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The One Wall ball / International fronton ball ('big ball') is a synthetic one, without any default colour. According to the GAA Handball 1-Wall playing rules [As of January 2019] (which is in line with United States Handball Association playing rules), the ball used shall be in line with the following: Material.
One-wall handball courts have a wall 20 feet (6.1 m) wide and 16 feet (4.9 m) high. The court floor is 20 feet (6.1 m) wide and 34 feet (10.4 m) long. When not played as part of tournament or league play, the one-wall game typically uses the bigger ball called "the big blue" (described below in the "Equipment" section).
4-Wall (also known as '40x20' or 'small alley') is played within an indoor four-walled court, measuring forty feet by twenty feet (same as a racquetball court). It is played with a smaller but slightly harder rubber ball compared to the softball and one-wall balls and is a faster ball than the ones used in the other codes. [23]
UK Wallball oversees the sport of Wallball (also known as 1-Wall Handball) in the United Kingdom. In Northern Ireland, as GAA Handball, the governing body for Gaelic handball as well as the international codes of handball including Wallball/1-Wall handball in Ireland, operates on an all-island basis, GAA Handball governs, manages and promotes Wallball in the six counties of Ireland that form ...
One-wall handball, also known as International fronton, is a code of both American handball and Gaelic handball; Suicide (game), a game where players throw a rubber ball at a wall, and at opponents; Wallball (children's game), a North American schoolyard game similar to squash; Chinese handball, a 20th century North American street game
Handball is a children's ball game widely documented in Australian schools, similar to downball.The rules of the game vary considerably across different sites and conditions, but it is generally played on a flat game court with lined square zones (occasionally with a wall for rebounds), and involves at least two players, who each occupies a square and take turns hitting a ball (often a tennis ...
In 1995 markings for One Wall Handball were made within the three-walled Nelson court and in May that year the inaugural European One Wall Handball Tournament was held in Wales. Attended by representatives from Ireland, England, Belgium and even the USA. The tournament was based at Nelson, with Caerphilly and Bargoed also hosting matches.
The main competition levels are County, Province, and All-Ireland Championships. In 2011 GAA Handball Ireland launched the 60x30 Nationals and this competition was held in July. [17] In One-Wall handball, the main competition in Ireland is the Irish One-Wall Nationals, and this has been held in Breaffy House Sports Arena, Castlebar, since 2009.