Words by Jennifer Stafford-Brown. Jennifer is the
lead author for a number of Edexcel endorsed BTEC
course text books and a senior external examiner
Identifying and Developing Talent
in Handball
Information from this article will help learners with research for Unit 19: Talent Identification and Development in Sport -
P1, P2, P4, P5, M1, M2, M3, M4, D1 and D2.
andball is a dynamic and exciting team sport
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which has been around since the 1920’s. In
the Sydney Olympics handball was voted as
Best Sport! In Britain, handball is still a
relatively minority sport, however, interest
and numbers of players are increasing rapidly as many
people are quickly discovering this fast paced and
enjoyable sport.
TASK 01: Go to
www.olympic.org/uk/sports/flash/open_uk.asp?flash_id=HB&se
ason=summer to watch a flash animation of handball.
Which other team sports is handball similar to?
In February 2007 UK Sport and the English Institute of Sport
set out to identify potential British Handball players for the
2012 Olympic Games.
Athletes up and down the country were invited to audition
and every applicant that fitted the entry criteria was
considered.
TASK 02: Go to The English Institute of Sport plays a
major role supporting talent identification in Britain. Go to
www.eis2win.co.uk/pages/TalentIdentification.aspx and write a
summary of how the EIS fulfills this role.
Meet some of the
British Handball team
Name: Scott Frew (SF) Name: Laura Innes (LI)
Nationality: Scottish Nationality: British
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MICHAEL HEUBERGER
Line-Player/Right Back Goal Keeper
Name: Bill Baillie (BB) Name: Lorraine Brown (LB)
Nationality: British Nationality: British
GB Performance Coach GB World Class Performance
Programme Manager
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