Downball (AKA handball, foursquare) is still the recess king | Everyday Home | ABC Australia
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Whether you know it as downball, handball or something else, kids have been playing this game all over the country for generations.
These days, school kids use a high-bounce rubber ball, which is a break from the tatty tennis ball tradition, and they say it adds some much-needed speed to the game.
That we don’t know where downball came from (or whether it was invented by a kid) makes this sport all the more magical.
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I lived in Australia early 70s in Sydney and we played it in the quad and it was called handball. Always with a tennis ball. The grid seemed to be specifically for that as it didn’t seem to have any other use.
played in QLD when i still lived there (2013-2018), was always called handball, listening to this made me wanna punch my screen a few times, terms were way different and the comparison between these guys and the mates i played with was on a whole different league
yeah thats accurate, i was in school until 2020, we have always had that. It was literally a handball court
@@thatoneguywhosaysbyethenwa1720Yup courts were made to play handball! Good old handball was fun game at school! By the way, the videos on the playlist on my channel might interest some people!
Our primary school in Brisbane the early 00's had about 20 courts all over the place. No question what they were for. Sometimes there would be 10 or more people in the line for one court.
Depending on the rules of the kids (mostly the ball owner), either all squares were 'out' (back of the line) or just dunce. we also had AKQ, not KQJ.
What was the rule foul? It's lobs@@thatoneguywhosaysbyethenwa1720
I'm 14 form South Africa and I still play this game everyday at school, I'm hoenstly so GOATED at it, but hand tennis life, it's hoenstly so nostalgic whenever I think about it
It truely is a lifestyle, I based my whole channel off it in the beginning and people always ask "why are you downball king gaming?" "what does downball mean?" and I simply show them this video.
Still play it to this day in year 9. In Sydney we called it handball. Instead of kings being the one to serve first it was Ace. There are 4 different squares. Ace, Kings, Queens and dunce. Game is amazing and I play it every recess and lunch
Hii I’m from Queensland and we play it the same
Sorry for unadding you on snapchat, it was just that you were sending me too many snaps, I am ready to give you another chance if you want to! 😊😊
Sadly my year stopped playing it
@blive same
Same its exactly like ours the one you said and in the Vid they call some other stuff different like headers “headses” and footsies differently
I'm from the Netherlands and lived/attended primary school for a bit in Sydney around the millennium. They called this handball at that school and it was great fun. Never saw it again since and back in the Netherlands handball is a different sport. Great seeing it again!
Maybe you can introduce to the Netherlands haha… it could be a game changer in schools across Netherlands! By the way, the videos on the playlist on my channel just might change someone’s life!
Born and raised in Brisbane and moved to the UK when I was 11. It was just called "Handball" at my primary school and you could play it with 2 or 4 squares. Seems like it's only played in Australia unfortunately. Miss it so much.
Aye same in nz when i was there. Handball, 1 square is the king and then against as much square is against it. Can be 3 or 7 people.
handball is a prime example of a game that is easy to learn but hard to master. anyone can serve and hit the ball but it takes true skill to be able to return a power shot with another power shot. long live handball.
Man I have become so good at this game. Powershots hit so hard you can barely see them. These kids all suck
No it's really easy. For me it took about 3 weeks to be a "pro" but my friend took 1 week
@@kotaiwa4286its not easy, 3 weeks is still beginner, ive been playing for 10 years (5 years i took off) and i still sometimes struggle, but powershotting is a master skill
@@CrapMLBBPlayera power shot is easily done but a slam shot depends on the angle and how it is passed but it’s pretty easy to be able to hit a low power shot or slam shot. Powershotting is not a master skill it’s easily done you just gotta hit the ball hard to the other opponent. It’s simply done for many so idk what u on abt.
Handtennis was the name in 1970s at primary school, on an asphalted sloping surface in up to 3x3 squares or along a concete driveway in a linear array.. Soft shots for little opponents and low-fast for adept contenders. Spin was rare but tended to win.
Can confirm in 00s that we called it handball as well. Where "downball" came from I have no idea
It's a lifestyle he says🤣😂🤣 gotta love that answer! I miss down ball. This put a big ol smile on my face thanx
We played four square in the morning at Findon primary school, on a mega court of about 18, wobbly squares, drawn in chalk. It was a long walk from King to Dunce
18!!! Geez and I thought that me and my friends were crazy for playing 9 square, then again we always have around 6 - 9 people in the sub line so maybe if we found somewhere to play 18 square that might be a good idea!
What happened to the curly shrimp lol
You cut out the
“Ha! You played my full”
“FUUUUUUUUUUU-“
it’s Australia.. the 9 yr olds will swear their head off xD
I was known as the queen of handball in my primary school. I freakin loved it and was so good at it I beat all the boys and girls combined. There’s something called a “slug” which is when you hit the handball really fast and very low to the ground that it’s hard for the opponents to stop. I was a real master at this sht. Ahhh brings all the memories
We called that shot a 'Skim' because it skimmed along the ground, there was also another shot called a 'dragon' where you would carry the momentum of the ball on your hand and invert your hand fast to get a lot of power into it
@@minionboi4616 we just call it a snakie because gets low to the floor like a snake
There’s a move called the apple twist. You twist your arm and it goes super fast
We called it a snakey because it goes really fast like a snake and is down at the ground and there was this one person that managed to defend literally every snakey and defeats us with an insane snakey
I used to call it skimming, but playing with my mates after 10 years, we call it a "skidoosh" after kung fu panda. It pretty much skids across the pavement, and feels sooo satisfying
Classic! Just teaching my son this now so he can take it to school here in Norway and take over as king! 🎉
Handball in NSW (and other places). Who did the research for this?
only NSW
@@shramo We say it in SA aswell.
Handball in QlD too
We call that handball in NSW, never heard it called downball, where on earth they call it that?
The cool places.
Exactly
Played this in 1990+ and we called this handball. Best when your next to a walk and you can serve off it for different tricks
I played Handball ever since school. I work at my old school and I play every single day with my students. I’m really competitive too hahaha but love the game!
Our school in Somerset, England called it Squares. It was played with a tennis ball and boy oh boy we played at a ridiculously high level, everyone in this video would have got smashed 😂
I was telling my daughter about downball and found this video.
When I was in high school, this was a very serious sport. Im so glad to see the rules are exactly the same as it was in the 90s 😊
Nice mate, im 13 and i need some tips yeah? Ya got any tips? Will be much appreciated
The nostalgia 😭
I helped a bunch of people in my school develop ideas for special moves and skills
My skill was i got reaalllyyy good at hitting it ridiculously low and fast without making it roll. Often people would even lay down along the edge to see if it counted as bouncing or a roll
I was the second best in my primary school. The best player didn’t have any particularly flashy skills but he had fantastic defence and was PERFECT at hitting it from anywhere on his side to juuuuust into the back corners of your square. He’d win by wearing his opponent out, making them run back and forth between the far back corners, then go for a short hit into the front of your square when you looked tired enough, and you’d either miss it, or overestimate and hit it too far to land in his square.
one skill i came up with the idea for and my friend eventually mastered, putting so much backspin on the handball that it would still have some backspin after the first bounce. If you did this and the opponent didn’t get it quickly enough, the spin after it bounced in their square could still have been enough to bounce it back over your square even though it was still “their ball”, making it impossible for them to hit it without playing a foul.
Its called a slug
@@sammifyy3999 it's called a skim
@@sammifyy3999 It's just called a low shot 🤣
In nz in the 80s and 90s in hamilton we called it ''aussies''. Instead of a small ball or tennis ball we used one just bit smaller than a soccer ball. Opened up so much tricks like skims, (which would actually spin backwards as it skimmed from your square to the next.) spinners(left & right) front and back spins if you were really good. Was more tactical, almost trying to trick or outwit the other person. Be awesome to see this style played again
Mmmm that’s hand-ball for sure. Down ball??
I played handball for a couple years now im use to playing 2 courts just learning how to slam is very difficult.
It’s not downfall it’s handball
From Perth 1970 model and played something very similar but it was called square ball and it could only bounce once in your square. Like tennis.
in brisbane its called handball and omg the amount of debates on if we faulted or grabbed the ball was just insane but a lot of fun
The key is to set yourself as the Alpha. Become the best player at the game in your group and everyone will go along with your rulings the majority of the time. I have become known as the GOAT in my group
Finally some one who give strength to billy and dura to stu
Wow, amazing 👍👍
We used to call this Blitzball when I was growing up.
In year 7 rn, still play it (here in qld its handball)
Very nostalgic
uh i don't remember a jack but i remember ace, king, queens and dunce, (Rules) cross overs, fulls, drags, slugs, power shots, (modified: double bounces, double touch, headers) and grabs. But these days people play with like there other body parts which i don't like at all. also some of us play in 6 squares so there is 3 dunces, 1 queens, 1 king and 1 ace also 3 serves (Also known as slack) and one old ace. thats all i know right now
it's handball not downball
everyone has their own name for it
Handball is the best name for the game
i've always called it handball and haven't heard it being called downball before. i also played with 6 squares in primary school
its so popular in my new school, in america! we call it handball
it originated in Australia by kids on their lunch breaks haha
Wait this isn't just an aussie thing it's a kiwi thing too, like I'd play the heck out of this game jn primary man 😭
Me too, just yesterday I started playing again with my mates. My old man thighs can't handle it anymore, I can hardly walk at the moment 😅
I started learning underlegs, powershots and lowshots in prep. And also in my school we call Jack Ace
Its called ace in nsw
I play this game all the time best shot was some one shot it really fast and I hit it back and stayed in and it was today we call I handball
I remember when me and my asian friend would play this game all day 😂😂
At our school we hit the ball so low it looks like it’s rolling but it’s just barely bouncing and we have like 12 people playing tops and like 6 least
Handball mate and better then that silly sport called "handball" loved playing this during break
that’s not how it works in elementary’s lol.
in my school you have to hit the ball against a wall and it has to hit the ground first before it hits the wall but it can only hit the ground only once or else it will be a double and if it hits the wall first then it’s called a bullet. there’s more rules which i’m not gonna explain
Downball wtf handball man
i am Australian and i play handball at school
in russia its President Queen Bishop Knight 😂 other than that this games awesome
In 4 square when you switch positions, you do not do that all the time. Whoever owns the ball gets to choose if theres rotation or not.
We Called King Ace And Dunce Guns Lol
Im from south Africa and we slay at this sport we will show you a thing or two
I would smoke you buddy don't get cocky
We used to have ace, kings, queens and dunce but no jack
:3 and my fiends at school❤
My School Calls It Ace,Dunce,Kings,Queens
Nothing compared to me lol😂
Here in NZ instead of 'dunce' we call it 'bum'
Me: managing to not go to baby as a starter in downball, “I AM GOD”.
We used to call the squares ace king queens and duns
Never heard it called Downball before.
New to me aswell. It's always been handball because you hit a ball with your hand.
Same
I play with a basketball and four square and down ball are 2 different things
Yeah we will make the pelican boat into a U curled boat so we could float on the harp and we will use this ball to have an iftari meal.
Do I need to say anymore 😭
Handball sounds better then Downball
They should add it to the Olympics
They call me the skim god
We need to make it a Olympic sport
There is a better sport called handball which Australia scoffs at.
We need more women in the game can we bring your own women in the game please I want to play I'm ready now I been sleeping all my life but I'm awake now 😭
As a kid who plays this game I will say this once,you lose a lot of money to be honest because how much times u lose it in the gate 😅
It is called dugs guys
Ehehehe downball aye. In new zealand well atleast in my school it was called hand ball and everytime you did a shot through your legs people would've just skimmed you out aka when you hit the ball very hard which makes it go very fast very low at the verge of rolling
Finnaly people that know how to play 4 sqaure
In the 70s it is called handball I'm from Western Australia
The correct name for this game is four-square. Not downball. Downball is played hitting the ball against the wall hitting it downwards.
I agree with this. I've talked to a lot of people, and they all call it Handball. That's a completely different sport lmao
@@itsmetater It's called handball. And if you want to be specific "school yard handball".
The reason it isn't called 4 square is because there is more than one format of the game. My group has an extremely large "square" where we do 2v2 games along with some standard 1v1.
I call it downball
Always was always will be
Now in 2 ways
that’s my school lmao
Same
I play damball at school
Can you do a skim
It’s Hamble
I own my school tbh
We all did
Handball or foursquare
this is my school 💀💀💀💀 wtf
I live in Ipswich qld I’m so good I can beat everyone
Anyone come here from the yard?
these kids ain't got no then on me bruh
Thorght it was hanball
It's called handball. What's going on with our education?
I thought it was called handball
It is called handball not downball
I will play your skims
You also can’t grab the ball
Handball is realy easy
Wyd
They can’t hit it low that’s the problom
It’s funny how I could easily destroy the kids at handball
handball non of this downball crap
As an Australian, these are amateurs.
I’m the best I’m better then you all I’m top 1 in my school and a lot better then anyone else
They aren’t that good trust me
no one has ever called it "downball" if you think handball was ever called that you are misremembering
There's literally a yard full of kids playing and calling it downball in this video. You must feel like you never lose an argument since you refuse to accept reality.
Downball is played against a wall u plebs
Well obviously not
Played in the 70s 80s and it was called K.P