Team Handball
Not everyone everywhere plays the same sports, even if there are gazoogles of NHL teams in Florida.
Our kids grew up in a fun gymnastics club. When the boys decided to get “serious” about sports, Son 1 chose the Olympic sport “Team Handball”. After several years on the same club, he became a goalie. Son 2 plays pivot.
Normally you play indoors on a basketball-sized court with a netted rectangular goal on each end, a half circle painted 6 meters from the goal in which only the goalie can roam. You have a half-sized soccer ball that you pass to your teammates. You can dribble the ball, and there is a “traveling” rule.
The offense’s objective is to pass and fake and jump until the defense is totally confused, then find the open teammate who will launch the ball with all his force from less than 20 feet away at the unsuspecting goalie. You receive no points for hitting the goalie, but score a moral victory if you knock him out of the game.
The defense’s objective is to protect the goal by slapping around the offense, looking surprised when called for a foul, shaking your head when the goalie flinches.
posted by Brady @ 1:25 PM
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I saw a clip from "Family Feud" yesterday. The question was "Name a country other than the United States that you have a lot of respect for." Five of the six answers had been given and the other team was trying to steal the points by coming up with the sixth country.
They couldn't decide between Europe and Africa. They finally went with Europe.
It turns out that Europe isn't even a country. But after your post I'm beginning to wonder if it's even on the same planet.
So handball is like water polo without the water and horses?
I thought handball was like soccer, oops, I mean football without the feet and hooligans?
The only handball player I'm familiar with is Philipp opmxl.
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