HISTORY AND PROSPECTS FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF BEACH HANDBALL

Abstract

Every year more and more new sports appear in the world, which are rapidly developing and becoming popular. Among them is beach handball. Due to its spectacularity, it attracts more and more people and arouses great interest around the world. Scientific research is necessary for its development, as it is an under-researched sport, although the number of studies has recently increased. The purpose of the study. To study the history of origin and prospects of development of beach handball. Research methods: in accordance with the purpose of the study, the methods of theoretical analysis and generalization of scientific and methodological literature and information resources of the Internet were used. Results of the research and their discussion. The first idea about the creation of beach handball arose in the Italian Olympic committee in 1990, which tried to create a kind of handball on the sand, based on the success of beach volleyball. On June 20, 1992, beach handball was first played on Isola di Ponza, a small island in southern Italy. The idea of beach handball as a sport was realized gradually, over many years, by players and coaches. A huge step in the development of the discipline was the participation of beach handball in the Youth Olympic Games in 2018 in Buenos Aires (Argentina). And this year, beach handball made its debut at the Summer Games in Paris, where the world stars of the sport were present within the framework of an exhibition event. Conclusions. Beach handball originates from classic handball. Today, beach handball is represented at almost all sporting events of global importance, which indicates the growing popularity of the sport in the world. The main goal is to be in the official program at the Olympic Games and become an Olympic sport.