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l think it is another way of saying a hand-shandy

American (or court) handball, usually referred to simply as Handball, is a sport in which players hit a small rubber ball against one or more walls.

Contents [hide]
1 History
2 Play
2.1 Three-wall
2.2 One-wall
2.3 Equipment
2.3.1 Small Ball vs. Big Ball
3 About the sport
3.1 Terms & Techniques
4 Variations
5 See also
6 References
7 External links



[edit] History
It is a common belief that American handball was brought to the United States in the 1880s by Irish immigrants [1]. The Gaelic handball sport , with the ball hit against a wall, was played since the 15th century in Ireland & Scotland[2]. References to games in which a ball is hit or thrown extend as far back as Homer.


[edit] Play
American handball is played on a court 40 feet (12.2 m) long by 20 feet (6.1 m) wide with either a single (front) wall, three walls, or in a fully enclosed four-wall court (the most common). The four-wall court is a rectangular box. The front wall is 20 feet (6.1 m) square, & the side walls r 40 feet (12.2 m) long & 20 feet (6.1 m) high. In the middle of the floor of the court lies the short line, dividing the floor into two 20 feet (6.1 m) squares. Also along the floor is the service line, which is 5 feet (1.5 m) in front of the short line. The service zone is the area between these two lines. The back wall of the court is usually 12 feet (3.7 m) high, with an above gallery for the referee & scorer, & also spectators. A few courts have a glass back wall and/or glass side walls to allow for a better view of the match. (In three-wall court handball, the court often has a front wall & two full side walls, or the front wall is flanked by two triangular wings.)

Handball may be played as singles (two players against each other), doubles (two teams of two players), or ''cut-throat'' (three players rotating one-against-two). (In ''cut-throat'' handball, one server plays against two receivers, until he or she is put out. Then, the left-most receiver serves, & so serves rotate in this way until one player scores 21 points & wins.) The ''cut-throat'' mode of play is also known as ''triangles''.

The ball is ''served'' by one player/team standing in the service zone, by dropping the ball to the floor of the service zone & striking it on the bounce with the hand or fist so that it hits the front wall. The ball must hit the front wall first; it may then hit at most one side wall; the served ball must pass the short line before the first bounce, but must bounce before reaching the back wall. When the served ball lands in front of the short line, it is called a ''short,'' while a serve which reaches the back wall without bouncing is called ''long,'' & a serve which hits both side walls before bouncing is called a ''3-wall''. All these r service faults. If the server gets two faults in a row, he or she is out, & becomes the receiver. If a serve hits the ceiling, floor, or a side wall before hitting the front wall, the server is out (no second serve allowed). In doubles, the server is teammate has to stand in the service area with his/her back to a side wall in a service box, marked by a parallel line 18 inches (46 cm) from the side wall, until the ball passes the short line.

The receiver must stand at least 5 feet (1.5 m) behind the short line, indicated by dashed lines extending 6 inches (15 cm) from each side wall, while the server has the ball. Once the ball is served, he or she must hit the ball either directly (''on the fly'') or after the first bounce so that it bounces off the front wall. However, if the receiver chooses to take the serve on the fly, he or she must first wait for the ball to cross the dashed line. The ball must not bounce off the floor twice. Nor can any player during a return hit the ball off the floor before it touches the front wall. The server then hits the ball on the rebound from the front wall, & play continues with the opponents alternatively hitting the ball until one of them fails to make a legal return. After the serve & return, the ball may be played from anywhere, & may hit any number of walls and/or the ceiling, so long as it hits the front wall before bouncing on the floor. Players cannot hinder (block) their opponents from hitting the ball. If the server fails to make a legal return, he or she is out, & becomes the receiver. If the receiver fails to make the return, a point goes to the server, who continues to serve until he or she is out. So, only the server/serving team can score points. The game goes to the player/team to score 21 points first, & a match goes to the player/team to win two out of three games; the third game goes to 11 points.


[edit] Three-wall
A three wall handball court is an outside court with a front, 2 sides, & no back wall. It is played very much like an indoor four-wall court, with the same rules, only with the challenge of returning the ball without any backwall rebound.

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