1. United States Handball Association's
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Collegiate Handball

2. 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

3. 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.

4. Why Play Handball? President’s Council of Physical Fitness
“Best all-around fitness sport one can play”
Excellent cross-training for varsity and intramural sports
Can include singles, doubles and three players
Minimum equipment cost
Fun and exciting to play

5. 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

6. USHA College
Program

7. Goal of USHA Collegiate Program
Establish relationship with key personnel in the Recreation or Intramural Departments
Introduce handball to Colleges and Universities
The 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

8. 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

9. 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

10. USHA Tournaments Has been holding tournaments since 1951
Local, 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

11. Gloves
Awards
Magazine
Rule Book
Tee Shirts
Posters

12. University of Texas Lake Forest College University of Kentucky
Some of the Fifty Colleges and Universities Participating in the USHA Collegiate Program.
University of
Texas
Lake Forest
College
University of
Kentucky
Southwest
Missouri State
University
University of
Minnesota
Texas A & M
University
University of
Arizona
North Carolina
State
University of
Southern California
University of
California
Berkeley
University of
South Florida
Miami University
of Ohio

13. College of the South TN. Sul Ross State College TX
College of the South TN Sul Ross State College TX University of Illinois
Air Force Academy Stony Brook NY Mesa Com. College, AZ
Mendocino Junior College CA University of California, Davis St. Edward’s University
Inver Hills Com.Col. University of Mass., Boston San Joaquin Delta .
University of Southern California Richland College, TX Northern Colorado
South Dakota St. John’s University University of San Diego, CA
Com. Col. Of Allegheny County, PA Texas A & M, College Station Oregon State
Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo CA Texas A & M, Corpus Christi Nebraska University
Fitchburg State, Mass. University of New Mexico, Los Alamos
Hardin Simmons, TX University of Alaska, Fairbanks Southwestern University, TX
John Carroll, OH University of Arizona University of Minnesota
Lake Forest College, IL University of California, Berkeley Cabrillo College, CA
Las Positas College CA University of Connecticut St. Mary’s University, TX
Miami Univ. OH University of Delaware Southwestern Missouri State Univ.
Millsaps College, Miss. University of Dayton Valencia Com. College, FL
North Carolina State University of Kentucky Washington and Jefferson, PA
Pacific University, OR University of South Florida Western Washington
Robert Morris, PA University of Tampa Southern Oregon University
San Jose State, CA University of Texas Shippensburg, PA
Dublin Institute of Tech. National University of Ireland Letterkenny Institute
Alberta University Galway MIT .

14. For Health Competition
&
Competition

15. For Fun
&
Sportsmanship

16. USHA
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