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Why do americans not play handball ?

its a great game... little brutal sometimes fun to play and watch

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vetguy1991 · 51-55, M
Here handball is a different game
@vetguy1991 seriously ? i wasnt aware of that...
vetguy1991 · 51-55, M
@BlackBlossom it's like racquetball without the racquet
@vetguy1991 never heard of raquetball..
vetguy1991 · 51-55, M
@BlackBlossom it's difficult to explain, it is fun to play though
Kwek00 · 41-45, M
@vetguy1991 How does that get named "handball"? It looks a lot more like squash
@Kwek00 be fair they call egghand football...
vetguy1991 · 51-55, M
@Kwek00 not sure, I guess it's because you use your hand and not a racquet
Kwek00 · 41-45, M
@vetguy1991 Okay, my bad, I mis understood. I found it now on the internet, I was still looking at the raquet version. At least I understand that this gets the name handball.

Looks a lot like a sport that is familair in the French/Netherlands/Belgian area called "Kaatsen" (Frisian Handball) but Americans added a wall. Which Italians already did before the Americans, in dutch it's called "Muurkaatsen" and also "Kaleren" but I don't know how the Italians originally called it.
Kwek00 · 41-45, M
@BlackBlossom ROFL on the "egghand" 🤣