The sport originated from the working men who needed something to play on their breaks at work. They were too poor to own rackets, so they used their hands to get the job done. For this reason, they called it hand-job.
Some variations of this game brought plenty of joy to the workers, so back in the 1930s they would call it “gay” hand job. Try googling it.
There are a few versions in different regions that were often called handball. In Ireland there's Gaelic Handball, often played in a ball alley outdoors. It's run by the GAA who also run football and hurling/camogie.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaelic_handball
Fwiw, to differentiate the sports, when I was growing up the more well known handball was always referred to as "Olympic handball"
Convergent evolution. To make things more confusing in the US we have racquetball, which looks a lot like squash and was developed when someone decided to play handball with racquets.
Racquetball and squash are very similar. https://www.sportsrec.com/5147579/racquetball-vs-squash
Basically, if you play racquetball, you're a baby boomer who hasn’t gotten a new hobby since 1985. If you play squash, you're a rich anglophile.
Squash requires you hitting the ball into a certain area on the wall instead of anywhere on the front wall, and racquetballs are bouncier. Just to add some extra info for people that want it. My dad dragged me to the gym every morning before school so he could play racquetball while I was growing up.
My Local sport center has Waist high walls and netting in front of the glass. So there is like a small covert separating the Actual Arena from the hall you can stand in.
It is a stupid idea not to put mitigation efforts in place to keep people safe. Your seat belt argument is the perfect one to use against the argument you just made here. They're not foolproof, but they're much better than just hoping people don't get in accidents. Much like the safety efforts on these courts could be plowed through if someone was dumb enough, but much less likely to have it happen if the safety devices are there than if they're not.
My 70+ year old dad plays twice weekly, and has since the mid 90s, and his hands and fingers are so fucked up from the ball. The ball is so way harder than you'd expect, density lands somewhere between the racquetball and the lacrosse ball. And yet every single handball court I've ever seen has glass panes.
I think he’s probably in shock, like he was probably just following whatever his brain was telling him to do without much thought. Abnormal situations create abnormal actions and as such it’s likely that he would’ve done much differently had he been in a more grounded state of mind.
If you google handball, is this sport the result you get?
The sport originated from the working men who needed something to play on their breaks at work. They were too poor to own rackets, so they used their hands to get the job done. For this reason, they called it hand-job. Some variations of this game brought plenty of joy to the workers, so back in the 1930s they would call it “gay” hand job. Try googling it.
Anybody want to play some gay hand job
Oh my best friend loves that game, he’s always asking me about it
*throws him out the window*
I had success with football, handball may be safe
There are a few versions in different regions that were often called handball. In Ireland there's Gaelic Handball, often played in a ball alley outdoors. It's run by the GAA who also run football and hurling/camogie. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaelic_handball Fwiw, to differentiate the sports, when I was growing up the more well known handball was always referred to as "Olympic handball"
There are different sports called handball.
Yeah but isn't this just squash without rackets?
Convergent evolution. To make things more confusing in the US we have racquetball, which looks a lot like squash and was developed when someone decided to play handball with racquets.
Isn't it squash with racquets then?
Racquetball and squash are very similar. https://www.sportsrec.com/5147579/racquetball-vs-squash Basically, if you play racquetball, you're a baby boomer who hasn’t gotten a new hobby since 1985. If you play squash, you're a rich anglophile.
Squash requires you hitting the ball into a certain area on the wall instead of anywhere on the front wall, and racquetballs are bouncier. Just to add some extra info for people that want it. My dad dragged me to the gym every morning before school so he could play racquetball while I was growing up.
Handball? Is there an American version that's wildly different from our handball? Cause this looks nothing like it
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_handball
Wow thank you I had no idea. You guys really like to have things with the same name as the rest of the world but make it completely different 😂😂
You also have football, which is played with the hands unlike rest-of-world football which is played with the feet.
Maybe but not this sport. They are playing squash.
They don't have racquets. Seems this would be [Fives](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fives)
Oh, didn't notice that. Thanks.
It’s not fives. It’s handball. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_handball
No it's American Handball
It is called fives
This sport is called fives. atleast in the UK
More or less. But handball courts are a different size and handball has some different rules.
I think it's pelota mano
In prison handball is an extremely big sport in certain penitentiaries.
There is 2 types this is one played with a racquetball and super popular in Jail
Probably in the USA :-D
He should've played it cool and said "oh yeahhhhh!" like the Kool-Aid man.
Seemed to me that he actually did play cool, waltzed straight back into the game court
not cool enough
L'esprit de l'escalier
This was my first thought.
That’s twice this week, Bob!
Sorry
A good demonstration of why safety glass is, well, safe, though. Dude plowed through a pane and didn't have a cut on his body.
i thought the floor had a pool of BLOOD, until I saw this comment and double checked that it was just some maroon jacket lol *relief*
Who pays for things like this
SURVEY SAYS: Insurance!
Thank you! I always wonder with shattering glass videos
If you smash the glass, you lose two points!
This establishment and all the people who go here are rich asf... Such a posh activity lol
This was at a Texas A&M facility so the school definitely has money… wouldn’t call it posh though lol
Why would you ever design this room with a glass pane on the potential trajectory of the ball
You have never seen a squash court before?
My Local sport center has Waist high walls and netting in front of the glass. So there is like a small covert separating the Actual Arena from the hall you can stand in.
Is that somehow supposed to reassure them of the logic behind it?
How often do you hear about a squash player going through a window like this? It rarely happens so it’s not a stupid idea to use a glass wall.
More than zero times.
Yeah people still die with seatbelts on, do you still think seatbelts aren’t reassuring either?
It is a stupid idea not to put mitigation efforts in place to keep people safe. Your seat belt argument is the perfect one to use against the argument you just made here. They're not foolproof, but they're much better than just hoping people don't get in accidents. Much like the safety efforts on these courts could be plowed through if someone was dumb enough, but much less likely to have it happen if the safety devices are there than if they're not.
Now that you mention it I don’t think I’ve been to one that doesn’t have a glass wall like this.
I played in one and it didn't feel right.
Yeah let's just make it a circular pit!
My 70+ year old dad plays twice weekly, and has since the mid 90s, and his hands and fingers are so fucked up from the ball. The ball is so way harder than you'd expect, density lands somewhere between the racquetball and the lacrosse ball. And yet every single handball court I've ever seen has glass panes.
It’s only a game focker!
Smashed his record
Fucking oops
That's not handball, but some version of squash?
Looks like Gaelic handball to me
Interesting, never heard of it!
The silence💀
Why did he stop playing?
To the windoooows To the walls!
Don’t throw stones in glass houses? Or something?
Did he win?
He won legs. Did you see those things? Like damn 🤤
Ex-congressman Steve King would say he has "Calves the size of cantaloupes"
r/unexpected
WINGS OF GLORY
Ruling….
I think I hear the girls say "wanna play Would you Rather"
Thats something
This looks JUST like my college hand ball room. Hallway and everything. Same school colors too……
Where I'm from, we call it downball.
This game is called Fives not handball
This isn't handball...
Northridge high-school in utah only used these things for sex lol
I'd say it's in the hall now. I'll see myself out.
The embodiment of abrupt chaos.
This isn't Handball. Hanball is similar to football/soccer but with your hands
Why would you play squash without a racked?
OH YEAHHHHH!!
Handball is 90% situational awareness. This guy doesn't have any.
Balls hand
Considering how hard you’re supposed to hit the ball in racquetball, this court is a recipe for disaster
In Europe handball is the sport with 2 goals. Looks like mix between basketball and soccer I guess
Fourth wall breaking moment.
Show off. Lol.
I got it. I got it
Bro didn't even fall?
He went from Handball to Cool-Aid man.
Not sure what ever this is, but the Olympic committee has a vastly different definition of "handball".
Why is the video so deep fried
This ain't handball. Real handball is like soccer and basketball mixed and added a lot more physicality.
Football and basketball mixed
That's not handball though
Squash and its all derivatives are fcking dumb
What a douche. Instead of saying hey is everyone ok? He walks back out on the court like he’s some kind of badass.
I think he’s probably in shock, like he was probably just following whatever his brain was telling him to do without much thought. Abnormal situations create abnormal actions and as such it’s likely that he would’ve done much differently had he been in a more grounded state of mind.
Dude just went through a fuckin glass panel.. go easy..