Where did this handball things start?

Question

like what time period/country

Answer 1

u just got caught!...lol...Brady now this is you

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Handball

Answer 2

Team handball has origins reaching as far as antiquity: urania in ancient Greece, harpaston in ancient Rome, fangballspiel in medieval Germany, etc. There are also records of handball-like games in medieval France, and among the Inuit in Greenland, in the Middle Ages, and in Ancient Africa, primarily Egypt. By the 19th century, there existed similar games of haandbold from Denmark, hazena in Bohemia and Slovakia, gandbol in Ukraine, torball in Germany, as well as versions in Ireland and Uruguay.

Answer 3

#1 HANDBALL (TEAM) Modern game of handball was first played towards the end of the 19th century in Denmark, Germany, and Sweden.  1919 Berlin school teacher Karl Schelenz launched an outdoor field version and latter improved the rules he's considerd one of the founding fathers of Handball.

Germany favored n outdoor feild version played on a grass field 2 teams 11 a side and it was this version that was played at the 1936 BERLIN OLYMPICS. The Scandinavians favored the indoor version two teams 7 a side. From 1938 to 1966 the two versions had seperate World Championships after that indoor version become the more played and it was selected in 1972 as a Summer Olympic Sport.

#2 Handball- Probally originated in France in the 11th century known as jeu de palmme in which a ball was hit off a wall with the players hand. Sport is best known for being developed by the Irish and it was the Irish immigrants that brought the game over to North America and Australia. Sport is part of the GAA.