Frisian handball

Frisian handball

Frisian handball ("Dutch: kaatsen, Frisian: Keatsen") is a traditional Frisian sport, related to American handball and fives, that is most commonly practiced by people from the northern province of Fryslân/Friesland. It is believed to be one of the oldest ballgames. The score is similar to tennis. The first team scoring six games, wins the match.

Rules

The major Frisian handball tournament, called the P.C. (short for Permanent Committee), is the oldest regulated sports tournament in the world. The P.C. is yearly held in the city of Franeker since 1854.

Frisian handball is played on a rectangular lawn of 61 m by 32 m by two teams of 3 players. In the center of one short side of the field is a receiving zone of 5 m by 19 m defended by 2 players, the other team member remaining field player. One of the opponents serves the hard leather ball with his bare hand from a serving box at about 30 meters from the receiving zone. If he does not succeed in reaching the receiving zone, the receiving team gets a direct score. When the receiving team, of which the players are allowed to wear a single hardened leather glove, returns the ball over the short line behind the serving box (called the upper line, in Frisian "boppe") they also get a direct score. Of course, the serving team is allowed to prevent this happening by hitting or holding the ball before the upper line. The place where the ball remains after such a rally is marked with a small woodblock called a "kaats", which is best defined as an undecided score. When two such undecided points occur (or one, if one of the teams is on game point) the teams change places.In the next rally, the team that then has the receiving position, tries to hit the ball past the first "kaats" and, if any, in the next rally past the second "kaats", so deciding the undecided points. Then they start all over again.

In parts of Belgium, a similar game is played, there called Jeu de Pelote. This game is played by teams of 5 players on a trapezium shaped field, mostly located on marketplaces.

See also

* Handball International Championships
* International game

External links

* [http://www.frnp-knk.be/ Belgian Federation]
* [http://www.knkb.nl KNKB Dutch Federation]
* [http://www.fwabp.be/ Walon amateur Federation]
* [http://www.pc-franeker.nl/index.php?a=18 Franeker's "Permanent Committee"]
* [http://mnjp-ath.site.voila.fr/accueil.htm Ath Handball Museum]
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mqb8RRxJiXg 1956, Balle Pelote final match, Braine-Gosseli]


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