The United States Handball Association (USHA) is the national governing body for American handball

American handball

American handball is a sport in which players hit a small rubber ball against a wall using their hands.- History :...

 in the United States, a game played mostly in that country. The organization is a 501 (c) 3 not-for-profit corporation which promotes the game and governs its rules.

Among the organization's specific activities are the sponsorship of tournaments, both amateur and professional, the publication of Handball Magazine, and the sponsorship and management of the Handball Hall of Fame in Tucson, Arizona

Arizona

Arizona ; is a state located in the southwestern region of the United States. It is also part of the western United States and the mountain west. The capital and largest city is Phoenix...

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The USHA was founded in 1951 by Bob Kendler of Chicago. In 1982, the national headquarters moved to Tucson. A board of directors runs the organization. The current president of the USHA is Mike Steele.
In 2008, the organization reported having 8,500 members. Some members such as champion player Albert Apuzzi

Albert Apuzzi

Albert Apuzzi is a pharmacist and one wall handball player notable for being a champion at the sport. His seven consecutive national doubles championships made him a USHA record holder. His play was noted for power, speed and stamina. He won two national singles titles before a career ending arm...

 of Coney Island have helped run tournaments.

Leading players

The associations Hall of Fame is run to designate and honor top handball players from various times and in the different varieties of the game.

Among the 38 players in the U.S. Handball Association Hall of Fame are Albert Apuzzi

Albert Apuzzi

Albert Apuzzi is a pharmacist and one wall handball player notable for being a champion at the sport. His seven consecutive national doubles championships made him a USHA record holder. His play was noted for power, speed and stamina. He won two national singles titles before a career ending arm...

, Fred Lewis

Fred Lewis (handball)

Fred Lewis is an American former handball player.Lewis is Jewish, and was born in The Bronx, New York. Both of his parents played handball, and he learned to play handball by playing it off building walls in the Bronx. He grew up primarily playing 1-wall handball, and played his first tournament...

, Joe Platak

Joe Platak

Joseph Platak was a leading handball player in the 1930s and 1940s. He was inducted into the United States Handball Association's Hall of Fame in 1954, the first year in which players were selected....

, Paul Haber

Paul Haber

Paul Haber was an American one, three, and four wall National Handball Champion. Haber is credited with being the first player to use the ceiling offensively and did so very effectively. He was inducted into the United States Handball Association Hall of Fame in 1983.Haber's peak years for national...

, Johnny Sloan, Oscar Obert

Oscar Obert

Oscar Obert was an American one, three, and four wall National Handball Champion. Obert has won 42 open national and world titles , more than any other player in the history of the sport...

, Rosemary Bellini, Vic Hershkowitz

Vic Hershkowitz

Vic Hershkowitz was a dominant handball player who played from the early 1940s to the early 1960s. He won 23 amateur national titles. He was a New York City fireman. His accomplishments include winning forty national and international handball titles, including nine consecutive Three-Wall Singles...

, Al Banuet, Al Torres, Naty “El Gato” Alvarado Sr., and Jim Jacobs

Jimmy Jacobs (handballer)

James Leslie 'Jimmy' Jacobs was an American handball player, boxing manager, Academy Award nominee and comic book and fight film collector.-Handball:...

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