United States Handball Association

Non-profit organization (501c-3)• Dedicated to growth and development of handball

• 50 State Chairmen / 9 Regional Commissioners

• Publishes “Handball Magazine”

• Member of the National Intramural-Recreational Sports Association (NIRSA)

• All levels of ability from novice to professional

Four wall handball is played on a court 20’ x 40’ with a 20’ front wall. Three wall is played on the same size court outdoors without a back wall. One wall is played indoors or outdoors on a court 20’ x 34’ with a 16’ front wall.

The ball is rubber almost 2” in diameter and weighs 62 grams. The ball is hit with either hand and must hit the front wall before it hits the floor.

The rules are simple and the basic fundamentals are easy to learn. It does take some time to learn to play the game with proficiency.

Why Play Handball?President’s Council of Physical Fitness

• “Best all-around fitness sport one can play”Excellent cross-training for varsity and

intramural sportsCan include singles, doubles and three playersMinimum equipment costFun and exciting to play

More reasons to play handball

Year round lifetime sport

Stress relief through concentration

Teaches ambidexterity, balance, coordination

Handball is easy to love…lifetime to learn

Fellowship and Camaraderie

Goal of USHA Collegiate Program

Establish relationship with key personnel in the Recreation or Intramural Departments

Introduce handball to Colleges and UniversitiesThe goal is twenty-five schools per year

Establish teams and create leagues Develop Train-the-Trainer programs Establish local and national sponsors Develop and coordinate handball clinics

Collegiate Program Provides

Training and support for instructors

Clinic Starter Kit of equipment including

• Gloves, handballs, eye guards, training manuals

• Rule books, posters, USHA magazine

• Videos, CDs, posters

Start a Collegiate Program on your campus• Request the USHA to start a handball program at your college

• Find someone on campus who is a handball player to act as instructor/sponsor or let us teach the teacher

• There are men and women in the community who will help your program

• Advertise the program so that students will know it is available

• Set a date, time and place for first meeting

• USHA will send a starter kit of gloves, handballs, eye guards and instruction manuals

USHA Tournaments

Has been holding tournaments since 1951Local, State, Regional and National levels

• Administers and Sanctions 100+ tournaments

National Collegiate Four Wall Tournament• Has seven or more divisions for men and five

divisions for women

Some of the Fifty Colleges and Universities Participating in the USHA

Collegiate Program.

College of the South TN Sul Ross State College TX University of IllinoisAir Force Academy Stony Brook NY Mesa Com. College, AZMendocino Junior College CA University of California, Davis St. Edward’s UniversityInver Hills Com.Col. University of Mass., Boston San Joaquin Delta .University of Southern California Richland College, TX Northern ColoradoSouth Dakota St. John’s University University of San Diego, CACom. Col. Of Allegheny County, PA Texas A & M, College Station Oregon StateCal Poly, San Luis Obispo CA Texas A & M, Corpus Christi Nebraska UniversityFitchburg State, Mass. University of New Mexico, Los AlamosHardin Simmons, TX University of Alaska, Fairbanks Southwestern University, TXJohn Carroll, OHUniversity of Arizona University of MinnesotaLake Forest College, IL University of California, Berkeley Cabrillo College, CALas Positas College CA University of Connecticut St. Mary’s University, TXMiami Univ. OH University of Delaware Southwestern Missouri State Univ.Millsaps College, Miss. University of Dayton Valencia Com. College, FLNorth Carolina State University of Kentucky Washington and Jefferson, PAPacific University, OR University of South Florida Western WashingtonRobert Morris, PA University of Tampa Southern Oregon UniversitySan Jose State, CA University of Texas Shippensburg, PADublin Institute of Tech. National University of Ireland Letterkenny InstituteAlberta University Galway MIT.

Thank you for watching the United States Handball Association presentation

about the great game of handball. When your college or university is

considering becoming a participant in the College Handball program, please call

the USHA at 1-800-345-2048.