What the heck is handball?
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Handball is similar to racquetball, with a few exception.\nThere are various courts where handball is played, but I believe the first courts just had one front wall.\nYou can use either hand to strike the ball, the ball is smaller and harder (yeah it hurts), players usually wear handball gloves (reduces the pain slightly). The rule are very similar to racquetball. \n\nI watched a national handball tournament in Tampa and those players were really good and tough.\n\nI hope this gives you a better understanding of handball.
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Like basketball, the game is played on a hard court with scoring rings at both ends, and with a ball resembling a basketball (but lighter, smaller and slightly softer in construction). The rings, whilst of similar height and dimension to basketball hoops, do not have a "backboard". The field is divided into thirds which regulate where individuals in each team are allowed to move, and two semi-circular "shooting circles" at each end from within which all scoring shots must be taken.\n\nThere are seven players on each team, who are given nominated, named positions (and in competitive netball must wear "bibs" or "patches" showing the abbreviations below indicating that position). They are only allowed in certain areas of the court, as described below:\n\nNetball positions \nPosition Name Abbreviation Opponent Areas permitted \nGoal Shooter GS Goal Keeper Attacking goal third including shooting circle \nGoal Attack GA Goal Defence Attacking goal third, shooting circle, and center third \nWing Attack WA Wing Defence Attacking goal third and centre third, not shooting circle \nCentre C Centre Everywhere except shooting circles \nWing Defence WD Wing Attack Defensive goal third and center third, not shooting circle \nGoal Defence GD Goal Attack Defensive goal third and center third, including shooting circle \nGoal Keeper GK Goal Shooter Defensive goal third, including shooting circle \n\nBy the combination of the above, only the Goal Attack and Goal Shooter are able to score goals directly.\n\nNetball rules do not permit players to take more than one step in possession of the ball. Consequently, the only way to move the ball towards the goal is to throw the ball to a teammate. The ball cannot be held by one person for more than 3 seconds at any one time. This, combined with the restrictions on where players can move, ensures that everyone on the team is regularly involved in play. Defence is restricted -- not only is contact not permitted, but players must be at least three feet (90 centimetres) away to defend, meaning that hard physical contact is rare. If contact is made, the ball must be passed to the team against which the penalty was committed.\n\nA game is played in 4 quarters of 15 minutes each, with an interval of 3 minutes between the first and second and third and fourth quarters and an interval of 5 minutes at half time. There is up to 2 minutes of time allowed for each injury.
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and is this related to soccer how?
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american football we should call it handball because its played with hands\nbut british football deserve that name and its the right name because its played only with foots
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1 Get a life already ! Excuses. I watched the game there were no such things as unseen fouls.\n\n2 Do you know when it is apenalty ? when the handball done inside the penaltybox is deliberate. None of the handballs you say were deliberate.\n\n3 The linesman's flag was up , clearly, Frei was in a offside position. BUT when the ball was passed it touched a Korean player on the way . Thus it turned into a pass from a swiss player to a misspass from a korean. In case of a misspass the players offside position gets nullified, even if the whole swiss team was in offside & a misspass was made. this is the FIFA rule from 2003. The ref can overturn linesman's descision. He followed the rules & was right.\n\n\nGood for Korea as they got a test of their own medicine. Remember how they cheated past Italy & Spain in 2002 ? The people who said Korea deserved it need to consider these facts after 2002-\n1 Korea didnt win Asian Cup Japan did\n2 Korea finished 2nd to Saudis (!) in qualifiers\n3 They lost 3-1 to Ghana in the build up.\n\nHow come you Koreans not say anything about how Vieira's legal goal was mistakingly ruled out ? If it stayed you would have went out much before.\n\n\nFACE IT KOREANS ARE POOOOOOOOOORRRRRRRRR
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It actually is an olympic sport.\nIt's just under a different multi-sport event called the \n                 World Games\nfor more info:\nhttp://www.worldgames-iwga.org/\n                      or\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Games
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team handball is pretty fun, its one of my favorite sports.  i like tennis too tho
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Handball was already taken.
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1  Get a life already ! Excuses. I watched the game there were no such things as unseen fouls.\n\n2  Do you know when it is apenalty ? when the handball done inside the penaltybox is deliberate. None of the handballs you say were deliberate.\n\n3   The linesman's flag was up , clearly, Frei was in a offside position. BUT when the ball was passed it touched a Korean player on the way . Thus it turned into a pass from a swiss player to a misspass from a korean. In case of a misspass the players offside position gets nullified, even if the whole swiss team was in offside & a misspass was made. this is the FIFA rule from 2003. The ref can overturn linesman's descision. He followed the rules & was right.\n\n\nGood for Korea as they got a test of their own medicine. Remember how they cheated past Italy & Spain in 2002 ? The people who said Korea deserved it need to consider these facts after 2002-\n1   Korea didnt win Asian Cup Japan did\n2   Korea finished 2nd to Saudis (!) in qualifiers\n3   They lost 3-1 to Ghana in the build up.\n\nHow come you Koreans not say anything about how Vieira's legal goal was mistakingly ruled out ? If it stayed you would have went out much before.
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what sport are you talking of?
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1 Get a life already ! Excuses. I watched the game there were no such things as unseen fouls.\n\n2 Do you know when it is apenalty ? when the handball done inside the penaltybox is deliberate. None of the handballs you say were deliberate.\n\n3 The linesman's flag was up , clearly, Frei was in a offside position. BUT when the ball was passed it touched a Korean player on the way . Thus it turned into a pass from a swiss player to a misspass from a korean. In case of a misspass the players offside position gets nullified, even if the whole swiss team was in offside & a misspass was made. this is the FIFA rule from 2003. The ref can overturn linesman's descision. He followed the rules & was right.\n\n\nGood for Korea as they got a test of their own medicine. Remember how they cheated past Italy & Spain in 2002 ? The people who said Korea deserved it need to consider these facts after 2002-\n1 Korea didnt win Asian Cup Japan did\n2 Korea finished 2nd to Saudis (!) in qualifiers\n3 They lost 3-1 to Ghana in the build up.\n\nHow come you Koreans not say anything about how Vieira's legal goal was mistakingly ruled out ? If it stayed you would have went out much before.\n\nget ur thinking straight depressing all handballs are never same there is a case of deliberate or not anyone who follows football knows it.
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Pose la question à la fédération de handball et tu auras peut-être une réponse.
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Most popular sports in Europe are Football, Athletics, Tennis, Golf, Basketball, Handball, Water Polo, Cycling & Swimming. If you include Britain, add cricket.
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1 Get a life already ! Excuses. I watched the game there were no such things as unseen fouls.\n\n2 Do you know when it is apenalty ? when the handball done inside the penaltybox is deliberate. None of the handballs you say were deliberate.\n\n3 The linesman's flag was up , clearly, Frei was in a offside position. BUT when the ball was passed it touched a Korean player on the way . Thus it turned into a pass from a swiss player to a misspass from a korean. In case of a misspass the players offside position gets nullified, even if the whole swiss team was in offside & a misspass was made. this is the FIFA rule from 2003. The ref can overturn linesman's descision. He followed the rules & was right.\n\n\nGood for Korea as they got a test of their own medicine. Remember how they cheated past Italy & Spain in 2002 ? The people who said Korea deserved it need to consider these facts after 2002-\n1 Korea didnt win Asian Cup Japan did\n2 Korea finished 2nd to Saudis (!) in qualifiers\n3 They lost 3-1 to Ghana in the build up.\n\nHow come you Koreans not say anything about how Vieira's legal goal was mistakingly ruled out ? If it stayed you would have went out much before.\n\n\nps- check the rules yourself "depressing".
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Racquetball is a sport played with racquets and a hollow rubber ball on an indoor or outdoor court. It was invented by Joe Sobeck in 1949 incorporating rules from squash and handball. Unlike many other racquet sports, the walls, floor, and even ceiling of the racquetball court are considered in-bounds. The game is normally played by two players, though there are variations with three or even four (which can get very crowded). Two player games are called singles, three player games are typically called iron-man (2 on 1 during entire game) or cut-throat (each player take turns serving to the other 2), and four player games are called doubles.\n\nHistory\n\nJoe Sobek is credited with inventing racquetball, though not naming the sport. Sobeck, a tennis professional, and handball player, was looking for a fast paced sport that was easy to learn and play. He designed the first strung paddle, devised a set of rules based on those from squash and handball and named his game, "paddle rackets". In 1952, Sobek founded the National Paddle Rackets Association, codified the rules, and had rules booklets printed.\n\nThe new game grew quickly through Sobek's continual promotion of the game but was also aided by the estimated 40,000 existing handball courts across the country in YMCA's and JCC's which could be also be used for racquetball.\n\nIn 1969 with the help of Robert W. Kendler the president and founder of the U.S. Handball Association (USHA), the International Racquetball Association (IRA) was founded using a name coined by professional tennis player, Bob McInerny. That same year the IRA took over the National championship from the National Paddle Rackets Association. After a dispute with the board of directors of the IRA in 1973, Kendler went on to form two other racquetball organizations but the IRA has continued to be the dominant organizing force within the sport, recognized by the US Olympic Committee as the U.S. national governing body for the sport. It organized the first professional tournament in 1974 and is a founding member of the International Racquetball Federation. The IRA eventually became the American Amateur Racquetball Association (AARA) and then changed again in the later 1990's to the United States Racquetball Association (USRA). The USRA in 2003 then switched again to mirror other Olympic sports by changing its name to USA Racquetball (USAR).\n\nKendler used his publication ACE to promote both handball and racquetball and starting in the 1970's and aided by the fitness boom, the popularity of the sport surged with an estimated 3 million players in 1974. With the increased demand racquetball clubs and courts were founded and sporting goods manufactures began to produce equipment specific to the sport. The growth continued into the early 1980's but declined in the latter part of the decade as fitness clubs converted court space to serve a wider clientel with aerobics classes and newer fitness machines. Since that time the number of players has remained steady with about 5.6 million players.\n\nCurrently the International Racquetball Tour (IRT), Legends Tour, and Women's Professional Racquetball Organization (WPRO) handle the professional aspects of the game. The game is televised a few times per year, with the biggest televised event being the US Open championships, held in Memphis, TN. In 2005, another grand slam event was added: Pro Nationals. This event is held each year in Chicago.\n[edit]\n\nRules\nRacquetball court during serve\nEnlarge\nRacquetball court during serve\n\nA standard racquetball court is rectangular and is 40 feet long, 20 feet wide and 20 feet high. The court is marked by several red lines to define service and reception areas. The short line is a solid red line running the width of the court and is parallel to the front and back walls and is twenty feet from the back wall. The service line is parallel to the short line and is five feet closer to the front w
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hmm, go to the thekball website? I don't know, what is thekball?
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what has this got to do with soccer? =)