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Handball
Handball is a team sport usually played with seven players on each team one of whom is a goalie, the object of the game is to throw the ball into the opposing team's goal. There are usually two 30 minute periods at the end of the game the team with the most goals wins.
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scorekeeper
Sports; Handball
He / she keeps track of playing time, substitutions and penalty suspensions times.
service box
Sports; Handball
There are two service boxes that are located in the service zone and are marked by a line, parallel to the side-wall, that is 18 inches from the wall. When playing with a partner the server's partner ...
service line
Sports; Handball
The Service Line is 5 feet from and in front of and runs parallel to, the Short Line.
service zone
Sports; Handball
The Service Zone is 5 feet (1.52 meters) wide and is that area between the front Service Line and the back Short Line. The server serves the ball while standing inside the Service Zone making sure ...
seven-meter line
Sports; Handball
This is a line one-meter long, which is seven meters in front of the goal. It is from this line that penalty throws are taken. See also Penalty line.
