with the spirit of Kin-Ball, every participant will have the same amount of fun and be equally involved in the game.
Kin-Ball 3: Educational Games
The development of the sport of Kin-Ball has given rise to dozens of exercises and ‘educational games’. These are very easy to use in a wide range of situations, such as at the start or end of a PE lesson, a training session, a sports day, in leisure settings, or as part of integration or rehabilitation programmes, etc. Through the principles of fun, action and teamwork, a wide variety of values for personal development are conveyed – often unconsciously – to the participants. As I want to show you as many different ‘educational games’ as possible, there will be a Part 2 including other game variations.
Kin-Ball 4: Educational Games
See Content Lesson 3, but more 'educational games'.
Kin-Ball 5: Fun with SIX Balls
With SIX Balls measuring 46 cm in diameter and weighing 250 g, a wide range of lively games for participants at school, in clubs, in your free time ... of all ages, skill labels and experience levels are presented. Games such as ‘Poison Game’, ‘Six Hoops’, ‘Volleyball or Football Contest’, ‘Sprint Rugby with and without Troublemaker’ and ‘Ultimate Rugby’ promote fair and respectful behaviour and a variety of general playing techniques and tactics in a fun way.