Mpira wamanja

Mpira wamanja ndi masewera a mpira omwe amapangidwa mwa kuphatikiza makhalidwe a basketball ndi mpira wamiyendo, kusewera ndi dzanja ndikugoletsa ndi mpirawo mpaka ku goli la mdani.
Mpira wamanja unayambira ku Denmark ndipo unakhala masewera ovomerezeka pa Masewera a Olimpiki a XI mu 1936 asanasokonezedwe ndi nkhondo. Mu 1938, Mpikisano woyamba wa World Men's Handball Championship unachitika ku Germany. Pa Julayi 13, 1957, Mpikisano woyamba wa World Women's Handball Championship unachitika ku Yugoslavia. Pa Masewera a Olimpiki a 20 mu 1972, mpira wamanja unaphatikizidwanso mu Masewera a Olimpiki. Mu 1982, Masewera a 9 a New Delhi adaphatikizapo mpira wamanja ngati masewera ovomerezeka koyamba.

Mpira wamanja ndi chidule cha masewera a mpira wamanja kapena masewera a mpira wamanja; Amatanthauzanso mpira womwe umagwiritsidwa ntchito mu mpira wamanja, koma apa ukuyimira woyamba. Masewera wamba a mpira wamanja amakhala ndi osewera asanu ndi awiri ochokera ku gulu lililonse, kuphatikiza osewera asanu ndi mmodzi wamba ndi mlonda m'modzi, akusewera motsutsana wina ndi mnzake pabwalo la mamita 40 kutalika ndi mamita 20 m'lifupi. Cholinga cha masewerawa ndikuyesera kulowetsa mpira wamanja mu goli la mdani, chigoli chilichonse chikapeza mfundo imodzi, ndipo masewerawa akatha, gulu lomwe lili ndi mfundo zambiri limayimira wopambana.

Masewero a mpira wamanja amafunika kuvomerezedwa ndi International Handball Federation ndi chizindikiro chodziwika. Chizindikiro cha IWF ndi chamitundu yosiyanasiyana, kutalika kwa 3.5 cm komanso OFFICIALBALL. Zilembo zake zili mu zilembo za Chilatini ndipo zilembo zake ndi kutalika kwa 1 cm.
Mpira wamanja wa amuna wa Olimpiki umagwiritsa ntchito mpira nambala 3, wokhala ndi mtunda wa 58 ~ 60 cm ndi kulemera kwa magalamu 425 ~ 475; Mpira wamanja wa akazi umagwiritsa ntchito mpira nambala 2, wokhala ndi mtunda wa 54 ~ 56 cm ndi kulemera kwa magalamu 325 ~ 400.