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Is this really a sport?

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lmao,....i thought this was a game in grade 9 gym the teacher had us play to pass the time.

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  1. yes


  2. You are thinking of the tennis ball, bounce the ball in the square variety. Handball, sometimes referred to as "European Handball" is an Olympic sport and has rather a large following in Europe. It is similar to Football ("Soccer"), but is played with the hands instead of feet.

  3. yes it is we always play it at gym when i was a kid.

  4. U of Tampa 9 time NCAA champs!!!

  5. yes it is really a sport

  6. It is the SECOND most popular sport in the world behind Football (Soccer)..

    There is a world outside the USA, guys

  7. Yes handball (team handball) is a sport and has been a regular part of the Olympics since 1972 (1976 for the women). In USA the sport is unknown and were not very good , so it's not like NBC is going to to make this prime time viewing.

         Just back in January 2007 Germany hosted the world handball championships top nations included #1 Germany #2 Poland #3 Denmark #4 France #5Croatia #6 Russia #7 Spain #8 Iceland    #9 Slovenia #10 Hungary #11 Tunisia #12 Czech Republic (out of 20 national teams that qualified) So as you can see the game is played throughout most of Europe, North Africa, South Korea and a little bit in South America and the Middle East.

       In the areas of the world where handball is popular there's professional leagues- players get paid. This sport gets TV and advertisement revenue overseas. Remember just because a sport isn't played in the USA or is popular it's still a sport.

  8. Yes, I think its more popular in Europe. If I remember correctly, the Dallas Mavericks' Dirk Nowitzki's father was a proffesional handball player, and was disapointed his son chose basketball over handball.

  9. they should put a dodgeball or sham battle section on here...

  10. No it's not

  11. Yes a good 1 to watch!

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