I would think it would be a very good exercise... I have never seen handball played, except for in the movies, and it seems pretty strenuous to me... according to this site...
https://www.calorie-count.com/calories/activity/408.html
an hours worth of handball is burning almost 600 calories. So, if you dont eat the food to compensate for the exercise, (in other words dont eat a big mac as soon as your done playing) if you played 5 days a week, that would be a pound a week that you could burn off. Just remember, dont drink sodas or the energy drinks, they have lots of sugar and sodium in them... and with the summer heat, it could really cause problems for you... I knew a young girl who was rushed to the hospital, becus she passed out in the shower. To find out, the only thing she had been drinking was gatorade, and she got dehydrated really really bad..... those sports drinks are not as good for you as they say they are!!!!!