Handball - Primary Level

What is Handball?

• A team sport in which two teams of seven players pass a ball with their hands, with the aim of throwing it into the opposing team’s goal to score.

• A team sport played between two teams of 11 players each, who primarily use their feet to propel a ball around with the aim of scoring more goals than the opposing teams.

Which hand should you use to throw the handball?

• Left hand

• Right hand

• Dominant hand (the hand you use for writing)

What is the best way to catch a handball?

• With two hands

• With one hand

• No hands

Players are not permitted to pull, hit or punch the ball out of the hands of an opponent.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Why is it important to move into open space?

The team’s activity that begins with gaining possession of the ball and ends with losing possession of the ball:

• Defence

• Attack

• Faking

The team’s activity that begins with losing possession of the ball and ends with regaining possession of the ball.

• Defence

• Attack

• Faking

Throwing the ball to a teammate:

• Shooting

• Scoring

• Passing