Handball

Handball is a dynamic, popular and exciting sport that requires athleticism, strength and stamina, great fitness and most of all, Team work.

Handball is the fastest indoor sport next after ice-hockey... It is a sport where players are encouraged to be athletic, be flamboyant and inventive, and above all, work together as team. It is one of the most popular sports in the world.

• Second largest sport in Europe
• Second fastest team sport
• Olympic Sport since 1936
• Played in 160 Countries Worldwide
• Over 15 million participants
• Voted Best Sport at the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney.

Handball comes in a variety of guises from the Field (Outdoor) Handball, to the now popular Olympic (Indoor) Handball played on a 40m x 20m court to the now recently introduced Beach (Sand) Handball played on the sands of a beach.  

Newsletters

Copies of the most up-to-date Pass it On school sport and clubs newsletters can be found to the right.

USEFUL WEBSITES

• England Handball  is the national governing body for Handball in the England and responsible for the development of handball.
• British Handball Association
  

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