Whilst most of the Bay Area was either at the Burning Man or discussing the class struggle unfolding there, the San Francisco CalHeat men and women’s teams braved the labor day traffic on their way to the 10th annual Southern California Beach Handball Tournament in Huntington Beach, CA. The tournament was organized by LATHC and […]
The new initiative by the International Handball Federation provides tools for Coaches, Referees and Players to improve their skills and stay up to date with the rules. Visit the website and let us know how useful you find it! http://ihfeducation.ihf.info/
Make sure you come to our first practice of the season to try it out! Schedule our Facebook Event Here are just a couple of examples of how Team Handball fever has spread across America thanks to the recent Olympics.
Our friends from Oregon, lead by Jan Vanderstraeten, are developing Youth Team Handball in elementary schools: The kids called themselves the Quatschi Club, after the only team in Portland: Team Handball Club, “Portland Sasquatch” and after the fact they make a lot of Quatsch. In the camps, we offer an intense and active, skill-driven curriculum […]
USATH is informing of the upcoming tryouts for the National Teams: Tryouts are conducted at the famous Beard-Eaves Memorial Coliseum on the campus at Auburn University. The Men’s National Team has a scheduled tryout on October 15th, 2016. The Women’s National Team has scheduled tryouts for October 29th-30th and December 17th-18th, 2016. To register, please […]
Adam Kilgore, from The Washington Post, asks a very painful and real question about the state of Team Handball in America. At many levels, it makes no sense. America has the right kind of athletes with the right kind of sports backgrounds. True, they have no incentives to play handball, but disregard that for a moment: […]
In this Team Handball News podcast episode John Ryan and Christer Ahl review group play at the halfway point. Surprises, disappointments and predictions for the quarterfinals. Follow the link
Martin Rogers from USA TODAY Sports makes the calling we keep doing every year. This is a public service announcement aimed at any college basketball player, soccer goalkeeper, lacrosse player, football recruit (skill positions preferred), water polo junkie, wrestler or women’s softball exponent. If you’re watching the Rio Olympics and wish you were taking part, but […]
Our friend John Ryan from Team Handball News is joined on his podcast by Christer Ahl to discuss the recent rule changes implemented by the IHF that are being used at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games. Follow the links for the two parts of the discussion: Podcast: New Handball Rules (Part 1) Podcast: New Handball Rules […]
Micah Peters, Staff writer for The Ringer gives his impression of Olympic Handball: OK, so, handball is essentially an amalgam of every team sport there is, and it’s awesome. There are faint undertones and flagrant overtones of everything from basketball to football to American football to lacrosse, and a lot of things in between. Floor-spreading, […]
Getting you pumped for Rio 2016!
By Coco The 2016 USATH Open Championships was held May 14th-16th at the Utz Arena at the York Expo Center in Pennsylvania. San Francisco Calheat Women started their tournament against Boston on Friday May 14th. Boston came through as a strong team as usual but with a good defense and the amazing job of their […]
Please come and join us for our 10th annual California Cup Invitational Tournament (a Western USA Team Handball League and USATH Sanctioned tournament) on January 29th, 30th and 31st 2016. As every year men teams from the US, Canada, Mexico and Japan compete in a highly competitive manner. We also would like to invite women […]
San Francisco CalHeat is an amateur Team Handball Club based in the San Francisco Bay Area. The club consists of both Men’s and Women’s teams that compete at the highest amateur level in the United States. The teams consist of players from age 15 to 40+ from many different cultural backgrounds, but all living in […]
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