2024-06-08 03:15:25
What does it imply to be into one thing? A ‘sports activities illiterate’ who solely exercised throughout bodily training courses turned a handball fanatic. That is the story of actress Go Yoon-hee (27). His coronary heart raced after watching handball in the course of the 2021 Tokyo Olympics. A sport that progresses like lightning, intense bodily fights, and thrilling diving photographs… . From later that yr, he went to look at the Handball Korea League (now Handball H League). He turned a handball fan. And from the next yr, he began enjoying handball himself.
“The start of my curiosity in handball was Kim On-ah, who appeared on a TV program on the finish of 2020. I additionally watched different sports activities in the course of the Tokyo Olympics, however I used to be particularly drawn to handball. I suppose it was Kim On-ah’s affect. The pace of the offense and protection was pleasing to the attention, and the fierce bodily struggle made my coronary heart race. At first, I went to look at the handball league and cheered for all of the groups. Then he fell in love with the Samcheok Metropolis Corridor ladies’s handball crew.”
Kim On-ah (36), who performed for the Korean ladies’s nationwide handball crew, performed a number one position within the bronze medal on the 2008 Beijing Olympics and the gold medal on the 2014 Incheon and 2018 Jakar-Palembang Asian Video games. Because the finish of 2020, she has appeared on ‘Taking part in Sister’, which starred former golfer Se-ri Park and others, and has garnered consideration along with her sincere and sincere look. “She can be good at handball, and I favored how pure and assured she was,” mentioned Ko. Coincidentally, Kim On-ah transferred to Samcheok Metropolis Corridor, the place Mr. Go helps, on the finish of 2022 and is at present energetic.
“The explanation I like Samcheok Metropolis Corridor is as a result of it was the perfect crew on the time (mixed wins within the 2021-2022, 2022-2023 common league and championship video games) and the smoothest play from protection to assault. It was a crew that labored properly collectively and was simple to look at, particularly as a result of the protection was actually good. My favourite participant is Samcheok Metropolis Corridor participant Kim Min-seo. “She is the star of the gold medal on the 2022 Youth Ladies’s Handball Championships.”
Mr. Go discovered concerning the Korea Handball Federation (KHF) handball membership by means of a good friend he met whereas cheering for handball, and has been enjoying on the court docket since 2022. KHF Handball Membership is a program operated straight by KHF since 2015. The main focus is on kindergarten and elementary college, however grownup courses are additionally provided. We offer retired handball gamers with a possibility to donate their abilities and most people with a possibility to study straight. It began as a handball college and become a handball membership. Mr. Ko is having fun with handball by registering with the KHF Handball Membership, which holds a complete of 15 classes, as soon as each weekend, divided into the primary and second half of the yr.
“Handball was a really troublesome sport. For two hours, I heat up, do primary energy coaching, study primary expertise, and play handball… . It was extraordinarily troublesome at first. However I bought by means of it properly as a result of I had older and youthful siblings with me. I feel it is nice that it is a crew sport as a result of we may help and depend on one another. “I used to solely train throughout bodily training courses throughout my college days, however now I’m happy with my sturdy bodily energy.”
Handball, which has performed a job as Korea’s ‘greatest sport’ by performing properly in worldwide competitions such because the Olympics and Asian Video games, develops sturdy bodily energy as a result of nature of the game. Handball gamers have wonderful general athletic capability as a result of they must develop quickness and endurance on the similar time and make the most of quite a lot of expertise. Through the Taereung Athletes’ Village in Seoul, the cradle of Korean sports activities medals, feminine handball gamers have been all the time on the prime of the ‘Fearful Bulam Mountain Run’.
Music Hong-seon, professor of bodily training and train physiology at Andong Nationwide College, mentioned, “A number of research have proven that handball has many benefits. “Notably for ladies, analysis has proven that along with growing bodily energy and having a weight loss plan impact, it additionally will increase bone density,” he mentioned. Taking part in handball for one hour burns 610 energy. That is equal to driving at 8 km/h for 1 hour. Meaning a variety of vitality consumption. Based on the outcomes of a examine printed in 2022, the bone density of ladies who performed handball throughout their youth was greater than that of ladies who performed soccer. Professor Music mentioned, “If ladies play handball, it’s an train that kills two birds with one stone because it will increase bodily energy and prevents osteoporosis.”
Mr. Ko mentioned, “It’s the identical in different sports activities, however you’ll be able to’t relaxation even for a second when attacking or defending. When defending, you should block by stepping to the left and proper, and when attacking, you should purpose for the opponent’s hole by turning the ball left and proper. “The transition between offense and protection is fast, so there are various circumstances the place we dash at full pace,” he mentioned. He mentioned, “It takes a variety of bodily energy. “I eat rather a lot after exercising, however regardless of how a lot I eat, I don’t achieve weight.”
Mr. Ko works as a center and highschool profession counseling teacher, performs performs, and movies dramas, so he can’t take part in different sports activities, however he all the time attends the KHF Handball Membership, which is held each Saturday night, except it’s a particular occasion. Since July of final yr, she has been energetic in making a ladies’s handball membership crew referred to as ‘Orion’. On Saturday mornings, they prepare at Korea College Excessive Faculty with the college’s coach as their chief and take part in competitions. Within the case of the ladies’s sports activities handball competitors, there are 3 to five groups within the Seoul metropolis competitors and greater than 10 groups within the nationwide competitors.
“There are college students at Orion, however most of them are workplace employees. Because the crew got here collectively to play handball, we do not thoughts lacking time on the weekend. I work tirelessly as a result of I’m so passionate. Now I get by means of the week with the thought that I can play handball on Saturday.”
“At first, I couldn’t even throw the ball correctly, however now I may even make leap photographs. I nonetheless do not feel prefer it, however previously my photographs did not go in and I usually missed, however now I can rating targets. Once I rating a objective, I really feel like I’ve received the entire world. “I just lately participated within the Seoul Metropolitan Authorities competitors and got here in second place.”
If you happen to do one thing properly, it turns into enjoyable. Mr. Go mentioned, “I did it little by little, however as I bought older, my expertise improved and it was extra enjoyable.” I additionally climb to get higher at handball. He mentioned, “My good friend informed me that climbing improves my grip energy and helps me play handball properly, so I typically comply with him.” He mentioned, “I’ve mates who train and do CrossFit to turn into good at handball.”
Handball not solely gave him stable stamina but in addition constructive vitality. Mr. Ko mentioned, “I’m much less delicate to issues which are nothing. And as I turned more healthy and extra assured, my considering modified to a extra constructive one. “Now I stay with the angle that there’s nothing I can’t do,” he mentioned.
“Even throughout COVID-19, I went on day journeys across the nation, together with Busan and Samcheok, to look at handball. After which the worry disappeared. He additionally went to Hong Kong to look at handball. He lived a fearless and energetic life due to handball. I might simply begin speaking and get together with individuals I met for the primary time. On the similar time, my considering additionally modified positively.”
After turning into a handball fanatic, Ko mentioned, “I don’t perceive why handball, which is so enjoyable and enticing, is an unpopular sport.” He mentioned, “Each time we end coaching, we speak about ‘Why is handball not common?’ “In the long run, we come to the conclusion that we have to make the appeal of handball identified to many individuals.”
Koh is hoping that ladies’s handball, the one Korean ball sport collaborating within the Paris Olympics, which opens in July, will present work. “Then received’t the wind of ‘the second Wusengsun (the perfect second of our lives)’ blow?” Wu Seng-soon attracted a variety of consideration with a movie depicting the efficiency of the ladies’s handball crew that received a silver medal on the 2004 Athens Olympics.
“Truthfully, there will likely be a variety of stress as a result of solely the ladies’s nationwide handball crew will take part within the Olympics. In comparison with the large gamers in Europe, he has a small physique… . Nevertheless, there’s nothing we can’t do, as we received the 2022 World Youth Championship (Underneath 18). “I hope the gamers will do their greatest with none stress.”
“Cheer up, Korean ladies’s handball!” His thoughts was on the verge of demise.
Reporter Yang Jong-gu [email protected]
2024-06-08 03:15:25