Handball

Handball

General Information About Handball

  • A game played between two teams of 7 or 11 players
  • The game is summed up in the players throwing an inflated ball into a goal from any part of a rectangular area while preventing their opponents of doing so
  • the consists in to two 30 minutes halves and an intermission
  • Players wear no protective equipment
  • The players move the ball by passing, dribbling or hitting it with any body part above the knee
  • The goalkeeper is the only one allowed to kick the ball
  • Running more than three steps with the ball is illegal as well as holding it still for more than three seconds