What Are Rules of Team Handball?
An overview of team handball.
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Transcript
NARRATOR: It's fast paced, high scoring-- it demands good teamwork, and a strong set of skills.
CHRIS: It is a lot of fun and it's not really that well known, which is disappointing. So really, if you get into it you don't know how far you'll go. It's so much fun to do just to run around and have a shot, so it makes you feel good about yourself as well.
NARRATOR: But while this is a unique sport, in many ways it probably seems quite familiar. Players have to bounce the ball like in basketball, run and pass like in net ball, and score in goals at either end like in soccer. The modern version of the game took off in the 1900s. And it's being played regularly at the Olympics for 40 years.
This is the Australian championships where state teams compete to be the best in the nation. But it's not just senior teams competing, this team is from the nearest college. And they are came to spread the word on why people should give handball a go.
PLAYER 1: If you like physical explosive kind of games and just really look to have a good social time, it's not a very-- people don't get aggressive with each other. But if really just want to have a good time, certainly try it out.
PLAYER 2: Really good way to meet new people and just get to know the sport. It's good to try something different every once in a while.
NARRATOR: On each team, six players plus a goalie can be on court at once. The six players can travel anywhere on the court, but most shoot outside of the goal line. And as a bit of an introduction to the sport, the team's giving me some practice in goal. It didn't quite work out the first time, or the second, or the third.
OK. So I didn't block a single shot. But how's this for rubbing it in? I've definitely got a lot to learn, but Chris is happy to tell me about some of the finer points of the game.
CHRIS: It's a lot smaller than like a basketball per say, because it's a lot easier to throw and be able to get your hands around it. And that obviously makes it easy to play the game as well. And also, usually the balls are slightly more deflated so then you're able to get your hand around the ball and make a proper shot because if it was firm then it'd be a lot harder to grip and a lot harder to control.
NARRATOR: Chris and the other guys in the team play handball at school.
PLAYER 1: In Europe it's pretty big, they have big clubs and stuff. And there's some really good players, but in Australia it's not very big, which is disappointing.
NARRATOR: But they hope that will change, and more people will give this action packed sport a go.
CHRIS: It is a lot of fun and it's not really that well known, which is disappointing. So really, if you get into it you don't know how far you'll go. It's so much fun to do just to run around and have a shot, so it makes you feel good about yourself as well.
NARRATOR: But while this is a unique sport, in many ways it probably seems quite familiar. Players have to bounce the ball like in basketball, run and pass like in net ball, and score in goals at either end like in soccer. The modern version of the game took off in the 1900s. And it's being played regularly at the Olympics for 40 years.
This is the Australian championships where state teams compete to be the best in the nation. But it's not just senior teams competing, this team is from the nearest college. And they are came to spread the word on why people should give handball a go.
PLAYER 1: If you like physical explosive kind of games and just really look to have a good social time, it's not a very-- people don't get aggressive with each other. But if really just want to have a good time, certainly try it out.
PLAYER 2: Really good way to meet new people and just get to know the sport. It's good to try something different every once in a while.
NARRATOR: On each team, six players plus a goalie can be on court at once. The six players can travel anywhere on the court, but most shoot outside of the goal line. And as a bit of an introduction to the sport, the team's giving me some practice in goal. It didn't quite work out the first time, or the second, or the third.
OK. So I didn't block a single shot. But how's this for rubbing it in? I've definitely got a lot to learn, but Chris is happy to tell me about some of the finer points of the game.
CHRIS: It's a lot smaller than like a basketball per say, because it's a lot easier to throw and be able to get your hands around it. And that obviously makes it easy to play the game as well. And also, usually the balls are slightly more deflated so then you're able to get your hand around the ball and make a proper shot because if it was firm then it'd be a lot harder to grip and a lot harder to control.
NARRATOR: Chris and the other guys in the team play handball at school.
PLAYER 1: In Europe it's pretty big, they have big clubs and stuff. And there's some really good players, but in Australia it's not very big, which is disappointing.
NARRATOR: But they hope that will change, and more people will give this action packed sport a go.