Shootin' Straight, a Handball Podcast

In this episode of the pod, JD and Max recap an exciting last 2 months of handball. From closure of the Macedonia trip, to College Nationals, to Barstool in Chicago, to Handball in Iowa and finally why Max is now famous for his life with Shrek.

JD and Max recount the struggles of Day 2 from their spring break trip with the Buckeye Handballers. Day 2 was a full journey through Greece. Tune in for the literal ups and downs of this Greek Odyssey.

JD, Max, and the Buckeye Handballers take on t he streets of Bitola, Macedonia...literally. Listen to the first hand, fresh accounts of Day 1 in Macedonia complete with scalping fake tickets and lunch on top of a mountain.

JD and Max cover the influence of social media on handball participation, the expansion of handball training camps and opportunities, and the promotion and support of handball through content sharing. It highlights the impact of social media influencers on increasing participation, the growth of training camps and opportunities in Florida and Macedonia, and the importance of promoting and supporti...

The boys are back in the booth after a nice hiatus and of course are plagued with plenty of technical difficulties. Once you get passed that, the meat of this one is breaking down the last few weeks of LA Handball Club activities and there battles in Chicago this past weekend. Plus plenty of other random handball content with JD and Max. Enjoy!

In this edition of the show, JD and Max cover a ton of ground and the last month and a half of handball action around the country and the world for Team USA.

Max and JD break down the earth shattering news of the new head coach for the US Men's National Team for USATH.

Welcome back shooters! After a month hiatus, Max is done traveling and we can back to business. In this episode, JD and Max talk through former USAMNT Coach Robert Hedin's transition to head coach of Bahrain, the Club Nationals in the Quad Cities, the World Series of Handball, and more! If you have any suggestions or ideas do not hesitate to leave them in the comments!

It has been quite some time (3 years) since our last episode and we are excited to get back to some consistent content. Max and JD are back to joining forces and will try to cover everything they can in the American handball world. In this pilot episode the homies discuss 2025 College Nationals, the 2025 Open Nationals in Iowa, and the USA Wheelchair Handball scandal. Enjoy and as always, keep on...

On this Team Handball Tuesday edition of the show, JD and Max recap current news from Birmingham with the World Games, the upcoming County Fair Tour, and the Columbus Challenge Cup.

In this obscure episode, JD and Max are live from Norway with the Ohio State Handball Team as they enjoy Norwegian culture, handball, and so much more. Give it a listen and we apologize for the audio but that is what you get in a motel basement.

On this much awaited episode, JD waits for Max to wrap up his tennis match before the two get into discussing USATH Open Nationals, the summer of handball festivities, and the Handball News Team taking twitter by storm. We are still working out the kinks but hope you enjoy!

On this rare Monday edition of the pod, JD and Max give a recap of the Olympics opening weekend, a preview of what is to come with Flanders this weekend, and bikini bottom gate. If you don't get this reference to bikini bottom gate, you have been living under a rock...Patrick. Get it? We try to be funny here. Anyways twitter has been absolutely bonkers for handball, as it always is every four year...

On this episode of the Shootin' Straight Handball Podcast, JD and Max are once again without a special guest and forced to talk to themselves....Anyways, they give a little preview of the Olympics, regarding handball of course; as well as the upcoming beach handball events in Columbus and Max's trip with RIP Beach Handball to Portugal. We also discuss a little Kentucky Sports Radio after a caller...

The handball podcast boys took a bit of a hiatus but are getting back into the swing of things. In this episode of Shootin' Straight, JD and Max discuss how the new Columbus Handball League is going, JD's trip with Team USA to the Canary Islands, and a brief recap of Handball Heroes II. Max is in the car driving to New Jersey, so not an eventful episode.

Welcome back shooters for a Star Wars edition of Team Handball Tuesday! While we did not mention Star Wars once on the show, we still had a good time catching up with JD and Max. Some good news in the Columbus handball world is the launching of the Columbus Team Handball league set to start in just a few weeks. The lads are pretty pumped and excited to see it get rolling. Otherwise this episode is...

Sunday Salutations to all our sleepy shooters out there! We were able to sit down and chat with show logo designer and Columbus artist, Dustin Bennett, to chat about a plethora of topics. If you want to listen in to a wild episode ranging from evolution to rugby tactics and everything in between then make sure to give it a listen. We do apologize for some technical issues about half way through, b...

On this random jersey Sunday edition of the show, JD and Max mostly discuss Max's application to become the next head coach of the US Women's National Team. Other than that, there is a lot of random discussions in here which leads to some interesting points! Thanks for listening and make sure to tune in next time!

Welcome back shooters for another Team Handball Thursday edition of the pod. We were pleased to have a double guest feature this week as JD and Max were joined by St. Charles Lacrosse coaches Kyle Andrews and Kevin Carey. The four discussed a lot of the tactical breakdowns of lacrosse and how there might be some similarities between it and handball. Loads more in this extra long April Fool's editi...

On this random Saturday edition of the show, JD and Max catch up on a few things from the last week and a half. Max reflects on several hush hush slayings as well as the history of mormonism. JD discusses the potential growth of handball in the Columbus and Detroit areas and future guests on the show. Always a good time, and we hope you enjoy it!

On this typical Team Handball Thursday, JD and Max are joined by Josh Forsthoefel for some Handball March Madness. The three go through a bracket of 64 handball related topics to determine what is the greatest handball experience. Check out Twitter and Instagram for our fan poll to see how we did! Thanks for tuning in and we hope you enjoyed!

On this Typical Team Handball Tuesday, JD and Max are joined by Ned Harwood. Ned has rekindled his love for handball by starting the @HandballHaven account on Twitter which focuses on the #GrowHandball movement. Ned will be moving to New York and is excited to get back into handball. Overall a fun conversation and we hope you all enjoy!

On this terrific, Team Handball Tuesday edition of the show, JD and Max are joined by Mark Leopold. Mark is a former Ohio State Handballer and is working in the sports management world at Xavier University and in the Cincinnati Reds organization. The three talk about some recent updates, Team CHAOS, handball at Ohio State, sports at Xavier, and more. Thanks for tuning and let us know if you have a...

On another unprecedented series of technical issues on this tumultuous Team Handball Tuesday, JD and Max were joined by special guest Jeremy Smith. After roughly 22 minutes, well who are we are kidding the entire episode, of audio problems we just powered on. Eventually we talked about Jeremy moving to Columbus to sail with the Armada, future coaching, life at OSU Team Handball, and some lacrosse...

On this Terrific Team Handball Tuesday edition of the show, JD and Max were faced with the standard technical difficulties but this time different. We were unable to connect to twitch completely, new problem which was resolved later in the night. The next issue was that because nobody was listening to the recording while it was happening, there will be a huge echo the entire i am talking, which is...