Handball

Handball

Handball is the name of several different sports:

Team handball an Olympic sport where two teams try to throw the ball into their opponents' goal

Gaelic handball, a sport similar to squash where players hit the ball with a hand instead of a racquet
American handball, a sport similar to squash where players hit the ball with a hand instead of a racquet - originates from Gaelic handball
Eton Fives, a handball game played in a smaller number of English Public Schools
Four square, known as handball in Australia, a game played on two or more squares
Chinese handball, a variant of American handball popular on the streets of New York City during the 1960s and 70s
Australian handball, a variation of Chinese Handball with more rigidly defined rules, popular in schools.
Reverse handball, a radical but growing variation of Australian handball involving the use of external objects.
Basque Pelota and Valencian pilota handball games are played in Spain. Frisian handball (keatsen), a game played in Friesland in the Northern Netherlands between two teams of three players