You are missing two key points: 1. There’s no goalkeeper protecting the rim. Assuming you watched the highlight video — the players spin and bounce the ball off the ground not for fun and because it looks awesome, but because goalkeepers are really good at hurling their bodies into the path of those 80mph balls you…

Growing up in Europe, I never understood how handball wasn’t a popular sport in the US. Fast-paced, lots of goals, indoors, and quite violent at times — it seems like a sport tailor made for American audiences.