The 12th edition of the SoCal Beach Handball Championship was held last weekend (25-26 August) on Huntington Beach, California, forming part of the US Beach Handball Tour 2018. ‘SoCal’, an abbreviation of ‘Southern California’, is the spiritual home of beach handball in the USA, and is the largest and longest Read more…
On August 19, Mission Beach San Diego sun bathers were treated to great entertainment through the local San Diego Rip Beach Handball Tournament. The tournament aside from local San Diego and Los Angeles based player was welcoming the U18 women national team of American Samoa, who just arrived in the Read more…
The Beach Handball World Championships in Kazan, Russia proofed once more what an exciting and relatively young sport beach handball is. With two rookie teams placing in the top 5 of the tournament, spectators at the sideline and behind the TV and live streams saw many upset wins, shootouts and Read more…
USA Men and Women will compete at the 2018 Beach Handball World Championships in Kazan, Russia, from July 24–29, 2018. The Men’s National Team first attended the Beach Handball World Championships in 2016 in Budapest, Hungary, as the 2016 Pan American Champion. The men’s team qualified for the 2018 Beach Read more…
For the first time San Francisco was host of a beach handball tournament and already committed to repeat the event next year. After initial planning for two days of competition, the tournament was reduced to one day of games with following after party (or should we say continuation of the Read more…
USA Beach Handball is honored to be working with Level 4 Physio, Wellness & Performance as the Official Physical Therapist/Athletic Trainers for Team USA Men’s and Women’s Beach Handball Teams. The Level 4 PT Team also served as the Official Physical Therapy and Medical Care provider for the 2018 Pan American Beach Handball Read more…
After the USA Beach Handball men’s team shocked the beach handball community in 2015 by claiming first place at the Pan American Championships, the young program was under pressure to proof themselves once more in 2017. It was also time for the women’s program to take the stage after several years of absence from the competition.
In May 2015, USA Team Handball officially decided to start an international beach handball program under the direction of former Olympic USA Team Handball player and coach Dennis Burkholtz. On the day the program was announced, former USA National Team player for indoor handball Mike Hinson, approached Dennis about starting a program Read more…