Comments by "Helmuth Schultes" (@helmuthschultes9243) on "American Reacts to Old School Handball/Downball Australia" video.
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Nope, that did not show what we played called HANDBALL.
The court was about the length shown there from one end of squares to far rectangle boundary visible in this video
Of course no tennis net you just made sure to land in opposite rectangle side avoided line balls. Served to opponents rectangle space. Not making over centre loses point, out loses point, no multi bounce, but hit back without bounce is ok.
So all the usual scoring / point lost, all the 15 , 30, etc scoring of tennis.
There is a formal sport referred to as Europen Handball played on large court like a basketball court, and indoors mostly. That is different to the school yard Handball which is really a handy tennis replacement for school yard without the usage of tennis courts and accessories so best available to school kids in class breaks. For formal sport the usual were football (winter) as Aust rules or soccer and in NSW their rugby style as they were more oriented to that while Vic was home of Aussie rules, also volleyball, basketball hockey cricket (summer) and a few vairiants.
To those of us not inclined to Aussie rules and cricket, we had a hard time since many footballers worked as sport teachers and we struggled to get other sports, but these "teachers" knew virtually only the two sports Aussie rules or cricket and that was core of most school sports and physical education classes. Few athletic sports and with rare occasions one or two sessions of other sports. Only one year of my 6 years of secondary school we had a formal sports teacher who ensured we tried many sports. I also joined the basketball team and swimming much of the time. We had two PE (phys ed) and two sports periods each week, and a half day which is when I got into basketball, soccer, volleyball and swimming at various times.
Also once a year some inter school competions, we trained in various athletics / field sports like long jump, high jump, shot put, running, hurdles, one cross country run (typ about 5 to 10km) . I am sad that most of our teachers were so dedicated to Aussie rules and cricket we really got too little other sports.
One interesting aspect compared to US we have no school or tertiary SPORT excellence programs, or scholarships. At colledge or university only the academic matters are involved. No such cases as in US where some students are there based on sporting ability not academic performance. Sport in that sense is personal interest and pursuit, not education program.
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