In the last couple of months, five Handball@School experts were sent to five different continents and overall more than 450 teachers, students and coaches participated in the courses in Lithuania, Jordan, Trinidad and Tobago, Morocco and Papua New Guinea. 

From 28 February to 11 March, Handball@School expert Klaus Feldmann held three courses in Panavezys, Klaipeda and Kaunas in Lithuania. Overall about 90 participants should promote handball at Lithuanian schools. The representatives of the Handball Federation of Lithuania and the teachers, students and coaches were motivated and keen to learn and thus provided the conditions for a successful course.

Handball@School expert Nabeel Taha went to Jordan from 6 to 20 March 2016 to hold courses in Jarrash, Amman and Alzarga. 88 participants attended theoretical and practical lessons including, amongst others, videos about Mini Handball training, exercises and games and a practical demonstration. At the end of the course, the class was divided into small groups who were given the assignment to design a small game.

The first Handball@School edition in Trinidad and Tobago took place from 9 to 20 March 2016. Handball@School expert Luísa Estriga travelled first to central Trinidad to hold a course at the University of Trinidad and Tobago, followed by a course on Tobago, which was promoted in TV and radio. The third and final course was held in the North West of Trinidad. Estriga said that her focus was on creating “awareness, motivation and interest in understanding how to play handball.” Thus, she, amongst others, gave brief reviews on handball history, current handball characteristics and presented various instructional methods. The practical sessions included, amongst others, small games, the basic game forms and how to play against a flat defence system. Overall 98 teachers, students and general coaches, who will assist the teachers, took part in the courses, all of which were attended by the President of the Handball Federation of Trinidad and Tobago.

Prof. Khaled Hammouda was sent to Morocco as Handball@School expert. He held his first course in Rabat, the capital of Morocco, then went to Casablanca and finished in Agadir. Overall 119 participants watched high level matches and learned, amongst others, about the 6 phases of the game, basic attack and defence skills, Mini Handball and the training of juniors. According to Hammouda, it was a high level of organisation and local expert Khalid El Ourdihi did a great job.

Handball@School expert Helmut Martin travelled to Papua New Guinea from 4 to 26 April 2016 and even before the courses started it was clear that the federation are eager to promote and develop handball in their country. Overall 60 teachers in Port Moresby, Goroka and Kokopo showed great enthusiasm and were keen to get to know the sport. A radio interview and TV coverage made other sportsmen and sportswomen curious and thus, the participants of the courses had some spectators during their practical lessons. Now, the federation try to spread handball through sports in schools in the beginning so that first school tournaments can take place.