The fascinating history of handball

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Variations on the game of handball were played around the world for thousands of years. Known as one of the oldest ball games, handball has been played in Egypt about four thousand years ago, in ancient Rome, and many cultures of South America.

The ancient Egyptians played a variety of ball games. Drawings of Egyptian handball show was five thousand years to decorate tombs at Saqqara, the girls in teams of two found the game. Balls in the EgyptianHand balls are designed to be both lightweight and strong - were made by a skin of leather stuffed with hay or other vegetable fibers such as papyrus.

In the Roman Empire, the game was called ludere expulsim and was invited sphaeristas playgrounds. Alexander the Great have spread in charge of broadcasting the game between the Greek colonies in Italy in the first millennium BC, and from there to other countries of the Roman Empire. Details on how the game was playedthis period are incomplete, but believed it was similar to what is known today as a wall handball.

In France during the Middle Ages the game was popular with the name Jeux de Paume (palm game) and has been with both nobility and peasants. The ball was made of pieces of cloth sewn together tightly coiled done, and as the game develops gloves were used to allow greater hit the ball. This form of handball is considered a precursor of tennis - as the game developed in France,The players began using gloves bigger and bigger until it finally began to use objects that resembled snowshoes soon.

In America, handball over three thousand years old and comes from Mexico. Handball players are represented painted ceramics, sculptures and murals found in archaeological sites in many parts of Central America. The games played by these ancient cultures, is the one that best meets the modern handball Rebotea one hand pelotaHard or "Hard Ball Pelota bounced in hand." This game has been played by the people who use Chichimeca court measuring 20 feet by 40 feet. Many sites of ancient ruins in Central America, including dishes like, and together with the variety of art that represents the game show that was an important part of life of these ancient cultures.

These days, an increasingly popular sport handball - was a part of the Olympic Games, and many international tournaments are dedicatedHandball - Not surprisingly, the Egyptian team, known for being very talented, perhaps because of all the civilizations of the world have played the longest!

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