Thursday, November 24, 2011

What is handball and where did it originate?

my daughter is doing handball in gym and needs to know this.|||It originated in Germany.3 people are credited with inventing it:Karl Schelenz, Max Heiser and Erich Konig. Originally handball was played in 11 and on soccer pitches. However, now the only team handball internationally recognized is 7-a-side. In 1976, the IHF ended all recognition given to 11-a-side national competitions (international competitions had ceased since 1961). Team handball is generally played indoors (though in this case IHF is more lenient and makes allowance for situations in developing countries, where it might be difficult to build a sports hall or gym).


So the only team handball you could refer to now is 7-a-side. Although this too originated in Germany, it was first codified(ie given written rules) in what is now the Czech Republic. It is an Olympic sport (since 1972 for men,since 1976 for women) (11-a-side handball was an Olympic sport in 1936) and it is very popular in Scandinavia, East, Central and Southern Europe,the Far East, North Africa and expanding into South America. Beach handball has appeaared recently and is dominated by the South Americans.


Personally I think your daughter should go for it. Too many players? Make more teams. You can download the rules from www.ihf.info


I think it's the best game in the world. All the best to you!|||Which types of handball are you talking about? There are two types of handball. One is when you play in a team with seven people and the other type of handball is play with a wall and a small rubber ball, which is not an international sport. I know that the handball play with the wall and the rubber ball comes from Ireland, but I don't know the other.|||OMG I LOVE HANDBALL..





it is a mix of soccer, and basketball!!!





you dribble the ball across the court, pass to ppl, if it falls on the ground and doesn't bounce up enough, then you play it with ur feet!!! you can try to pop it up with your feet to be able to handle it again...tell her to have fun!|||what is handbal???

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