From May 4 to 28, 2021, the 1st IHF Children’s Handball Symposium will take place. This symposium, which will be held exclusively online, aims to promote handball activities and train educators to mentor these young beginners.

Eight interactive Zoom Webinars will be held every Tuesday and Friday in May, from 14:00 to 15:00 CEST (GMT+1).
The Zoom Webinars are streamed live on the IHF Facebook page. Translation of the webinars into Arabic, French and Spanish will be available on Zoom only, and participants will be able to ask questions to the speakers via Zoom’s chat and Q&A features.

Participation in the webinars is free and open to all interested parties without registration: coaches, referees, delegates, physical education teachers, parents and children.

In addition, participants who log in to Zoom with their email address and full name and attend all eight webinars will receive a certificate of attendance.

Conference Schedule:

Tuesday, May 4
14:00-15:00 CEST: Dr. Ilona Hapkova, Chair of the IHF School Handball Working Group – Introducing children to handball
Zoom link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83898598655

Friday, May 7th
14:00-15:00 CEST: Dr Patricia Sosa González, IHF Handball at School Lecturer – Planning the first practice
Zoom link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85606393917

Tuesday, May 11th
14:00-15:00 CEST: Dr. Pablo Greco, IHF Handball at School and Commission of Coaching and Methods Speaker – Building foundations through handball
Zoom link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85669346783

Friday, May 14th
14:00-15:00 CEST: Dr Gerard Lasierra, IHF Handball at School Working Group Member – Handball as an interactive sport
Zoom link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86215548363

Tuesday 18th May
14:00-15:00 CEST: Dr. Milan Petronijevic, IHF Handball at School Speaker – Scoring the first goal
Zoom link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82666277771

Friday, May 21st
14:00-15:00 CEST: Dr. Nabeel Taha Al Shehab, Member of the IHF Handball at School Working Group – Winning the ball on defense
Zoom link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82445389804

Tuesday 25th May
14:00-15:00 CEST: Craig Rot, Member of the IHF Handball at School Working Group, IHF Speaker – Teaching in the real world
Zoom link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81338359814

Friday, May 28th
14:00-15:00 CEST: Dr. Ilona Hapkova, Dr. Gerard Lasierra, Craig Rot, Dr. Taha Alshehab (IHF School Handball Working Group members) – Next steps for handball after the pandemic – panel discussion
Zoom link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83130558093