Why do americans not play handball ?

The handball that you show is similar to soccer or water polo. What we call handball has a small hard rubber ball. The ball is maybe 2 1/2 inches in diameter. The participants wear gloves and use both hands to play. It can be played by hitting the ball off of one wall or 4 walls. It is usually played with 2 people competing. It can be played with 4 people... teams of 2 against 2. Google or search it and I am sure that it will come up...So on my phone, I looked this up. Look under American handball...which it refers to as "handball"...aka "wallball". Use wikipedia. So to answer your question...we don't play handball as you know it in Europe. Why? I really don't know, for sure. I know that women play field hockey. A similar game for us is Lacrosse, a game invented by the American Indians or "native Americans"...it uses a ball that is very hard and is slightly larger in size than an American handball. The players use a stick with a net for catching and throwing the ball to each other. The players can run with the ball, throw it to another player or shoot at the net, goal...where a goalie is playing. Helmets are worn and chest protectors. It is played by boys and girls/ men and women...it has 2 goals...1 at each end which resemble the goals that you showed for handball. The game is divided into 2 periods. The team with the most points after time expires...wins. So our handball, (wallball) is played indoors on a court... usually an enclosed room. Lacrosse is played outdoors on a field.