Käsipalli ajalugu (1)

Käsipall ehk väravpall on võistkondlik pallimäng.

Ajalugu

Käsipalli leiutajaks peetakse taanlast Holger Nielsenit, kes Ordrupi reaalkooli õpetajana mängis 1898 . aastal õpilastega mängu, mida nimetas käsipalliks. Juba kuus aastat varem mängiti Tšehhoslovakkias kooliinspektor Josef Klenkeri koostatud sportmängu, mis sarnanes käsipalliga.
1928. aastal asutati Rahvusvaheline Käsipalliföderatsioon (International Amateur Handball Federation, IAHF), 1946. aastal anti talle nimeks International Handball Federation (IHF). Praegu on alaliidul 150 liikmesriiki.
Esimesed meeste MM-võistlused nii suures kui väikeses käsipallis peeti 1938. aastal. Naiste suure käsipalli MM-võistlusi korraldati aastast 1949, väikese käsipalli omi aastast 1957. Aastast 1961 pole MM-võistluste kavas enam suurt käsipalli. Olümpiamängude kavas oli 11:11 variant esmakordselt 1936. aastal Berliinis, siis tuli 36-aastane vaheaeg ning 1972 Münchenis mängisid mehed juba 7:7 varianti. Neli aastat hiljem Montrealis selgitasid esimese olümpiavõitja ka naised.

[redigeeri] Käsipallist lähemalt

Võistkonda kuulub seitse mängijat, kellest üks on väravavaht.
Mäng kulgeb nii, et mängijad liiguvad väljakul vastastikku palli söötes ja vahepeal väljakule põrgatades.
Et mängu käigus on suhteliselt palju füüsilisi kontakte vastasvõistkonna mängijatega, siis määratakse ka karistusi liiga ohtliku mängu eest.
Käsipalliväljak on 40 m pikkune ja 20 m laiune. Väljaku kummaski otsas on värav, mille kõrgus on 2 m ja laius 3 m.

is a team sport where two teams of seven players each (six players and a goalkeeper) pass and bounce a ball trying to throw it in the goal of the opposing team.

Handball is played on a court 40 meters long by 20 meters wide (40m x 20m), with a dividing line in the middle and a goal in the center of either end. The goals are surrounded by a near -semicircular line that is generally six meters (6m) away from the goal, called the crease . There is also a dashed near-semicircular line that is nine meters (9m) away from the goal. In established play (which is most of the time, although counterattacking is becoming increasingly important ), the defenders stand right outside the 6 m line, with the attacking players throwing the ball to each other a bit outside the 9 m line, trying to create an attack (either by shooting from a distance, or passing to a player standing at the 6 m line).
After a goal has been scored, the team conceding the goal restarts the game . Its players move to the center line. Once a player has the ball under control the referee will blow his whistle to restart play. All players of the team which are restarting the play must be behind the line on their own half , or else the restarting throw will have to be retaken.
Only the defending goalkeeper is allowed to step inside the six meter (6m) perimeter, though any player may attempt to catch and touch the ball in the air within it. If a player should find himself in contact inside the goal perimeter he must immediately take the most direct path out of it. Should a defender make contact with an attacker while in the goal perimeter, their team is penalized with a direct attempt at the goal, with only one attacker on the seven-meter line and the defending goalkeeper involved.
The ball is smaller than a football in order for the players to be able to hold and handle it with a single hand (though contact with both hands is perfectly allowed).

A player may only hold the ball for three seconds and may only take three steps with the ball in hand. After taking three steps the player will have to make a dribble with one hand in order to continue moving forward , but if the ball is held in both hands after making a dribble and the player makes another dribble, a free throw will be given to the other team for a " double dribble".

A standard match duration consists of two periods of 30 minutes each during which each team may call one time-out.