Handball
What is Handball?
Handball (also known as team handball, Olympic handball or European handball) is a team sport in which two teams of seven players each (six outfield players and a goalkeeper) pass a ball to throw it into the goal of the other team. The team with the most goals after two periods of 30 minutes wins.
Modern handball is usually played indoors, but outdoor variants exist in the forms of field handball and czech handball (which were more common in the past) and beach handball (also called sandball). American handball and Gaelic handball are completely different sports.
Handball (also known as team handball, Olympic handball or European handball) is a team sport in which two teams of seven players each (six outfield players and a goalkeeper) pass a ball to throw it into the goal of the other team. The team with the most goals after two periods of 30 minutes wins.
Modern handball is usually played indoors, but outdoor variants exist in the forms of field handball and czech handball (which were more common in the past) and beach handball (also called sandball). American handball and Gaelic handball are completely different sports.
American Handball
It is a common belief that American handball has been played in the United States since the 1880s. A version of hand ball was played by the Northern and Central Americans from 1500 B.C. most famously by the Aztecs as the Mesoamerican ballgame. The modern sport of American Handball is similar in context and rules to both Irish and Scottish versions played from the 13th century in Scotland and 14th century in Ireland. However both countries' rules were standardized as Gaelic handball in the 18th century. References to games in which a ball is hit or thrown extend as far back as Homer and ancient Egypt.
It is a common belief that American handball has been played in the United States since the 1880s. A version of hand ball was played by the Northern and Central Americans from 1500 B.C. most famously by the Aztecs as the Mesoamerican ballgame. The modern sport of American Handball is similar in context and rules to both Irish and Scottish versions played from the 13th century in Scotland and 14th century in Ireland. However both countries' rules were standardized as Gaelic handball in the 18th century. References to games in which a ball is hit or thrown extend as far back as Homer and ancient Egypt.