The game 7х7 is held on the place of 40 m length, the split-middle line, and 20 m width. Until both sides of the square behind the line of sight are the gates 3 m wide and 2 m height. There is six meters line away from the gates of the arc-shaped line that minimizes the surface of the goalkeeper. It is forbidden to step out this line. There is a nine metric parallel line. It must be closer in the determination of the free-throw attack.
The task of each team – as much as possible to throw the balls into the goals of the competitors and not to miss their goals. The structure of the team is the goalkeeper, who mainly stands in his zone, and six field players who fulfill the functions of that alternately attacking, so the defender goes when the ball flies to the opponents. Ball can be passed from one to another player and with two hands hitting over the surface of the place of one hand; ball is jumped in the gate. Appreciating its gate, player can attack the way to block the ball if the ball was ejected from the hands when passing or guiding, to lock in the gates flying ball.
Player mayn’t do more as three steps with the ball in hands; keep the ball more 3 seconds without any acts; be closer three meters from the player who throws. Player may not come into the zone of the foreign goalkeeper with the ball; go through to the zone for the election of the position. In the zone of his goalkeeper player may not block player or ball and go through after the zone with the destination of choice the convenient location. For such faults the ball is taken off, or penalty is appointed. Player may not allow rough bumps, seizures, legs, withdrawal of player, screams, touch ball from the legs, fist, bickering with the referee and audience. Depending on the category and the quality of the infringement penalty pass the ball to the opponent and free throw, throw, warning for player, removing him from playing field to two minutes, his disqualification until the end of the game can be possible.
The first rules of the game were simple because they were provided for women. But little by little they were being more complicated. And today handball is called an athletic game and is popular among men as well as women.
