ive been playing handball for a fair amount of time now but i only recently found out that there are special shoes dedicated to handball. so far i have only been wearing any comfortable shoes, mostly basketball shoes that i could get in my country, but i’m looking for suggestions now on which shoes/brand is best specifically for handball

Would that be possible?

And before anyone says, no I would not expect the USA to win the tournament. I am not Jay Cutler...

:D

It has been too long since the handball community has had an up-to-date game. Therefore, for the last couple of months, I've been developing Handball Manager - highly inspired from the Football Manager franchise, after noticing the slight lack of games for this sport, despite its massive following. While the game was initially meant for PC/laptop (Steam), Google Play was a more accessible service, enabling me to create a mobile port for it and start along the road of launching it.

The game currently has 4 leagues present (Denmark, France, Hungary and Romania, with more on the way, as well as the EHF competitions), with real players and data from the 2025/2026 season (though this might be a problem later, I still don't regret putting this much work into making this data). As I said, Handball Manager is a management game - so you create your manager, pick a league, pick your desired club, and then start the season! You can make transfers, renew contracts, grow your youth players, manage your finances, play matches in real-time (or sped-up), and much more!

The current phase is "closed testing". What that means is I need 12 testers (or more, no limit to it) to install the game from Google Play (so unfortunately, only Android users :( ), and keep it on their devices - so don't uninstall it - for a couple of weeks.

What do I need from you then? If you're a passionate handball fan and want to check my game out and help me at the same time, message me your gmail address that you're also using for Google Play, I will give you a link for you to accept becoming a tester, and then you shall be able to download the game from the Play Store and check it out!

After downloading the game, give it a shot and you can write to my gmail address (which you'll find in the game's Play Store page) any suggestions, feedback or bugs you find.

Any help is appreciated. Thank you!

Hello everyone,

lately I've been considering various things in order to gain some physical fitness.

A gym is my option of last resort, as these (at least in my region) seem to be way too expensive - at least I don't get why anyone would pay like $50 a month for "muscle training" on devices you can probably buy yourself used for a couple of hundred bucks?

Hence I've been contemplating about joining a regional sports club. Neighbouring towns offer quite a lot of options, ranging from soccer over tennis to handball.

Now, handball is in fact what would interest me the most - I'm just not sure how entry-friendly this kind of sports is to newcomers?

For reference, I'm about 30 right now and have never been doing anything for my fitness. My body isn't fat at all, so that's not what I'm worried about - it's more about the missing muscular strength / condition that I lack.

I'm just planning to do this in my spare time next to my day job ofc, not really to join a local sports league or something. Thing is just that the local handball sports clubs here apparently expects you to, since they publicly claim you're supposed to join a "probational training" on their website?

Now, would you say handball is only something you should join with sufficient experience / training, or is it technically possible to "get up to speed" with a team within a couple of months of technical training? (I assume condition build-up will take a bit longer)

Like, in a way where I will at least be useful to them as substitute player during tournaments? (since that's what I assume they would expect from me at the very least)

Thanks!

Me gustaría probar el balonmano fuera de un club osea estilo partido rápido y ya pero no sé en dónde , sabéis sitios donde vaya la gente a hacer pachangas rápidas?

Sometimes I practice at home using a small goal to practice accuracy. I use a small size one that's resin free. I don't ever want to play pro but someday I pray I find a rec team or friends to play with.

I found this on Instagram, lots of funny moments in a german minor league.

I have a tournament in 2 months. I need to improve these 4 physical aspects as preparation. Could you suggest what exercises i can do at home without equipment. Besides that, can you suggest me on how to create a weekly training schedule to train all of these or should i just train everything everyday?

As the title states do you guys wear basketball shoes for handball? I’ve been seeing a lot of forums for people asking for shoe recommendations, how to get better traction, shoes for what position and most of the shoes that get recommended are handball shoes. Now it may be different over here in America because we usually play basketball so we just got basketball shoes with our trusted companies(Nike,Adidas,Puma,etc) but are basketball shoes not a thing overseas for handball? Because my Li-nings, Nike and SPO shoes work wonders on the court.

After our friends/rivals from Pankow made the first step, we wanted to take the chance too.

We're based in Moabit and we've got teams in the Oberliga, Landesliga, and Bezirksliga looking for new players for the upcoming season, so you can join with any level of experience. We're a friendly mix of mostly younger players. Our first team often plays Friday nights with a great atmosphere to match (and draft beer for 1€).

We also spend plenty of time together off the court – for example, some of us organize a festival together. This year we went on a training camp to Mallorca (honest to god, no Ballermann, see IG for proof) and we plan to do something similar next year.

Check out IG for a glimpse of the vibe and send me a message if you're interested in joining:

Instagram: instagram.com/btsv_1850/

Web: btsv.team

By the way, we're also looking for sponsorships: btsv.team/uber-uns/partnerschaft/

Hello everyone. Recently I have been finding myself constantly slipping during defence and having to wet the bottom of my shoes with a wet rag because I have really bad grip. right now my shoes are ASICS gel-task 4 I’ve had for about a year. I wanted to know if anyone had any tips on how to improve my grip and avoid having to wet the bottom every 5 minutes.

When I was in high school, around 2004 I think ? My high school enrolled me into the handball team. Honestly, training was fun. Handball is a cool sport, no question. Problem is...I'm a small girl, and the selectioner appointed me as the goal keeper. I did my job, and we won the match, but...There was that one girl who was the main attacker, and by jove, she was a living missile. I stopped her shot, but at the cost of spraining my right wrist. Man was it painful. I practically couldn't move my hand for two weeks afterwards.
But, well, it was a game. No meaning in blaming her for being physically stronger than me.

As the title says I'm trying to get better at my position, mainly looking for any tips and critique. As an example to base off of, here's a video of one of my throws on the wing position.

If anyone knows any good exercises or has any other advice I'd be extremely thankful!

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https://www.eurohandball.com/en/news/en/line-up-for-next-seasons-ehf-champions-league-confirmed/

It's that time of year again: the Granollers Cup, one of the most important grassroots handball tournaments in Europe, kicks off this week — and this is already its 26th edition, organized by Club BM Granollers

Some numbers to put it in perspective:

- 6,000+ participants

- 24 countries

- For the first time ever, teams from Peru and Ivory Coast are joining

What makes this even cooler is the setting. Granollers (30km from Barcelona) is a small city of about 60,000 people with a deep handball tradition, and for a few days it completely transforms to host all of this — turning into a hub of sport, cultural exchange, and an incredible atmosphere.

From June 24th to 28th, the whole city becomes one big handball party. If you're around Catalonia these days, it's well worth checking out — even if you're not a handball fan, the energy alone is something else.

Has anyone here ever been to one of the previous editions? Curious to hear what it was like.

Anyone else going or following along this year?

I know this is very hard but i am trying to find Handball ball, Handball jeresy, and also another Handball shoes