Learn
The rules, the words of the game and the history of the rulebooks, in one place.
Rules
The current rules and how to learn them.
- One-wall rulesThe current USHA one-wall rulebook, rule by rule.
- Four-wall rulesThe current USHA four-wall (and three-wall) rulebook, rule by rule.
- Referee trainingPractice questions by topic, each with the answer and the rule behind it.
- Player guideHow to play each court well, from what the bots have learned.
Terms and graph
The words of the game and how they connect.
- TermsThe glossary: every actor, action, place and thing, with rule citations.
- GraphThe terms and rules as a map you can explore.
- FindSearch the terms, rules, guide and referee questions.
- BallsEvery ball specification found, current and historical: size, weight, bounce by surface, how balls are made.
- Compare codesThe handball codes side by side: one-wall, three-wall, four-wall and 60x30.
Rulebooks
Every edition, current and historical.
- Browse the rulebooksThe current rulebooks with their dates, then the historical ones from 1873.
- Family treeHow the rulebooks descend from one another, edition by edition.
- Rule changes by yearA heat map of which concepts changed in which year, by code, with the same numbers in a table.
- Rule numbers over timeCourt size, ball, points and short-serve limits across the rulebooks, as charts with data tables.
- Clause historyOne rule at a time: its wording through every rulebook, with the changes marked and the interpretations attached.
History
Where the game and its rules came from, and how we know.
- HistoryWhere to start: how the history is organized and how to read it.
- TimelineEvery dated moment on one timeline, from a few highlights to everything.
- The Handball RecordA written history of the game in chapters, with the sources named.
- ChampionshipsThe championship series and who won them, as far as the records go.
- PeoplePlayers, officials and writers, each with the sources that name them.
- ExploreFilter the whole history by code, era, place and kind of record.
- Coverage mapWhich years of which codes have a rulebook on record, and where the gaps are.
- Governance timelineWhich bodies adopted the rulebooks, at which meetings and under which chairs.
- Open questionsWhat we think happened but cannot yet prove.
- SourcesThe books, rulebooks and records this history rests on.
Directory
Handball links from around the web.
About
Where things come from, and the rest of the site.
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