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the only sport where slapping the ball as hard as possible is the whole strategy
means A game in which players use their hands to hit a ball — either striking it against a wall (as in American or court handball) or throwing it into a goal (as in the Olympic team sport).
from A plain English compound of "hand" and "ball," so transparent it barely needs explaining — though the name has been claimed by very different games. Wall-bashing handball traces back to old courts in Ireland, where it became a beloved street and parish pastime; the team-throwing version was codified in northern Europe in the early 20th century. The word simply describes what you do: a ball, your hand, and no racket in between.
- olympic since
- team handball debuted at 1936 Berlin Games
- goals galore
- matches often end 30 to 30, scoring never stops
- airborne shots
- players leap and throw mid-flight like missiles
- speed demon
- throws clocked over 100 kilometers per hour
- two versions
- team handball and wall handball are wildly different
paris saint-germain — won 10 french league titles and dominated european handball in the 2010s-2020s
thw kiel — german club with 4 european champions league titles, most recently 2014
denmark france rivalry — nordic rivals with 2 consecutive world championship finals meetings in 2020-2021