How do you play handball?

Question

how do you play and is there professional leagues, if so are they hard to get into, how does it pay, big $ ?

Answer 1

i dont even know how to play

Answer 2

OMFG

Answer 3

If you are talking about TEAM handball, it is played by two teams each consisting of 6 fieldplayers and 1 goalkeeper. Each team can have a total of 12 players. The sport is played on a 80x40 meter field. Each goal is surrounded by a 6 meter half circle area, this is the goalkeepers domain and field players are not allowed in there (there are some exceptions of course).  The ball can be touched with any bodypart  from the top of your head to your knees. but as the name says it it mainly played with the hands. This sport is very popular in Europe and Asia. It's a tough sport with quite a few injuries. Compared in percentage in Europe to soccer (just about the national sport in every European country) team handball has more injuries every week-end. There is good money to be made but you have to be really good to get a contract.

Answer 4

this may be of A LOT of service to you  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_ha...

IF you are talking about european handball(team) then i would look down a few answers

Answer 5

Why is their a section on this! ive seen like 20 quistions on here in the past 3 months

Answer 6

we played this in camp a few days ago

there are 2 goals with a crese around it like lacrosse yuo start the game like basketball with a jump ball you have to dribble the ball like in basketball and throw it in the goal with out going in the crese im saying european handball

Answer 7

You hit the ball

Answer 8

whats a handball is that a sport

Answer 9

Hit it hard and hit it good ooohhhh yea

Answer 10

yah sounds good

Answer 11

American handball is played on a court 12.2 meters long by 6.1 meters wide (40 feet long by 20 feet wide) with either a single (front) wall, three walls, or in a fully enclosed four-wall court (the most common). The four-wall court is a rectangular box. The front wall is 6.1 meters (20 feet) square, and the side walls are 12.2 meters (40 feet) long and 6.1 meters (20 feet) high. In the middle of the floor of the court lies the short line, dividing the floor into two 6.1 meter (20 feet) squares. Also along the floor is the service line, which is 1.5 meters (5 feet) in front of the short line. The service zone is the area between these two lines. The back wall of the court is usually 3.7 meters (12 feet) high, with an above gallery for the referee and scorer, and also spectators. A few courts have a glass back wall and/or glass side walls to allow for a better view of the match. (In three-wall court handball, the court often has a front wall and two full side walls, or the front wall is flanked by two triangular wings.)

Handball may be played as singles (two players against each other), doubles (two teams of two players), or "cut-throat" (three players rotating one-against-two). (In "cut-throat" handball, one server plays against two receivers, until he or she is put out. Then, the left-most receiver serves, and so serves rotate in this way until one player scores 21 points and wins.) The "cut-throat" mode of play is also known as "triangles".

The ball is "served" by one player/team standing in the service zone, by dropping the ball to the floor of the service zone and striking it on the bounce with the hand or fist so that it hits the front wall. The ball must hit the front wall first; it may then hit at most one side wall; the served ball must pass the short line before the first bounce, but must bounce before reaching the back wall. When the served ball lands in front of the short line, it is called a "short," while a serve which reaches the back wall without bouncing is called "long," and a serve which hits both side walls before bouncing is called a "3-wall". All these are service faults. If the server gets two faults in a row, he or she is out, and becomes the receiver. If a serve hits the ceiling, floor, or a side wall before hitting the front wall, the server is out (no second serve allowed). In doubles, the server's teammate has to stand in the service area with his/her back to a side wall in a service box, marked by a parallel line 45.7 centimeters (18 inches) from the side wall, until the ball passes the short line.

The receiver must stand at least 1.52 meters (5 feet) behind the short line, indicated by dashed lines extending 15.2 centimeters (6 inches) from each side wall, while the server has the ball. Once the ball is served, he or she must hit the ball either directly ("on the fly") or after the first bounce so that it bounces off the front wall. However, if the receiver chooses to take the serve on the fly, he or she must first wait for the ball to cross the dashed line. The ball must not bounce off the floor twice. Nor can any player during a return hit the ball off the floor before it touches the front wall. The server then hits the ball on the rebound from the front wall, and play continues with the opponents alternatively hitting the ball until one of them fails to make a legal return. After the serve and return, the ball may be played from anywhere, and may hit any number of walls and/or the ceiling, so long as it hits the front wall before bouncing on the floor. Players cannot hinder (block) their opponents from hitting the ball. If the server fails to make a legal return, he or she is out, and becomes the receiver. If the receiver fails to make the return, a point goes to the server, who continues to serve until he or she is out. So, only the server/serving team can score points. The game goes to the player/team to score 21 points first, and a match goes to the player/team to win two out of three games; the third game goes to 11 points.

Answer 12

Do not listen to steve if you ask for TEAM handball, which is a real sport, unlike the 'handball' he described..How do you play? Well, it is a sport similar to football and basketball, only much better, hehe :D. If u want, I can find some good sites which can explain how to play it. U just have to get a good trainer, and good team. It is not hard to play or get into leagues professional. It pays good._

http://sportsrules.50g.com/handballteam....