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HAHA! This thread is great. I looooove handball. I played stickball, paddleball with my mom's "black beauty" from the 70s, stoopball and handball. I dated a guy from Texas and I asked him if he played handball one day and he was like, "what?"
And then I realized that handball is a total NYC thing.
I haven't played handball since I moved out of New York. I used to play at the handball courts on the boardwalk and W 27th street in Coney Island or the handball court in O'Dwyer park.
I played handball non-stop for 2 years and I even joined my school's team (bad team, btw). I remember those days when people used to talk so many bad things just for the sake of handball. Crazy.
Here is the semi-finals in the 2011 Big Ball nationals at Coney Island. Pee-Wee Castro from Far Rockaway plays Tim Gonzalez from Brooklyn. The best game from the tournament and the sports highlight of the week. Must have been a thousand people in the crowd watching this game.
Too bad this sport does not have a taxpayer funded $2 billion stadium like Derek Jeter from Michigan or David Wright from Virginia does. Handball is real New York and fundamentally grassroots authentic local flavor.
HAHA! This thread is great. I looooove handball. I played stickball, paddleball with my mom's "black beauty" from the 70s, stoopball and handball. I dated a guy from Texas and I asked him if he played handball one day and he was like, "what?"
And then I realized that handball is a total NYC thing.
Believe it or not, handball is in some other cities. They would have a wall set up right next to a tennis court separated by a fence. It is most likely not be as popular as it is in nyc tho.
Mmm man.. Handball brings some good memories used to play every single day in middle-high school. Not anymore though heh.. Wonder if it's still active as it once was
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A nailbiter at Coney Island
used to play every single day in middle-high school. Not anymore though heh.. Wonder if it's still active as it once was
