Fistball was originated in Estonia (a former state of Soviet Union) in 1989.
Fistball continues its evolution as an independent ball game because the court used (size, proportions, lines, ceiling) is very different from the handball court.
Fistball is promoted in Finland by HAF (Handball Association of Finland).
Bayer Sport, Fistball(Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-22)
Fistball, a sports discipline which has not exactly attracted the masses in the past, is enjoying increasing popularity.
According to Michael Schneider, head of the Fistball Section at TSV Bayer 04 Leverkusen, "Fistball is not an old-man´s game but rather a high-performance family sport." Meanwhile, the section founded in 1904 has 84 members who are organised in 15 teams.
Before the beginning of the field championship in 1999, the team was in the Bundesliga and underwent a radical change of generation.
Sports 123: Fistball(Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-22)
Fistball belongs to the oldest sportarts in the world.
The aim is to place the ball in the opponents' half in such a way as not allowing them to reach it, even after a bounce.
The ball is hit with fists or arms, and after passing the net may be made contact with up to three times by the 5-player team, with a bounce being permissible after every contact.
sports123.com /fis (127 words)
The International Fistball-Association (IFV with seat in Germany was founded in 1960 in Frankfurt(Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-22)
Based on informations from member federations, FISTBALL is played by more than 100.000 people either in competition or in leisure.
FISTBALL is one of the oldest sports in the world.
FISTBALL was most popular in Germany where organized competitions have been held since 1893.
www.faustball.de /home/english.htm (416 words)
Fistball World Cup team loses by a whisker(Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-22)
The SKW team almost re-wrote history at last weekend’s Fistball Team World Cup in the men's division after they were leading 16:12 against the Austrian team FCB Askoe Urfahr Linz in the first set.
According to Harald Fülle, the chairman of the Fistball Association of Namibia, “ … the reverse games on Saturday brought world class fistball at its best to Namibia, and the men’s final was rated by the president of the International Fistball Federation as one of the Top 5 finals of all times”.
Fülle said that it looked like the European dominance in fistball would continue, as both the European champions, ladies and men won all their games in straight sets.
Fistball Prepares for Inaugural Youth World Champs(Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-22)
THE Fistball Association of Namibia plans to send an under-18 team to the first-ever Youth World Championship scheduled for July in Italy.
A fistball youth development training camp would thus take place in the Namibian capital, Windhoek this Saturday in preparations of the championship.
The first youth development training camp was held last February and successfully produced potential fistball players, who are now rated third in the national fistball league, Mr.
In the men’s division, the local SKW team nearly caused the biggest upset, when they were leading 16-12 against Askoe in the first set, only to loose 20-17 and also in their game against Sogipa they were leading in both sets.
The men’s final was rated by the President of the International Fistball Federation as one of the top five finals of all times.
Once again the Fistball Association of Namibia together with the SKW Fistball Club hosted a world class event that put Namibia on the map with smooth organisation and over 1 500 spectators.
In the National ‘A’ league, all eyes will be on the two SKW sides, as both teams conceded only one defeat each (against each other) and therefore ended the final log standing as one-two.
This will be the last competitive opportunity for the SKW teams to prepare for the Fistball Team World Cup, played in three weeks at the same venue.
Although Cohen 3 and SKW 3 were the dominating teams in the National ‘B’ league, it would be very premature to predict a winner from these two teams, as both face quite a challenge in the semi-finals.
THE Fistball Season Opening tournament held in Swakopmund over the weekend, started in the same way as it ended last season, with Sports Club Windhoek (SKW) being the club setting the tone.
Chairman of the Fistball Association of Namibia Harald Fulle told Nampa Sunday, SKW managed to play three teams out of their four teams entered in the finals, with two Cup wins.
SKW and Swakopmund Fistball Club dominated the preliminary rounds in the A category of two groups made up of four teams each.
THE annual fistball club championships, to be hosted by Cohen Fistball Club, take place on Saturday, September 23 at the SKW field.
After the tournament the prizegiving ceremony for the season’s winners will be held while a special prize for the player of the year will also be awarded.
Fistball Association, Harald Fulle, said yesterday that preparations for the Fistball World Team Cup which will be hosted by
Fistball(Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-22)
Alex Smith looked like a legitimate NFL quarterback; running back Frank Gore broke tackles with his typical aplomb and second-year linemen Adam Snyder and David Baas blew holes open for the effective ground game.
Jené Morris, one of the five local players who sparked a revival of Cal women's basketball, has decided to leave the program and will transfer to San Diego State.
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There are a number of people who worked to make the Record Book & Directory public in this way, including LaKesha Whitaker, Eddy Lentz, Kevin Anderson, Ben Samara, Jay Bavishi, Brett Hoover and Chuck Yrigoyen.
Among the sports NOT covered in the Ivy Record Book & Directory is fistball.
The above photo is the 1932 Brown University women's fistball team, which wore the letters “B” and “P” on their uniforms to signify both Brown and Pembroke, the Women’s College Adjunct to Brown.
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Serapion.com - Introduction to David Lasky's "John Lee Hooker: The Funkiest Man Alive"(Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-22)
David Lasky has been producing comics for public consumption for ten years.
His first two full-length comic books, Arrabbiata Comics and Monster City Comics were created in collaboration with printmaker Paul Bonelli under the name “Fistball Productions.” While the pair received some positive editorial feedback for that work, publication eluded them, and when Bonelli entered graduate school, they amiably parted artistic ways.
A review of Lasky’s Ulysses in The Washington Post’s “Book World” section subsequently deluged the unsuspecting cartoonist with thousands of orders from curious readers, and helped introduce him to an audience outside the mini-comics trading scene.
Organizer of the World Games, a multi-sports event of its member federations, helps create exposure for sports such as fistball, karate, and billiards.
www.worldgames-iwga.org/ Organizer of the World Games, a multi-sports event of its member federations, helps create exposure for sports such as fistball, karate, and billiards.