American Handball Puns

As I've been watching the Olympics, I've been watching the Handball tournament. Americans didn't field a team at all, and I am really surprised as to why. I heard the US has two handball federations, one of whom was stripped of USOC approval. The other doesn't have the ability to field a viable team. This seems to be a shame, and looking at the sport it looks like the kind of event American sports fans would enjoy. The game seems to be a cross of soccer and basketball. Honestly, it looks to be the kind of game we could have enjoyed in gym class during the winter months and could have utilized a regular school gymnasium with just a little bit of extra markings. Now, after reading up on the sport, I understand a Olympic-grade handball court is somewhat larger than a basketball court, but a smaller basketball court would do just fine for younger players to get them started. (Just like we have smaller baseball fields for tee-ball, etc.)

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I recently took back into Handball post quarantine as my new (old) hobby, playing with local people at various parks in Brooklyn. I see the sport a lot differently now from when I played a couple years ago and I've come to realize that I don't quite know what I'm doing on the court lol.

So far I’ve been practicing shots by throwing the ball with both hands, then hitting the desired shots with both hands using the same throwing motion. I normally do this at the short line for the goal of developing muscle memory to play a real game like second nature.

I haven’t been fortunate enough to find a handball coach but I am willing to consider tips on how to improve overall handball game. What are strategies that help you focus on the game?

I'm an American, and I wager that this is an unpopular opinion, at least in the States. I think this way because in soccer there is very little hand play, while in American football it is exactly the opposite.

American football barely use their feet to pass the ball or score goals so it shouldn't be called football. Handball is a much better name for it, though they'd have to ask for the name. It also is essentially modified rugby so could be called American rugby. No idea why it's called football.

To avoid confusion they should just call it American Rugby. Even though Rugby is way better.

They could also call it "Takes three times longer than it should" ball

Hey Handball fans. Well, I must say it was an been an exciting and ground breaking week of handball.

The Dominican Republic hosted the first Men's North American and Caribbean Handball Championships for Emerging Nations.

And it streamed live on Youtube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XojgbvSv8Aw&list=PLrE0WHJbMDM3LInnqpIgoiWi84x5Pwt9B is the playlist from the IHF's Youtube channel.

There were many virgin teams, including Barbados, Haiti, Dominica and St. Kitts (my home country).

I have been an advocate for the proliferation of the sport in my country as well as the Caribbean since I discovered the sport in 09.

When watching the games, bear in mind that it's some of the country's "first time at bat" to quote the the baseball saying. So be gentle.

We have a long way to go and It's the first step toward top talent coming out of the Caribbean to play professionally.

What are your thoughts on how the sport growing in the Caribbean?

Sometimes called street handball. Most commonly seen played in the tri-state area or any of the 5 burroughs.

Transplant from NY here. Been here for a couple years now. First reddit post too. I’m curious if anyone is aware of any group of players that play American Handball. Either organized events, or just regularly meeting up at a local handball court (of which maybe someone could help me to identify) for some fun at night or during the weekends.

Gameplay explanation below for those unfamiliar.

It’s a fast paced game. Great for exercise. It’s fun to play, entertaining to watch, and a competitive sport at that. Red Bull now sponsors American Handball tournaments, and there is a group in Southern FL that organizes events where they bounce between Queens, NY and South FL for competitions. There’s enough NY’ers here in Jacksonville to know what I’m talking about and how to play so I’m curious if anyone in NE FL is already playing that I’m just unaware of. To my knowledge it’s always been free to play since courts are usually built on school or public park property in NY... so it would be a great sport to get Jacksonville aquatinted to!

Game Overview: For those who aren’t familiar with American Handball, try not to confuse it with the Handball played in the olympics (I think it’s an Olympic sport) because its totally different in so many ways. To explain as simply as I can... you can’t grab the ball at any time during play — think hybrid of racquetball and tennis, except your hand is the racquet. It’s usually played against a free standing concrete wall typically independent of any type of structure or building . (Picture a 30ft high, 100ft wide wall made of stacked cinderblocks and finished with a smooth coat of cement standing erect in an open area for recreation... typically a park or public school property.) 4 courts would be painted on a wall this size with 2 courts for painted on each side. Lines are typically 2” thick and painted creating your perimeter/boundary to the left, right, rear, and a “short line”. The short line is drawn parallel to the wall and (not sure of this) 2/5 the court’s length and positioned closest to the wall. (Again, picture both tennis and racquetball courts for reference minus the net) also, the ball used to play is a HOLLOW rubber ball. I’ve seen some try to play with dense, heavy balls better used for racquetball. It doesn’t play well when your hand is the racquet.

The serving player must serve while standing anywher

This sport fell upon me during the olympics a few years ago, and it instantly became my favorite. The pace is awesome and it looks so easy and fun to play.

I had no luck finding any teams in Iceland that play, or any kind of schedule. This would be an awesome bonus during my trip if I got to see this played live. Thanks in advance!

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Google is failing me, but I can't seem to find any any American handball courts really anywhere in Austin. Does anyone know if there are any official setup to play handball at? This is different from Team Handball.

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So I've watched this sport ever since the 04 or 08 olympics. Honestly I love the sport. It's high scoring, fast paced, and just fun. Of course I'm an American and...well our ability to "handball" is almost nonexistent. Especially where I'm from. So I have a decent idea of the rules thanks to a video I found here. I just want to know things like leagues, where can I watch, and any other info I should know. Thanks for helping out an uneducated American!

PS feel free to make American jokes. I know sometimes people like to jokingly jab at us and honestly the stupidity from my country deserves it. Perhaps it will give us all a good laugh.

This is something I never got.

Americans tends to be impatient and to love nonstop action-packed entertainment (at least that's the cliché), but then they only swear by team sports with lots of pauses, strategic decisions and the ability to switch players anytime. I'm not criticizing these tastes, but it blows my mind how you love team sports where athletes do not play that much.

Here in Europe, we don't get these sports because they are "too complicated". Don't get me wrong, soccer and rugby are still tactical sports, but that's not that big of a deal compared to "american football" or baseball, which is basically turn-based. Soccer or Rugby are simplier to understand, which should mean that they're more "attractive". But you guys don't seem to care unless there's a major even, like we do with the Superbowl.

I think that's illogical. Why is this that way and why do "simple sports" are not popular in the US ?

Hi. I am trying to teach a group of Americans how to play handball. I am not much of a coach and am not really sure where to start. If you had to do a team handball introduction for novices, what would you start with?...this is for people that maybe have only seen a five minute clip on youtube of the sport. Where do I start?

I played baseball growing up most of my life and always seen handball come around during the Summer Olympics. I've always to play, but can't ever find any opportunities to take advantage of.

Platform(s): PS1, PS2?

Genre: Sport

Estimated year of release: 2000

Graphics/art style: -

Notable characters: There are different types of players such as skinny dudes that can run fast and giant guys who can flip people over their shoulders as they run into them.

Notable gameplay mechanics: Plays like american football and handball put together, you can charge with the ball, pass it to your teammates and you have to throw it into the enemy players net/goal. The sniping game mechanic is very unique and when you press it, time freezes and you go into a sniper scope in the stands and shoot a player.

Other details: It MAY be on Playstation 2, I'm just guessing. Also the arena is very small and is indoors, it is surrounded by a crowd. It ISNT this but it reminds me very much of these games https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uTuCe4afRlY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MiQ85gkZ6EU

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This (match ends at 70:00) is a good example of how close Team Handball matches usually get. I am in no way interested in sports, but holy shit, Team Handball can get my adrenaline going.

Currently the european championship in handball is being played so I was thinking if americans play the sport or have they even heard of it. I'm asking this because handball is relatively popular in Europe, maybe even in contention with basketball as the second most popular european sport, but I have never heard of american handball. Can you explain this to a clueless european?

Sir Alex Ferguson - 48 trophies

• 16 league championships
• 9 national cups
• 5 national league cups
• 10 domestic super cups
• 2 European Cups
• 2 Cup Winners Cups
• 2 Super Cups
• 1 Intercontinental Cup
• 1 Club World Cup

He's easily the most decorated manager in football history (https://external-preview.redd.it/Ppt75nJpQgMiSl7oQMXN7T5xwe3SwFt1YdlPL2OAv0E.jpg?auto=webp&s=946377d3b76fff9c14b768bea6645d20733f84c4) and if you compare his count to CLUBS - not just in football but all sports - you get the following:

FOOTBALL - https://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/news/30-most-successful-football-clubs-19428893

Sir Alex Ferguson would be joint-25th on a list of the most decorated football clubs in history, having won more trophies by himself than the likes of Inter Milan & PSG and the same number of trophies as AC Milan.

BASKETBALL - https://www.reddit.com/r/Basketball/comments/dvdds0/basketball_clubs_in_the_world_with_the_most/

Sir Alex Ferguson would be joint-12th on the list of the most decorated basketball clubs ever.

AMERICAN FOOTBALL - 1st https://www.reddit.com/r/FootballAmerica/comments/dfbvnp/nfl_teams_with_the_most_trophies/

CRICKET - 3rd https://www.reddit.com/r/Cricket/comments/czi629/domestic_cricket_clubs_with_the_most_trophies_in/

HOCKEY - 3rd https://www.reddit.com/r/hockey/comments/dit8a8/hockey_teams_in_the_world_with_the_most_trophies/

RUGBY UNION - 3rd https://www.reddit.com/r/rugbyunion/comments/dd469a/rugby_union_clubs_in_the_world_with_the_most/

RUGBY LEAGUE - 5th https://www.reddit.com/r/rugbyleague/comments/dad3a7/rugby_league_clubs_in_the_world_with_the_most/

BASEBALL - 4th https://www.reddit.com/r/baseball/comments/d3btcg/baseball_teams_in_the_world_with_the_most_trophies/

HANDBALL - 10th https://www.reddit.com/r/Handball/comments/cyrfp1/handball_clubs_in_the_world_with_the_most_trophies/

VOLLEYBALL - joint-7th https://www.reddit.com/r/volleyball/comments/dumot6/volleyball_clubs_in_the_world_with_the_most/

AUSSIE RULES - joint-2nd https://www.reddit.com/r/AFL/comments/d1nn3j/australian_football_teams_with_the_most_trophies/

BANDY - 2nd https://www.reddit.com/r/Bandy/comments/d0ow2m/bandy_clubs_in_the_world_with_the_most_trophies/

PESAPALLO - 1st https://www.reddit.com/r/Pesapallo/comments/d0lgib/pesapallo_teams_with_the_most_trophies/

WATER POLO - joint-11th https://www.reddit.com/r/waterpolo/comments/cyuof1/water_p

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Full quote: > You know, when I think about it, I don't want to > hold you here forever, but I just always think > about, 'Imagine if all of Yugoslavia was > together and all those guys were on one team. > It's exciting. I mean, you know, the Slovenians, > the Croatians, the Serbians, Herzegovina, > everybody. It's so cool. > > > And, you know, he's somebody that always > reminds me of that when another player from > that area pops up and becomes this great. It > seems like there aren't any average ones when > they come to the league. If they come to the > league, they're great. > > > And so it throws me back to the days of > [Vlade] Divac and [Zarko] Paspalj and [Toni] > Kukoc and [Drazen] Petrovic and all the guys > they had playing together at the same time. > Kind of like the Argentinians of a few years > back. So that's the first thought that goes > through my head. And then the second > thought is, I wonder 'How the hell did you get > this good from a small country.? > > And I know > you weren't going on the playgrounds, like in > New York City, or LA or Chicago and playing > every day -- with the same competition, > maybe he was playing every day, but they > didn't have as much competition, probably. So > you've got to give credit, which I think > American hubris often denies, to the programs > they have. To the coaching. To the the levels > of play, and what their coaches have to go > through to become coaches. What the players, > how disciplined they are, how many times they > practice; how hard they practice; how serious > they are. > > > It's a big deal. And they're great at it. So a lot > of credit has to go there. > And then you know, for whatever reason, there > seems to be a natural proclivity for the game. > And while these guys from that area, they also > have a great team handball team. It's kind of > basketball related, [he] probably never played > team handball, but same species or same > genre of game. So it's just very interesting and > wonderful to see it. > > > ------ > > > On a personal level, he really enjoys playing, > and I love his emotion. You know, sometimes > he gets frustrated, and then he's angry about

I don't want to step on anybody's toes here, but the amount of non-dad jokes here in this subreddit really annoys me. First of all, dad jokes CAN be NSFW, it clearly says so in the sub rules. Secondly, it doesn't automatically make it a dad joke if it's from a conversation between you and your child. Most importantly, the jokes that your CHILDREN tell YOU are not dad jokes. The point of a dad joke is that it's so cheesy only a dad who's trying to be funny would make such a joke. That's it. They are stupid plays on words, lame puns and so on. There has to be a clever pun or wordplay for it to be considered a dad joke.

Again, to all the fellow dads, I apologise if I'm sounding too harsh. But I just needed to get it off my chest.