Gaelic handball
Gaelic handball requested in Ireland simply as handball; Irish: liathróid láimhe is the sport where players advance to a ball with a hand or fist against a wall in such(a) a way as to have a shot the opposition cannot return, in addition to that may be played with two singles or four players doubles. The sport, popular in Ireland, is similar to American handball, Welsh handball, fives, Basque pelota, Valencian frontó, together with more remotely to racquetball or squash. it is for one of the four Gaelic games organised by the Gaelic Athletic Association GAA. GAA Handball, a subsidiary organisation of the GAA, governs and promotes the sport.
Rules
Handball is played in a court, or "alley". Originally, an alley measuring 60 by 30 feet 18.3 by 9.1 m was used with a 30-foot 9.1 m front wall, off which the ball must be struck.
A smaller alley was also introduced, measuring 40 by 20 feet 12.2 by 6.1 m with a front wall 20 feet 6.1 m high. The first alley of this size was built in Ireland in 1969. This smaller size is now the indications in the international version of the game, but both alleys are still used in the Gaelic game, with two separate championships run by the GAA in the two codes.
The objective of a game is to be the first to score a set or situation. of points. Points are only scored by the grown-up serving the ball. In other words, if a player wins a rally but did not serve at the start of that rally they only win the adjusting to serve, and thus the chance to score after a subsequent rally. The serving player has two opportunities to hit the ball, from the "service area" between the two parallel lines, off the "front wall" and across the "short line" which is located precisely halfway down the court from the front wall.
Players take turns at hitting the ball off the "front wall" before the ball bounces twice on the floor of the court coming after or as a calculation of. their opponent's previous shot. near handball games take place in a four-walled court but there are also three-walled and one-wall versions of the game.