Fall and its colorful foliage had covered Montreal as San Francisco’s CalHeat flew across the country and border to attend “le tournoi de l’action de grace”. The tournament hosted by the Montreal Celtic Handball Club featured US (Boston, San Francisco, West Point) as well as Canadian (Laval, Sherbrooke, Montreal, Québec) teams. The level of handball […]
On Wednesday, October 5th, at the Lycée Français de San Francisco, the kickoff of the first ever season of the Bay Area Youth Team Handball League took place. It was a sunny and very windy afternoon, but everyone involved was excited about the game and the historic implications of such an event. Before even the […]
San Francisco CalHeat Team Handball Club will be sending one women’s team along with one men’s team to the International Thanksgiving Tournament held by Montreal Celtique Handball Club on the weekend of Oct 8th – 9th . Our players are looking forward to represent the Bay Area during this tournament, and will be joined by […]
On Saturday September 17th SF CalHeat started the indoor season on a very promising note by hosting a Team Handball clinic for High Schools in the Bay Area. In what will be the inaugural season of the first Bay Area Youth Team Handball League, the clinic had the participation of Lycée Français de San Francisco, Sterne […]
Our friends John Ryan and Ebiye Udo-Udoma meet on a new edition of Team Handball News Podcast to discuss really how good the U.S. is at Beach Handball and the future of the sport. The interview covers Ebiye’s journey from regular handball to the beach version and how the U.S. team was able to quickly […]
Whilst most of the Bay Area was either at the Burning Man or discussing the class struggle unfolding there, the San Francisco CalHeat men and women’s teams braved the labor day traffic on their way to the 10th annual Southern California Beach Handball Tournament in Huntington Beach, CA. The tournament was organized by LATHC and […]
The new initiative by the International Handball Federation provides tools for Coaches, Referees and Players to improve their skills and stay up to date with the rules. Visit the website and let us know how useful you find it! http://ihfeducation.ihf.info/
Make sure you come to our first practice of the season to try it out! Schedule our Facebook Event Here are just a couple of examples of how Team Handball fever has spread across America thanks to the recent Olympics.
Our friends from Oregon, lead by Jan Vanderstraeten, are developing Youth Team Handball in elementary schools: The kids called themselves the Quatschi Club, after the only team in Portland: Team Handball Club, “Portland Sasquatch” and after the fact they make a lot of Quatsch. In the camps, we offer an intense and active, skill-driven curriculum […]
USATH is informing of the upcoming tryouts for the National Teams: Tryouts are conducted at the famous Beard-Eaves Memorial Coliseum on the campus at Auburn University. The Men’s National Team has a scheduled tryout on October 15th, 2016. The Women’s National Team has scheduled tryouts for October 29th-30th and December 17th-18th, 2016. To register, please […]
Adam Kilgore, from The Washington Post, asks a very painful and real question about the state of Team Handball in America. At many levels, it makes no sense. America has the right kind of athletes with the right kind of sports backgrounds. True, they have no incentives to play handball, but disregard that for a moment: […]
In this Team Handball News podcast episode John Ryan and Christer Ahl review group play at the halfway point. Surprises, disappointments and predictions for the quarterfinals. Follow the link
Martin Rogers from USA TODAY Sports makes the calling we keep doing every year. This is a public service announcement aimed at any college basketball player, soccer goalkeeper, lacrosse player, football recruit (skill positions preferred), water polo junkie, wrestler or women’s softball exponent. If you’re watching the Rio Olympics and wish you were taking part, but […]
Our friend John Ryan from Team Handball News is joined on his podcast by Christer Ahl to discuss the recent rule changes implemented by the IHF that are being used at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games. Follow the links for the two parts of the discussion: Podcast: New Handball Rules (Part 1) Podcast: New Handball Rules […]
Micah Peters, Staff writer for The Ringer gives his impression of Olympic Handball: OK, so, handball is essentially an amalgam of every team sport there is, and it’s awesome. There are faint undertones and flagrant overtones of everything from basketball to football to American football to lacrosse, and a lot of things in between. Floor-spreading, […]
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