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« on: July 07, 2010, 08:08:13 AM »
Do you have alot of courts?  Did you play as a kid?  Still play?  Have some emotional attachment to the game?

It's pretty big, handball popularity in Queens, probably moreso then Brooklyn, Manhattan and Long Island.  But alot of it stems out of the fact that the handball court was where all the g's hung out when you were a teenager.  Go there to cop trees, blaze trees, sit around, drink 40's at night.  And since the handball court was there, people would play.

It's a big part of people's pasttimes here, really, is what I'm saying, across many generations.

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« Reply #1 on: July 07, 2010, 08:18:59 AM »
I do not know what Handball is. So I guess that answers your question in re: Charlotte, North Carolina.
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« Reply #2 on: July 07, 2010, 08:35:41 AM »
I have never seen or heard of someone playing handball, except for Jake Plummer.  That is OKC and Denver, though could conceivably be popular in Denver.

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« Reply #3 on: July 07, 2010, 08:45:45 AM »
Jeez guys.  This.  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VFuMaviVvmU
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« Reply #4 on: July 07, 2010, 09:51:37 AM »
Oh.

We played racquetball and wall ball.  Seems pretty fun.
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« Reply #5 on: July 07, 2010, 10:24:50 AM »
Being in an urban school with limited greenery Handball was the choice recess game. I feel old suddenly because I can't remember all the slang associated with it.
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« Reply #6 on: July 07, 2010, 12:38:13 PM »
This post made an old lady from the Bronx feel very nostalgic. I HATE that. Especially the craving for a jelly doughnut.
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« Reply #7 on: July 07, 2010, 12:44:23 PM »
Come on people, it's an Olympic sport. With that said, no one in Utah plays it.

Quote from: KeithHernandez on July 07, 2010, 09:51:37 AM
We played racquetball and wall ball.  Seems pretty fun.

Wall ball. Hell yeah, that was the best.

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Jeez guys.  This.  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VFuMaviVvmU

Whoa, totally different than the Olympic sport. That does seem cool.

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« Reply #8 on: July 07, 2010, 01:09:16 PM »
Handball?  Well, it's a free kick for the other team unless it happens in the penalty area...
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« Reply #9 on: July 07, 2010, 01:31:49 PM »
Quote from: *****_god on July 07, 2010, 08:45:45 AM
Jeez guys.  This.  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VFuMaviVvmU

Ok, should have looked at that first, that is way different, and much more competent than the primary school game I knew which was more like 4 way tennis.
This is the best video I could find, there isn't much actual play here but there is lots of guys giving shit to each other, which was possibly the more important aspect.
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« Reply #10 on: July 07, 2010, 02:20:02 PM »
Oh yeah...

That shit is thriving out here. I could step off the hill and find a game in maybe, ohhh, 7 seconds, approximately. Good stuff, I will occasionally join the Wednesday workgroup that does this as a lunch activity.

For some reason, it is a popular game amongst both our latin and asian population. Other than a few "heeeey, gabacho" it's pretty open.
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« Reply #11 on: July 07, 2010, 03:07:28 PM »
i have heard the name, but this is a foreign concept to me.  in middle school and jr high, hackey sack used to be a thing among the wanna-be-hippies, but i never got into it.  you guys can play with your balls all you want, but i wont be joining you.
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« Reply #12 on: July 07, 2010, 03:10:52 PM »
Looks like fun.

Quote from: greenkoolayd on July 07, 2010, 03:07:28 PM
you guys can play with your balls all you want, but i wont be joining you.

Who asked you?  God forbid somebody has fun in a way you don't approve of.
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« Reply #13 on: July 07, 2010, 03:12:33 PM »
Quote from: AugustWest on July 07, 2010, 03:10:52 PM
Who asked you?  God forbid somebody has fun in a way you don't approve of.

douche-ness was not my intent.

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« Reply #14 on: July 07, 2010, 03:45:12 PM »
My dad played hell of handball back in the day.  To the point it caused nerve damage in his hands. He went to grad school at Dartmouth and I guess its what you do in New Hampshire during winter, which lasts from October to May.
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