WTF is Handball!!!???

Question

What the h**l is handball??!!?!???!!!

Answer 1

omg. i was lookin through the sports in yahoo answers and i saw handball. then i was asked the same question to myself. hahaha

Answer 2

there is a team one ive never seen, and the one i play is the one where u smack the ball to the wall, very good game.  

Wish me luck though, i have school troyts in a week, and my school is #1 in new york, kinda nervous

Answer 3

dont know!

all I know it involves some balls

Answer 4

are u serious?

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Answer 5

Yes; I agree with those comments and questioning of exactly What constitutes 'Handball'.

It may be fine for the Europeans to call it 'handball', but in the English-speaking countries, surely the real handball is the longest played version of it:

The game played between 2 to 4 individuals where by you hit the ball off the wall.

That's Handball.

If we are to play the European game, surely in our Anglo countries we should call it Euro-handball or some other name.

We have also been playing the 'downball' version of Handball off the wall for many decades as well.

Surely that game would also be called "Handball' long before we should consider calling the European game by that name.

And nearly every mother's son has played that game!!

It deserves such an honor.

Answer 6

Dirk Nowitzki's dad wanted him to be a handball player. Germans love David Hasselhoff and Handball.

Answer 7

There are 2 types! Team handball which is like Lacrosse (kind of) without the sticks! Then there is handball that is basically like raquetless raquetball!  That is the simple way to explain it, kind of, but will give you an idea! Hope that helps.

Answer 8

Well isn't that a coincidence. I just finished my handball unit in gym class. Theres team and theres individual. Individual is like racquetball but with your hands and with a tennis ball. But team is a ball and each player can run 3 steps and either pass or shoot at the net.

Answer 9

An awesome sport!

There are 2 types! Team handball which is like Lacrosse (kind of) without the sticks! Then there is handball that is basically like raquetless raquetball! That is the simple way to explain it, kind of, but will give you an idea! Hope that helps.