Re: Pbm handball ?

From: silver+news@phoenyx.net (Karen J. Cravens)

Date: Sun, 14 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000

graham@DELETETHISaffordable-leather.co.uk wrote in
<382dbac5.1433752@news.cwcom.net>:

>I think he probably hasn't heard of the sport, it doesn't get much
>coverage in the UK.
>
>I saw a bit of it some years ago, as far as I remember it's a bit like
>Ultimate Frisbee, but with a soft football.
>
>From what I recall, you can't run with the ball, but you can throw to
>pass, there's a line about 30 feet from the goal which you can't
>cross, you have to "shoot" from behind it and there's no physical
>tackling.
>
>Or it could be something else entirely!

Sounds like another one of those football/American football dichotomies.

"Handball," 'round these parts, is something like racquetball, only (get
ready...) without racquets.  That is, lock a couple guys in a room and let
them bounce a small rubber ball off the walls, ceiling, floor, and each
other.

Most of the game (either one) consists of the first three parts (rules may
depend on the court setup... some places don't let you use the ceiling,
other don't you use the back wall, sometimes because there's an open
spectator gallery on the second floor and non-players get annoyed when
they're walking down the hallway and a hard rubber projectile comes at
them), but the only part anyone ever talks about is the last.  It's never
really inspired me to partake, though if I did I'd go for handball over
racquetball, since the latter seems to also occasionally involve bouncing
one's racquet off one's opponent.

--
Karen "avoids contact sports" Cravens

References

Re: Pbm handball ?
Ludovic Bostral <lbostral@club-internet.fr>
Sat, 13 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000
Re: Pbm handball ?
graham@DELETETHISaffordable-leather.co.uk
Sat, 13 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000
Pbm handball ?
Ludovic Bostral <lbostral@club-internet.fr>
Fri, 12 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000
Re: Pbm handball ?
paul@nospam.demon.co.uk (Paul Walker)
Fri, 12 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000

Referenced By

Re: Pbm handball ?
Ludovic Bostral <lbostral@club-internet.fr>
Sat, 13 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000
Re: Pbm handball ?
graham@DELETETHISaffordable-leather.co.uk
Sat, 13 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000
Pbm handball ?
Ludovic Bostral <lbostral@club-internet.fr>
Fri, 12 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000
Re: Pbm handball ?
paul@nospam.demon.co.uk (Paul Walker)
Fri, 12 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000