What is the difference between Football and Handball?

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What is the difference between Football and Handball?

Answer 1

Actually debster,you have it completly wrong.  The football that is comparable to handball is international football (soccer).

Soccer (football) "is a team sport played between two teams each consisting of 11 players and is widely considered to be the most popular sport in the world. It is a ball game played on a rectangular grass field (or occasionally on an artificial pitch) with a goal at each end. The object of the game is to score by maneuvering the ball into the opposing goal. The predominant feature of the sport is that players other than the goalkeepers may not use their hands or arms to propel the ball in general play. The winner is the team that has scored more goals at the end of the match."

"Handball is played on a court forty meters long by twenty meters wide, with a dividing line in the middle and a goal in the center of either end. The goals are surrounded by a near-semicircular line that is generally six meters away from the goal. There is also a dashed near-semicircular line that is nine meters away from the goal.

Only the defending goalkeeper is allowed to step inside the six meter perimeter, though any player may attempt to catch and touch the ball in the air within it. If a player should find himself in contact inside the goal perimeter he must immediately take the most direct path out of it. Should a defender make contact with an attacker while in the goal perimeter, their team is penalized with a direct attempt at the goal, with only one attacker on the seven-meter line and the defending goalkeeper involved.

The ball is smaller than a football in order for the players to be able to hold and handle it with a single hand (though contact with both hands is perfectly allowed). Some American versions use a volleyball. It is transported by bouncing it between hands and floor — much as in basketball. A player may only hold the ball for three seconds and may only take three steps with the ball in hand. There are many rule variations; a common American version allows only a single step with the ball, after which the player must pass the ball to another teammate or shoot."

I would like to thank wikipedia for much clearer definitions than I could ever give.

Answer 2

They are 2 completely different sports w/ 2 different types of balls.  Football is a team sport w/ football (oval-like pigskin) that is thrown across the field (goal is to score a touchdown and/or fieldgoal).  Handball uses a small rubbery ball that you hit with your hands against a wall (usually a singles match, but there may be doubles).

Answer 3

Handball is a mix between soccer and football.  Football doesn't have any goals!!!

Answer 4

Football plays by foot and handball plays by hand

Answer 5

in real hand ball they have two more guys then an football team doand i heard that you should play naked

Answer 6

Are you serious...lol..wow...Your joking right?