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They can also hold the ball for three seconds before passing, shooting or dribbling. The figure is taken from International Handball Federation, which is linked in full on this page. Every fact on Mondo Knows names its source rather than repeating an unsourced claim.

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Handball players may take three steps

They can also hold the ball for three seconds before passing, shooting or dribbling A player in possession may take three steps without dribbling and then must pass, shoot or bounce the ball. Dribbling resets the count, but a player who stops dribbling cannot start again. These limits keep the game fast and stop anyone running the length of the court holding the ball. It sits in Mondo's sports collection, one of 200 facts that each trace back to the reference below.

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International Handball Federation

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Where does this come from, and can I check it?: They can also hold the ball for three seconds before passing, shooting or dribbling. The figure is taken from International Handball Federation, which is linked in full on this page. Every fact on Mondo Knows names its source rather than repeating an unsourced claim.
Is this really a sports fact?: Yes. It sits on the Sports shelf, one of 2,600 sourced facts grouped into space, animals, the human body, history, science and more. Category pages collect every fact in the same field.
What else can I read about it?: The links under the fact point to a quiz, game, puzzle or calculator on the same subject, and the shelf below shows related facts. The wording here is original, and quoted phrases are marked as quotations.