The unknown sport

HISTORY OF HANDBALL

Handball is 7 a side indoor sport, which is played on a court that is slightly larger than a basketball court.The objective of this sport is to score more goals than the opposing team.the ball is being moved by the form of passing, in handball you can dribble as much as you can not like basketball you cannot double dribble,but you are only allowed three steps and you are not allowed to have the ball in your hands for more than three seconds. The match consists of two 30 minute halves with a 10 minute rest period. the ball weighs 16 ounces meanwhile for the women it weighs 13 ounces.

There are four types of players:
Goalies: Defend goal.  Not expected to stop as many goals as goalies in hockey or soccer.
Circle Runners:  Large players who block shooters and try to disorganize the defense.  They also are shooters, usually from close-in range.
Wings:  They are offensive players who shoot at odd angles, usually from the sides.
Big Shooters: They are tall, agile players who much like quarterbacks lead the offense.  They shoot from the backcourt over the head of defenders.

Handball may not as entertaining or famous as basketball football or tennis but once you try it, surely you will fall in love with it, handball requires strength, as you bump your opponents body, also speed is required as you try to avoid your opponent in order to score, also high vertical jumps as you jump as high as you can to get the ball and also use this as a technique to score.in the Philippines the sport handball is not yet that evident but i know people who are committed, it is there passion to play that sport, these people are trying their best to raise awareness to people that sport handball really exists

author: Jake Decena