Mulkerrins Hosts Clinics

College Station, TX, World Players of Handball Foundation Press, 9/27/24

Written by Martin Mulkerrins

Texas A&M Handball Club hosted a JR WPH sponsored clinic on September 25^th, with more than forty attendees participating over the course of the two-and-a-half-hour session. Martin Mulkerrins delivered two clinics, one for students trying Handball for the first time or in their first few weeks playing, and the second for intermediate/advanced club players.

The first clinic focused on the fundamentals of the game in terms of footwork, cupping the hand when striking, and keeping the eye on the ball as well as some drills to use to improve on the back wall shot.

The second clinic primarily focused on the back wall shot, and more specifically, how to practice back wall kill shots. Different drills were discussed and demonstrated with each student present getting the chance to try to kill the ball. This drill was coupled with a “hit the target” competition, which was won by Rhys Pardoe. Rhys selected one of the Handball shirts that were kindly sponsored by the WPH for the clinic.

After the clinics students played some matches and also got the opportunity to win more WPH sponsored prizes (shirts, gloves, balls etc.). Another kill shot/hit the target competition was enjoyed by everybody and this was followed by a mini tournament for the students who had started playing this semester. After a number of timed games Shiva Shelvaraju won the tournament against Luke Bethancourt.

“It was a super turnout for the clinic, our biggest attendance so far this semester,” stated handball ambassador and coach Martin Mulkerrins. “All of us here at TAMU are very thankful to the WPH for their continued support for our program. The sponsored shirts, gloves, balls and medals generated that bit of extra excitement during the clinic. We look forward to more events like this in the future and in the short term we are excited for the WPH R48 Pre-Qualifier which will take place here on October 11/12^th as part of the Johnson/Mathis Aggieland Classic”.

Thank you to R48 #1 and 2023/24 WPH Race 4 Eight Sportsmanship Award Winner for organizing and hosting this inspiring JR WPH Clinic.

Photos courtesy of Eilish Owens

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