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American Handball

American handball is a wall-based rebound game in which a small ball is struck with the hand against a front wall. It is played in one-wall, three-wall or four-wall variants, usually as singles or doubles with rally, serve and court rules.

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Classification

Category Wall sport

Family Racket Family

Level Variant

Getting started

Kurzbeschreibung American handball is hand-against-wall play: strike the ball, read the rebound, hold serve and win rallies.

Geeignet für Suitable for people who like fast rebound duels without a racket, low costs and lots of footwork.

Cost Low: ball, court access, sports shoes and optional gloves/eye protection are enough. Low to medium for court/club fees, better gloves, balls and event entry. USHA/wallball club, rec centre, YMCA, park one-wall court or university sport. Clarify eye protection and hand load early; local court rules differ.

First progress Short rallies come quickly; clean angles and court position take several sessions.

Fitness level medium

Was du brauchst

one-wall or four-wall court
handball
court shoes
optional gloves
optional eye protection
playing partner

First steps

find a court
hit controlled balls to the front wall
learn serve and return
play short rallies
test hand and eye protection

USHA club, wallball group, park court, rec centre, YMCA or university sport.

Build hand load slowly, keep spacing from partners and use eye protection on fast courts.

Weitere Angaben

Aliases American handball doubles, American Handball Doubles

Tags individual, team, einzeln, american-handball, racket-sport, wall-handball, ruckschlag-familie, ruckschlagsport

Rules and format

Die Grundlagen

Ziel

Strike the ball legally to the front wall so the opponent cannot return it correctly.

Teilnehmer

Singles or doubles.

Teamgröße

1v1 or 2v2.

Spielfeld

Wallball/handball court with front wall and lines.

Dauer

Games to target score or match format by rule.

Wertung

Points through legal rallies under one-/four-wall rules.

Gewinnbedingung

Target score or match win by event/court rule.

Ausrüstung

handball
court
shoes
gloves
eye protection

Wichtige Regelpunkte

missed front wall
out
hinder
fault serve
double contact