SO HANDBALL RULES

1. SO HANDBALL RULES Carsten Schenk, Martin Wild

2. Unified Handball: Positioning Handball as a Vehicle for Empowerment

3. Content • What is Unified Sports • Unified Handball approach in Germany • Discussion: Modified Handball Rules

4. What is Unified Sports? • Unified Sports® uses the universal appeal and power of sport to break down fear, stereotype and misperception among young people with and without intellectual disabilities

5. What is Unified Sports? • Unified Sports combines approximately equal numbers of Special Olympics athletes and partners: athletes without disabilities

6. Why is Unified Sports Important? Source: David S. Evangelista, Vice President, Global Development and Government Relations

7. Why is Unified Sports Important? Source: David S. Evangelista, Vice President, Global Development and Government Relations

8. Why is Unified Sports Important? Source: David S. Evangelista, Vice President, Global Development and Government Relations

9. Why is Unified Sports Important? Source: David S. Evangelista, Vice President, Global Development and Government Relations

10. Why is Unified Sports Important? • Promotes social inclusion • Research has shown Unified Sports improves partners’ attitudes towards individuals with disabilities Source: David S. Evangelista, Vice President, Global Development and Government Relations

11. Content • What is Unified Sports • Unified Handball approach in Germany • Discussion: Modified Handball Rules

12. Increasing Unified Handball community without being focus area of SO-Germany • Unified Handball enclave in Hamburg: • Since 2010 approximately 50 athletes and unified partners recruited for 4 different teams in Hamburg • Weekly Unified Training in regular Handball Clubs • Sports Events with non-id handball teams in Hamburg on a regular basis • 1st official and recognized Unified Handball League in Hamburg since Sep. 2013 www.fwhh.org

13. Three modules one mission:Celebrate, Engage, Empower, have fun! • Celebrate Handball with Friends & Family • Engage youth handball teams to participate • Empower teams to become part of the community

14. Celebrate Handball withFriends & Family • Objective: Be together with friends to join our famous sports • Actions: • ‘Bring your own team` - tournaments • Demo matches before games of Champions League winner HSV Handball • Visit matches of HSV Handball with friends & family • Visit matches of participating clubs with friends & family

16. Engage youth handballteams to participate • Objective: Build a bridge between young handball players and athletes, break down fears • Actions: • Yearly HSV Handball Unified Cup in cooperationwith youth section of HSV Handball • Internships and thesis in cooperation with schools, handball clubs and universities • Expansion of Special Olympics competitions in Hamburg with youth handball players

18. Empower teams to become part of the community • Objective: Get a natural member of the Handball Community in Hamburg and Germany • Actions: • Cooperation with youth handball sections of clubs in Hamburg (see above) • First official certificated referee with id leading matches in regular youth leagues • First official unified league in Germany in cooperation with the Handball Association in Hamburg

20. Additional values of unified approach 1 • Enormous recognition in media and public • Increasing opportunities to raise funds and sponsorships in public and private sectors 2

21. Content • What is Unified Sports • Unified Handball approach in Germany • Discussion: Modified Handball Rules

22. What are your thoughts so far? • Experiences with Unified Handball? • Is Unified Handball feasible? • Do we need modified rules?

23. Discussions in our head coach team • Mission: social inclusion vs. serious recognition • Strong unified partners vs.weak athletes • Strong athletes vs.weak unified partners • What is strong, what is weak? • Where are (hidden) starting points of selection • Definition of performance: input vs. output oriented • Why differentiation between athlete and unified partner? • Frequently discussed aspects of Unified Handball

24. Übersicht der Regelungsentwürfe • ReglementierungTorerfolg • 3:1 bzw. 2:1 Torregel • Tor-Multiplikatoren • Torschützen-Wechsel • Maximal-Toranzahl • Abspielzwang • Reglementierung Mannschaftsaufstellung • 3 gegen 3 Spiel • Unified-Zonen • Skill-Werte • Tormann-Regelung • Reglementierung Sonderpunkte • Sonderprämierung • Kür-Wertung/ Sanktion • Haltungsnoten Team AllgemeineDurchführungsbestimmungen • Ziel, Ausrichtung und Spielverlauf • Schiedsgericht • Abschlusszeremonie • In der Sammlung sind die folgenden Einzelregelungen und Durchführungsbestimmungen enthalten, die im einzelnen bewertet und anschließen diskutiert werden sollen: Evalutation Unified-Regeln, Version 1.0

25. 3:1 Torregel bzw. 2:1 Torregel Example Erläuterung der Regelung Vorteile Nachteile Unterscheidung zwischen Athleten und Unified-Partner Athlet erhält bei Torerfolg 3 bzw. 2 Torpunkte Unified-Partner erhält bei Torerfolg 1 Torpunkt Sieger ist das Team, das mehr Torpunkte erzielt Sportler müssen vorher nicht bekannt sein Schiedsrichter muss Unified-Partner und Athleten unterscheiden Starke Athleten übervorteilt Schwache Unified-Partner benachteiligt Evalutation Unified-Regeln, Version 1.0

26. Übersicht der Regelungsentwürfe • ReglementierungTorerfolg • 3:1 bzw. 2:1 Torregel • Tor-Multiplikatoren • Torschützen-Wechsel • Maximal-Toranzahl • Abspielzwang • Reglementierung Mannschaftsaufstellung • 3 gegen 3 Spiel • Unified-Zonen • Skill-Werte • Tormann-Regelung • Reglementierung Sonderpunkte • Sonderprämierung • Kür-Wertung/ Sanktion • Haltungsnoten Team (ü) ü ü AllgemeineDurchführungsbestimmungen • Ziel, Ausrichtung und Spielverlauf • Schiedsgericht • Abschlusszeremonie ü ü ü • In der Sammlung sind die folgenden Einzelregelungen und Durchführungsbestimmungen enthalten, die im einzelnen bewertet und anschließen diskutiert werden sollen: Evalutation Unified-Regeln, Version 1.0

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