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Have you heard of 'handball', not handball?
'School sports' such as handball and magic tennis that are easy and fun to enjoy are attracting attention.
This is Reporter Bae Jeong-hoon.
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Elementary school students are running around holding a ball in a gymnasium where upbeat music plays.
When the pass is exchanged and a goal is scored, cheers erupt.
The name of this sport that looks similar to handball is 'handball'.
Handball is a student sport designed to be played without a goalkeeper with a softer ball smaller than the traditional handball ball.
Reduced physical fights and made it easier to score goals.
[I like handball]
[Chanbin Hwang·Misuk Jung/Students/Parents participating in handball: It's so fun.
I think it's really good for winter exercise because it's done indoors.]
'School sports' such as handball, which is a variation of handball, and magic tennis, which is a variation of tennis, are easy for students to participate in and enjoy like play, and have the effect of contributing to expanding the base of the sport. is also expected.
In the case of handball, the number of registered players in elementary school has decreased by 76% compared to 10 years ago, and tennis has also decreased slightly because handball and magic tennis allow you to become familiar with handball and tennis naturally.
[Cho Eun-hee/Director of the Korea Handball Association: If you learn handball naturally through handball at school, you will see handball, and then think that you might be able to turn into a handball player...
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Along with efforts to increase sports accessibility, the spread of school-type sports is expected to become more active.
(Video coverage: Gong Jin-goo, Video editing: Nam Il, CG: Cho Seong-woong · Kim Hong-sik, screen source: pta Park Shin-gu Tennis Academy Korea T-Ball Federation Korea Wrestling Association)