After 10 years and 22 volumes of the "EHF Periodical" (initiated by Janusz Czerwinski / former EHF MC member) the half yearly printed "Periodical" will be substituted with a more frequent internet-version. Therefore, the information access will be easier for everybody and the number of readers shall be enhanced.

The contents will be updated more frequently and the waiting time for "looking back to an event" can be reduced considerably.

(Steen Hjorth)
Handball was originated as a school sport - in Nyborg in 1897, where the Danish teacher Rasmus Ernst Pedersen forbade his pupils to kick to a ball. Instead they began to throw the ball to each other. The teacher had an idea and started to create some rules - and the first version of handball was born.
2006, Vienna / Austria
5 Pages; 3 Images; Language: English

Source: EHF - Nicole Rabenseifner

(Sandor Andorka)
Basic principle of sport is Fair Play!
2006, Vienna / Austria - Publisher: EHF Web Periodical
26 Pages; Language: English

Source: EHF - A-1120 Vienna

(Frantisek Taborsky)
This study introduces the definition of playing performance (PP) and a formalized quantitative model of the evaluation of PP in team handball. Subsequently, the analysis of bioenergetics, biomechanical and psychical predispositions of PP is present. Likewise the most important outer conditions for PP of top-class team handball players are described. Following long-term pedagogical observation suggest relevant PP features within top class players and teams and defines the target norms for Czech national representation teams.
2006, Vienna / Austria - Publisher: EHF Web Periodical
5 Pages; 1 Images; Language: English

Source: EHF - Nicole Rabenseifner

(Klaus Feldmann)
In contrast to the "big brother" football, handball has a large range of tactical variations, which brings different defensive plays (man-to-man defence, space defence, offensively, defensively...) and offensive systems (play directions and conceptions, team and group tactics) into feature. "Hall chess with tempo 200" is therefore a suitable name for what takes place on the playing court in 60 minutes.
2006, Vienna / Austria - Publisher: EHF Web Periodical
5 Pages; 16 Images; Language: English

Source: EHF - Nicole Rabenseifner