Handball...wtf?

[Drunken Irishman]

Ok, so I went out and partied a bit last night and got in around 4:00 Salt Lake time. I stumble into my room, turn on the TV and crawl into bed, where I begin to doze off. But before I do, I notice this weird sport on my television screen. It's the Olympics and it's a bunch of guys running down an inside court throwing a small ball at each other. Like soccer, but with a smaller ball and the use of hands.

Then I fell asleep.

When I awoke, it was the first thing that I thought of and couldn't even begin to tell you what sport it was. So I did some searching and it's Handball. When the hell did handball become an Olympic sport?

[Bluzmann57]

1. Team handball

And it's been an Olympic sport for at least three cycles. But what really sucks is that they want to eliminate baseball. We have team handball and they want to eliminate baseball. 'Nuff said.

[pokerfan]

4. Where's the focking Caber Toss?

[DarkTirade]

13. Now thot's a man's game.

[femmocrat]

11. And softball!

I say get rid of basketball, which is all professionals. :hide:

[bicentennial_baby]

2. The 1970s

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Team_handball

Well, it was played in '36, per the request of Hitler, but didn't comeback until the 70s. I actually tried out for the US team in 1993, at HS. Open tryouts. It was fun. :)

[JVS]

9. Nice sport, Hitler!

[pokerfan]

3. Continuously since 1972

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Team_handball

[Fleshdancer]

5. This is the first time I've ever watched it and I like it

I like to watch basketball and soccer so it's only natural for me to enjoy handball too.

[DS1]

6. It's the team version of Pocketball

[Orsino]

7. When you get to the court and find you've forgotten your racket...

...keep a straight face and hope somebody decides to call it a sport.

[Ptah]

8. hand ball? No sex threads!!

[riverdeep]

10. Every sport is strange except the ones you're familiar with.

Think about describing golf to someone who's never heard of it.

"So let me get this straight. You set aside acres and acres of prime land so people can hit a tiny ball with a series of odd-shaped metal sticks with growths on the end? Weird sport."

[Scooter24]

12. I had the same reaction watching Curling

several years ago. Watching these people sweep the ice made me go :wtf: a few times.

[sniffa]

15. Or that tree throwing sport

That's weird.

[NightWatcher]

14. come on it looks like fun. I wish they had Full Contact Handball

[Orangepeel]

16. I'm resurrecting this thread because women's team handball is on MSNBC and I had the same reaction

"What sport is that?!" I'm surprised there aren't any American teams. It looks rough, but fun.