AY Honors/Handball/Answer Key

Handball

Skill Level

1

Year

2012

Version

28.04.2025

Approval authority

South American Division

1

Know the updated regulations of the International Handball Federation (IHF) and consult the 18 main rules of handball.

The International Handball Federation is the administrative and controlling body for handball and beach handball. The 18 rules of the game can be found in the Rules of the Game Manual. They are more areas of rules than actual rules. They are the following:

• Playing Court
• Playing Time, Final Signal, Time-Out
• The Ball
• The Team, Substitutions, Equipment, Player Injuries
• The Goalkeeper
• The Goal Area
• Playing the Bal, Passive Play
• Fouls and Unsportsmanlike Conduct
• Scoring
• The Throw-Off
• The Throw-In
• The Goalkeeper Throw
• The Free Throw
• The 7-Meter Throw
• General Instructions for the Execution of the Throws (Throw-Off, Throw-In, Goalkeeper Throw, Free Throw and 7-Meter Throw)
• The Punishments
• The Referees
• The Timekeeper and the Scorekeeper

2

What does the expression "fair play" mean?

3

Define the following terms:

3a

Support Throw

3b

Suspension Throw

3c

Fall Throw

3d

Rolling Throw

3e

Shoulder Pass

3f

Pronation Pass

3g

Overhead Pass

3h

Behind the Body Pass

3i

Back Pass

3j

Indirect Pass

3k

Vaseline

3l

Screw

3m

Block

3n

Drive

3o

Counter attack

3p

Cross

3q

Score

3r

Fluctuations

3s

Infiltrations

3t

Bounce

3u

Zone defense

3v

Mixed defense

3w

Intersection

3x

Man-to-man defense

3y

Eight

3z

Assist

3aa

Disqualification

3bb

Two Minutes

3cc

Suspension

3dd

4-meter line

3ee

6-meter line

3ff

7-meter line

3gg

7-Meter Throw

3hh

Free Throw

4

Demonstrate and understand the different skills that are needed in the offensive and defensive positions of handball.

5

Demonstrate reasonable ability in the following areas:

5a

Handgrip

5b

Catch

5c

Pass

5d

Throw

5e

Dribble

5f

Three-step approach

5g

Double three-step approach

5h

Progression

5i

Feint

6

Spend at least four hours helping a less skilled or younger person to improve their skills in handball.

7

Play at least five games of handball with family or friends. Show "fair play" during your practice and games.

8

Write a one-page report about a famous handball player. Discuss why this player is a good Christian model.

9

Discuss with your leader, pastor or instructor about the problems faced by Seventh-day Adventist youth in school and university level. What alternatives exist to allow continuous sport activity?

10

Design to scale a field of handball with the boundaries properly defined. Tell the dimensions of the crossbar.

References

• Rules of the Game Manual
• Wikipedia - Handball