What's handball to you and where do you play?

Question

Believe it or not, there are a few games that are called "Handball".

I live and play handball in New York City. It's kinda like playing racquet ball, or squash, without the racquet and the serving box. It's played with a single wall, and a bouncy blue ball.

I consider Handball a NYC sport, I have friends that have moved to Cali and people have never heard of the sport, and have heard of people referring to tetherball.

So what is hand ball to you? And where do you play? And how popular is the sport there?

Answer 1

In mIchigan it's played just like racquetball 4 walls and a ceiling.

Same rules. I've played one wall and enjoy the 4 wall much much more.

Answer 2

i live in BK, NY so itz da same as wat u sed but i reallii cant play handball at all

Answer 3

Well... I like handball, because is a sport who makes us very moving the body, is a stimulus our corporal and gestural actions, and make us distracted.

Truthfully, forms of handball are considered to be the oldest form of sport played with a ball and a wall. There are three different varieties including 1-wall, 3-wall and 4-wall each can be played as singles or doubles. It has the same basic rules as racquetball, however that is because racquetball was derived from handball. For many it is considered to be more challenging than racquetball because to become skilled you are required to use both sides of your body (which is harder than it sounds). In fact you get such a big workout you can expect to burn over 800 calories per hour when playing. This is one of the reasons handball was named the best all-around conditioner by the president's council on physical fitness.

The governing body for the sport is the United States Handball Association, which helps to sanction over 100 tournaments per year and oversees the national tournaments. The Handball Hall of Fame is located in Tucson, Arizona and it serves as the HQ for the USHA. More information on handball can be found at www.ushandball.org.

Also in terms of where do you play since there are several different types of handball there are different areas to play. If ou are interested in 1-wall or 3-wall handball contact your local parks & rec department to see if any of your parks have public courts if not suggest they build some. If you want to play 4-wall phone local fitness clubs with racquetball courts and ask if any of them have a strong following of handball players. If you become a member of the USHA you can contact their HQ and ask for players in the area.

ushandball.org