- Handball
Handball is the name of several different sports:
*Team handball an Olympic sport where two teams try to throw the ball into their opponents' goal
*Gaelic handball , a sport similar to squash where players hit the ball with a hand instead of a racquet
*American handball , a sport similar to squash where players hit the ball with a hand instead of a racquet - originates from Gaelic handball
*Eton Fives , a hand ball game played. in a smaller number of English public schools
*Four square , known as handball in Australia, a game played on two or more squares
*Chinese handball , a variant of American handball popular on the streets of New York City during the 1960s and 70s
*Australian handball , a variation of Chinese Handball with more rigidly defined rules, popular in schools.
*New Zealand Handball , a more tennis styled variation of Four square
*Reverse handball , a radical but growing variation of Australian, involving the use of external objects.
*Basque Pelota andValencian pilota , handball games played in Spain
*Frisian handball (keatsen), a game played in Friesland in the northern Netherlands between two teams of three players.Handball can also refer to:
*Handball (Australian rules football) , a legal method of disposing of the ball and an alternative pass to a kick
* The illegal use of arms or hands while playingfootball (soccer) Handballing may refer to the sexual act of
fisting .
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