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handball

vr.tr.handball · ACT.ACT

Let an agent explain handball, relay rules, history, competitions and variants from IHF and sports sources, describe men s and women s competition and the named variants, and distinguish team handball from American and Gaelic handball, the football handball offence, netball and water polo.

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Purpose and description

Let an agent explain handball, relay rules, history, competitions and variants from IHF and sports sources, describe men s and women s competition and the named variants, and distinguish team handball from American and Gaelic handball, the football handball offence, netball and water polo.

A team sport in which two teams of seven players, including a goalkeeper, pass and throw a ball by hand to score goals, played indoors on a 40 by 20 metre court and governed internationally by the International Handball Federation, founded in 1946, with Olympic indoor handball for men since 1972 and women since 1976, and variants such as beach handball and wheelchair handball; field handball, an outdoor eleven-a-side game, was played at the 1936 Olympics. The name also refers to a foul in association football and to wall games such as American and Gaelic handball.

What it is for: Sport and recreation.

It can be explain rules and variants; relay history and competitions; describe men s, women s and para forms; distinguish other sports named handball.

Distinguishing features

Seven players

Goal area

Fast scoring

Strong in Europe

What it looks like

Players jumping to throw a ball at a goal guarded by a keeper, inside a court with a 6-metre goal area.

Physical character

court size: 40 x 20 m

IHF founded: 1946 year

Olympic debut indoor: 1972 year - men, women 1976

match length: 2 x 30 min - senior

How it is recognised

Seven-a-side team throwing sport

Field handball, men s handball, men s beach handball, indoor handball, wheelchair handball, women s handball

American and Gaelic handball are wall games; handball in football is a foul; netball has no dribbling and different goals; water polo is played in water

Related models

is a kind of - in registry terms

team sport

is governed by -

International Handball Federation

includes -

beach handball

is contrasted with -

American handball

In practice

Families and kinds

indoor team handball

field handball historically

beach handball

wheelchair handball

men s and women s competitions

Standards and regulation

IHF Rules of the Game

Anti-doping rules

Continental federation regulations such as EHF

Failure modes and hazards

Knee and shoulder injuries

Confusing sports named handball

Stale competition results

Also called

field handballmen's handballmen's beach handballindoor handballwheelchair handballwomen's handballwomen's beach handballCzech handballbeach handball

Where this came from

wikidata · CC0 1.0

Drafted structure

Bundle to layer to finding to question, as the second pass will find it: 4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions.

Understand What handball is.

Definition.

Definition

Definition.

Definition

Definition.

  1. What is handball, and how does it differ from American and Gaelic handball, the football foul, netball and water polo? definition
  2. Is the question about rules, a competition, playing or a variant? boundary

Variants

Named variants.

Variants

Variants.

  1. What are field, indoor, beach and wheelchair handball, and how do men s and women s competitions differ? definition
  2. Which entry fits the specific variant? action
Rules Rules.

Regulation.

Basics

Basic rules.

Basics

Basics.

  1. What are the main rules on steps, dribbling, the goal area and passive play? provenance
  2. Which references are standard? provenance

Changes

Rule changes.

Changes

Changes.

  1. How have recent rule changes such as the empty-goal substitution altered play? provenance
  2. Which sources are cited? provenance
Competition Competitions.

Sources.

World

World and Olympics.

World

World.

  1. Who has won Olympic and World Championship titles, checked against current sources? provenance
  2. Which entry fits IHF World Men s Handball Championship? action

Clubs

Club handball.

Clubs

Clubs.

  1. How do the EHF Champions League and top leagues such as the Bundesliga work? provenance
  2. Which entry fits EHF Champions League? action
Context History and health.

Context.

History

History.

History

History.

  1. How did handball develop in Denmark, Germany and Sweden around 1900? provenance
  2. Which entry fits history of handball? action

Injury

Injury prevention.

Injury

Injury.

  1. What injury prevention programmes are recommended for handball players? provenance
  2. Which entry fits anterior cruciate ligament injury? action

What the second pass must settle

  • Should men s and women s handball be separate entries?
  • How should IHF sources be linked?
  • Should field handball be a separate entry?