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⁉️ Do you remember a courtroom scene from the movie “A Few Good Men” (1992) in which Jack Nicholson playing the role of Colonel Jessup delivered his famous improvised line “You Can’t Handle the Truth!”?

❓ Do we have the guts to face and handle the brutal facts as our beloved sport of handball continues to be on crossroads in the US, with women’s Senior National Teams international competition results reaching all time lows. Can we find the resolve to identify disciplined people with disciplined thoughts to take disciplined, difficult decisions and bold improvement actions?

🚧 We have been struggling in the US for many decades to attract new female athletes to handball. There are many reasons for this very unfortunate situation and I will mention a few key causes later on. However, the purposes of this piece are twofold. First, help potential new recruits as well as our coaches, both on the National Team and club level, with clearly defining and describing a general desirable background profile of those candidates. And second, propose a comprehensive battery of strength & conditioning tests that could be used to evaluate: (a) a new recruit's aptitude for playing handball on the high level as well as (b) our NT pool players’ level of conditioning for continuous training and competition selection purposes. It is a short read but includes some of those brutal truths that need to be faced and addressed.

https://playteamhandball.com/future-female-american-handball-player-background-and-fitness-profile-raising-standards-for-the-usath-wnt-pool-players

🦔 I strongly believe in the hedgehog concept (crawl-walk-run) and have been advocating for a gradual step-by-step overhaul of our WNT program with a science-based practice proven strength and conditioning as its integral part.

🏃‍➡️ We have to start somewhere. But must finally begin raising standards and quality of our preparations. This short introductory post only speaks broadly about what to do and does not address the critical pieces of who, when, where, how, and why should recruit, evaluate, test, train new American female handball athletes. I will come back to this topic very soon. However, the key questions about facing the brutal realities remain unanswered.

Future Female American Handball Player Background & Fitness Profile - Raising Standards for the USATH WNT Pool Players | Play Team Handball This installment clearly defines and describes a desirable background profile of new prospective female American handball player. Also, it proposes a comprehensive list of fitness qualities and corresponding strength & conditioning tests that could be used to evaluate: (1) a new recruit's aptitude f...

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📅 First USA High Performance Handball Camp is coming to Texas this Summer!

🔊 We are proud to announce that we partnered with the Game On Sports Complex in Fort Worth to host our Premier 🤾‍♂️ 🤾‍♀️ Skill Camp Series in 2024-2025. Want to improve your game with the best dedicated practice methodology and coaches? Sign up for our Premier Skill Camp August 30 - September 2!

⏱ Registration opens April 15th!

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You do not have to retire from competitive athletics only because you graduated from HS or college/university!

This spring thousands of American athletes already have or will soon compete in their final sport meet, event, race, championship as their eligibility comes to an abrupt end. Some will gladly close the sport chapter and move on but many will feel that they are not done and want to continue training and performing. Yet, the pro sport opportunities that exist are few and far between. According to the NCAA data reported by W.J Price from the United States Sports Academy in its Sport Digest - ISSN: 1558-6448: "In men’s basketball, for example, there is only a .03% chance of a pro career. This means that of the almost 156,000 male, high school senior basketball players only 44 will be drafted to play in the NBA after college, and only 32 women (.02%) out of just over 127,000 female, high school senior players will eventually be drafted."

🎽 If you are an athlete who already graduated or is finishing her collegiate eligibility or perhaps you are in coaching or management position, check out this newly published research article https://lnkd.in/gMrAq5Ud, referencing vital information about athlete 👟 retirement and how it can impact 🙉 wellbeing, by drshannderpsych shander.

🚀 Better yet, after reading the research, aspiring athletes can make successful transitions to many Olympic sports including handball. It is an amazing emerging sport, the 3rd most popular sport in the world, and chances of making 🇺🇸 US National Teams and possibly making an Olympic Team in 2028 are much greater than you can imagine. It could prove to be this one in a life time opportunity to get to the TOP!

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📍 Today Play Team Handball (www.playteamhandball.us and www.playteamhandball.com) based in Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas, begins its new athlete recruitment campaign for the 2024-2028 Olympic cycle. We are actively looking for female athletes in three age-groups: Futures U16, Select U20, and Ultimate 20+ to start training and developing skills necessary to compete on National and international level.
👍 No handball experience is necessary. All High School, Collegiate, and post college athletes looking for an opportunity to: (1) become a multi-sport player, (2) transitioning from their main sport to handball, (3) extend their sport careers after completing their collegiate eligibility, (4) returning to competitive play after being cut from their school, community academies, are highly encouraged to contact us at playteamhandball.us for immediate consideration and placement.

👉 Return to handball's prominence in our North American hemisphere starts with you and the time ⏰ is now!

👟 Train, 🤾‍♀️ Play, 🥇 Win, and give yourself a real chance to become a USA 🇺🇸 National Team member and perhaps you, Yes You, will walk-in into the Olympic stadium representing Team USA in Los Angeles and/or Brisbane.

🛎 There has been lately some much talk and great stories about girls and women gaining their stature in the world of sport. Yet, team handball still remains one of the least known Olympic sports in our country and waiting eagerly to be discovered and embraced by our American female athletes and families.

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