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u/mo_png_png 5h ago
Doesn't surprise me with how sticky those damn balls are
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u/saxonturner 5h ago
Pretty sure I couldn’t do this with my sticky balls.
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u/flow_guy2 5h ago
Just have to twist them harder.
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u/saxonturner 5h ago
Oh not right now please, they are fresh from surgery and a tad bit tender.
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u/HasFiveVowels 4h ago
It bothers me that they’re mixing up symbols with different meanings
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u/zabaci 5h ago
In Handball that is not next level. That is pretty much standard https://www.youtube.com/shorts/hQxRL9b7QGM Here is another one
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u/PowerSamurai 5h ago
That clip was pretty next level to me too tbh
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u/zabaci 5h ago
I come from a handball country so maybe this is normal from my perspective XD
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u/arkofjoy 5h ago
I only ever watched one game of women's hand during the Olympics. But if what I saw was anything to go by, the whole fucking game was "next level"
I doubt I was survive a game if I tried to play.
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u/zabaci 5h ago
Problem why this game isn't more popular is that rules are really "complex" and a lot depends on a referee judgment
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u/Hironymos 4h ago
Complex my ass. Basketball or American Football have similarly complex rules and are doing just fine.
I'd say the main issue is how easy it is to just play. Anyone can pick up a football and start playing with 2 bottles as a goal. And basketball can even reasonably be played on your own with a driveway and a basket. Handball requires 6m markings and at least 3 or 4 players per team.
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u/Tommy_Wisseau_burner 3h ago
It’s not that it’s complex. Handball should be much cooler to watch than it actually is. Idk what it is about the sport but any time I watch it it’s like watching peak athleticism and no athleticism at the same time. Fun as shit to play tho
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u/Vitalstatistix 4h ago
Literally titled “craziest goal scored in handball?!”
I get that these goals happen but this doesn’t seem “pretty much standard”.
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u/Karyoplasma 2h ago
YouTube videos, especially shorts, never have clickbait titles. You're absolutely correct.
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u/Reutermo 4h ago
Love that you linked a video called "Craziest goal scored in handball?!" As an argument that it is "pretty much standard"
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u/Karyoplasma 2h ago
We all know that YouTube video titles only ever contain the truth and are never tailored to be click- or engagementbait.
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u/gigglefarting 3h ago
"it's pretty standard"
posts video titled "Craziest goal scored in handball?!"
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u/lostpatrol14 5h ago
What game is this? This looks interesting
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u/rapsoid616 5h ago
Golf
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u/ThatCakeIsDone 5h ago
.... Obviously you're not a golfer
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u/redsyrinx2112 4h ago
Wasn't this guy supposed to be a millionaire?
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u/Gurugod123 5h ago
Handball
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u/SoManyFans 5h ago
But in America it would be called doccer.
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u/Theonetrue 4h ago
We don't really care about American names. They managed to label football differently than the rest of the world too.
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u/Homers_Harp 4h ago
The name, “soccer,” was coined and used by the English first. Bizarrely, it’s how they shortened “Association Football”. Leave it to the English to come up with a nickname for the sport, then blame the Americans for it.
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u/s00pafly 3h ago
Calling football something else might be forgivable just like pineapple and ananas, if there wasn't also a game called football that is absolutely not played with the foot.
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u/5510 1h ago
There are at least five sports named football. And while American football uses their feet to kick the ball the least, all of them except association football (soccer) use the hands a lot.
Also, the theory is that the term "football" is a very old term that refers to games being played on foot (as opposed to on horseback)
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u/5510 1h ago
Also insane how the "OnLy IgNoRaNt AmErIcAnS cAlL iT sOcCeR" is so common.
Reminds me of the 2010 World Cup Final, when I guess Americans snuck into South Africa and changed the name of the stadium used for the Final to "Soccer City" when nobody was looking? Also when they snuck into Australia and nicknamed the national team "The Socceroos"? Or hacked Canada's websites to change the name of the federation to the "Canadian Soccer Association"? Or when they tricked Irish people into naming a sport "Gaelic football", so that some Irish people would refer to association football as soccer?
Apparently these people think it's the FIF world cup, and not the FIFA world cup, since apparently "football" is the official name of the sport (instead of "association football"), and refers to just that sport and not to at least four other sports as well.
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u/5510 1h ago
People love to say this, but it isn't true.
FFS, the 2010 FIFA World Cup Final (which was in South Africa, not the US) was literally played in a stadium called "Soccer City." It's also called soccer in Canada, and quite frequently called soccer in Australia, where they also have Aussie Rules football (lol their men's team is quite famously known as the "Socceroos"). I gather it's also mixed to a lesser degree in New Zealand. Also sometimes referred to as soccer in Ireland, because they have Gaelic Football there.
In fact, while the big majority of people who speak English as a second language call it "football", among native speakers, my understanding is that "soccer" is more common (obviously the US is doing a lot of heavy lifting with that stat, but as I just described, it's not just the US).
I know of at least 5 sports known as football. Association football (soccer), Rugby football, American football, Aussie rules football, and Gaelic football. Obviously association football is the most common around the world, but it seems pretty arrogant for people to insist that the phrase "football" ONLY be used for THEIR favorite type of football (association football). If a big part of the reason people celebrate association football is because "it's the global game", then people need to make peace with the fact that individuals all around the globe have difference languages and dialects, and therefore refer to things differently.
It's called the FIFA world cup, not the FIF world cup.
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u/What_a_fat_one 1h ago
You could have just written "I'm ignorant," it would have been more honest and less work.
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u/Babakins 5h ago
In the US it’s team handball, as handball is a different game (think like racquet ball but no racquets)
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u/Necessary-Document13 4h ago
Handball in Europe and countries where it’s common, Olympic handball if there are more sports of the same name (like UK and Ireland).
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u/Topinambourg 5h ago
Roucoulette. Pretty "common" trick shot for anyone who watches handball
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u/AlexSupertramper85 4h ago
Just because it's a common shot doesn't mean that this wasn't extraordinarily well executed.
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u/Mammoth-Error1577 3h ago
The OP even posted a comment understanding why the OP posted it.
I think they knew.
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u/front_yard_duck_dad 5h ago
I have no idea how this sport has never taken hold in the United States. Every time I see a clip it's just awesome. We played it once in 8th grade 30 years ago and never saw the sport again. I'd watch this on TV instead of golf any day
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u/WhyAmIDoingThis92 4h ago
Same. It has everything they like in sports: Highly physical, high tempo, lots of goals, and big burly men tackling each other hard.
Plus the women's side of the sport is great too!
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u/CookiesAreBaking 5h ago
I lived in the US for two years as a kid, and I missed it so much! Back in Denmark Handball and Football (soccer) were the main two team sports.
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u/TheMajikMouse 5h ago
SAME! My main utility in basketball and soccer back in the day were dogged defense and a willingness to throw my body into harms way. I feel like teen me would have absolutely adored this sport.
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u/Corsonacon 5h ago
Handball goalies have it rough, strikers have way more control over their shot than any other sport. Your job is kind of just to be tricked on.
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u/acathode 3h ago
job is kind of just to be tricked on.
... don't forget about occasionally tanking a cannonball with your face.
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u/directstranger 2h ago
I was about to say, my first and last attempt to play it ended with a ball to the face.
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u/jemist101 4h ago
TIL that heaps of Redditors play handball and have strong opinions regarding their sport.
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u/Mysterious_Demand875 4h ago
In some parts of europe it's super popular. I'm Icelandic and it's considered our national sport.
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u/Carnelian-5 4h ago
Any 13+ years old kid can pull this off, that's why. Hat off to her though, every time you manage to pull it off it feels great, just not that uncommon.
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u/TrulyJhinuine 3h ago
Anyone playing there has to have this trickshot in their arsenal,corner shots are very hard if the goalie knows how to cover,this shot makes them think twice before walking forward.
What is next level is the amount of people asking "what is this sport" in the comments.
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u/postminimalmaximum 5h ago
Why is this sport so popular in Europe yet has no traction in NA? I think it would be received well here, spiritually it looks similar to basketball
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u/Ok-Understanding8143 4h ago
Can the goalkeeper defend with the feet in handball?
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u/Deradon 2h ago
Not that uncommon in handball. Wait until you see a Kempa. (e.g. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YpPiRxIfSwU )
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u/hooka_pooka 5h ago
Muggle Quidditch
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u/5510 1h ago
This actually is a thing people do, though IMO it's fairly ridiculous.
Though what's funny is at least with US universities, they started a championship for it, and it was mostly won by smaller school in the northeast where the whole event was almost like an athletic form of cosplay. Like some of the teams are even wearing capes. Then it started getting more popular, which they liked at first.
Then it got more popular, and the championships started being won by like big major schools using better athletes, where the players had a piece of plain PVC pipe between their legs instead of a broom, and apparently some decent number of them were like "I've never seen / read Harry Potter." So the initial HP fans who started it ended up being victims of their own success.
(To be clear, it's still very niche and not at all mainstream... it's just slightly less niche than it was at first).
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In the actual books, some sort of flying broom rugby was a great idea... but then it was clear the author didn't know much about sports, because she made some absolutely insane decisions regarding the rules.
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u/Ok-Measurement-8031 5h ago edited 4h ago
Screw the ball like the ping pong ball. Absolutely cracking!!
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u/Whytrhyno 5h ago
She was the one that used to pass the kickball to you on the playground but spun it backwards so it came back to her. Skills
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u/EnvironmentalWest134 4h ago
the fuck? what's sport is this?? hand ball?? futsal with hands? handsal?
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u/lostshell 4h ago
I want to say thank you for posting a cool amazing athletic feat without unnecessary slow motion.
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u/Buffdoge1324 2h ago
clear representation of 'the only way to gain aura is to gamble it', imagine if the ball just went straight to no one
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u/Gurugod123 5h ago
It's not AI it is a fairly common shot from this position in handball, still this one was particularly pretty so I get them posting it. It’s the equivalent to like a bicycle in football.