Handball in Miami

The Miami Sharks organization is a proud promoter of the sport of Team Handball (the Olympic Sport) in the United States.  Seeing all of the Games on line and on TV from Beijing has given a lot of young dreamers a good target for the future Olympic Games, especially with the state of the development of this great sport in the United States of America.

The USOC is not paying too much attention to the grass roots development and the new NGB has yet to show any initiative besides the big promises.
With that said, we are welcoming to the Miami Sharks Team Handball Organization all those athletes, young and old who, after seeing these Beijing Olympics would like to one day feel the passion and experiene of participating in an the Olympics for themselves.

You will find the info on how to contact us on this web site, come and play one of the greatest sport in the World!
Coach Cristian Zaharia
1992 Olympian
Bronze Medal 2003 Pan Am Games
 

Clarification

Seeing that there recently was an article regarding the participation of the Miami Sharks organization in a so called "summer league/professional league" going by the name ATHL, and due to numerous demands regarding the validity of the information, I want to address this issue and inform our fans, supporters and those interested in the truth.

The Miami Sharks will not be part of this sharade called ATHL, as is made to believe by the Handball Woche article and the declaration made by certain persons interested mainly to be associated with our team and the renown we have.

We have never been asked or approached by anyone, and the contents of the article are, the at the very least, misleading,  and for what purpose, we all know why.

The ATHL proposal is naive in the business format approach, and the Miami Sharks, as a club, as a team ad as an organization does not see the benefit of being associated with it.

I am shocked and horrified, that a serious news handball magazine like Handball Woche did not contact all the clubs mentioned in the article, to verify the authenticity of those declarations.

In my opinion this article is a wish list expressed by some persons who otherwise have no credibility in the International Handball World, with a blatant attempt to gain that credibility, on the back of real, passionned, hard working people who have made huge personal sacrifices, financially and personally.

The Miami Sharks will be interested to be part of a real professional league where the business plan is based on the realities on the field, with a real system in place, with a realistic budget, with real ownership of the teams, and the list goes on.

This article is necessary, so those people will not be able to speculate any more in other peoples names.

Cristian Zaharia

Owner/ Head coach Miami Sharks Team Handball Organization

1992 Olympian

2003 Bronze Medal Pan Am Games

1990 Bronze Medal World Championship

The Season Is Over

April 23, 2008

We got to this time of the year where there are two feelings, sadness and happiness, in our hearts.  Sadness, for a completely botched season, where everything was ruined by the hesitations and indecision, sadness to still have no news regarding the new Federation, sadness for all the efforts of some teams, that went in vain

This season has shown the real situation existent in this country for our beloved sport, and the direct result of this situation, we confirm again, if it was necessary, to the entire World, the people who where in charge with the destiny of this sport, did not know what they are doing or they wanted to be the saviors without any respect for the team work. 

This sport will survive, because there are still some passionate, I dare to say crazy passionate people, who will keep it alive.  The happiness is coming from the hope for the new season to come. Happiness from finally knowing the real passion of the sport, and knowing those who have done bad to this sport for so long.

As much as we regret loosing one season without having a finality  ( the National Championships), the hope for a better season to come is more than I can describe in words.  I know there will be good things to come, I know that this experience (past seasons) will humble some, the time will mature the people (if you like it or not), and has already exposed those who where in the mix for the wrong reasons.

We as an organization, will keep working at the development of this sport on this side of the country. Despite all of the negatives, we, the Miami Sharks , have had our traditional, high quality Tournament. We kept practicing and doing all we can to become better players, a better team, and better role models.  I have to say that I am proud of my players for all their dedication, our success is a reflection of their sacrifices, hard work and discipline.

I am sure these two feelings, sadness and happiness, will dominate everybody this summer, when the break will re-charge the batteries for everybody.  Team handball will be on the map, no matter what are the political decisions..

I wish you all a great summer, keep loving the sport of Team Handball, and do not give up.

"Quitters never win. Winners never quit."