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Handball

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1. Know the updated regulations of the International Handball Federation (IHF) and consult the 18 main rules of handball.

The International Handball Federation is the administrative and controlling body for handball and beach handball. The 18 rules of the game can be found in the Rules of the Game Manual. They are more areas of rules than actual rules. They are the following:

• Playing Court
• Playing Time, Final Signal, Time-Out
• The Ball
• The Team, Substitutions, Equipment, Player Injuries
• The Goalkeeper
• The Goal Area
• Playing the Bal, Passive Play
• Fouls and Unsportsmanlike Conduct
• Scoring
• The Throw-Off
• The Throw-In
• The Goalkeeper Throw
• The Free Throw
• The 7-Meter Throw
• General Instructions for the Execution of the Throws (Throw-Off, Throw-In, Goalkeeper Throw, Free Throw and 7-Meter Throw)
• The Punishments
• The Referees
• The Timekeeper and the Scorekeeper

References

• Rules of the Game Manual
• Wikipedia - Handball