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Handball drills

  • make 2 teams / 1 ball in the 9m
  • 3x replay
  • 1st team starts passing the ball 20x but may not pass to the same player
  • by dropping the ball or leaving the field of play the count will start again
  • are there 20 counts reached both teams sprint to the middle line
  • after 3x retrieve there is a winner / winner may determine what loser does
  • make several teams of 5, 4 or 3 players / depending on the number of players in the training
  • 2 teams start to play against each other
  • who scores continues playing, who does not score leaves the field and a new team comes on the field
  • give different instructions at the beginning, e.g. always a change must be included, no steuten or 10-second rule double score....
  • team of 3 players
  • 1 ball
  • 2 players play the ball to themselves and try to tap the 3th player
  • then change
  • in 10 meter space or on 1 half
  • Player starts from the corner, moves across the circle and out towards the pawns
drawing Exit defense
  • Make 2 rows and then take turns to warm up the goalkeeper, then fetch the ball.

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  • Organization:
  • Make 5 equal groups, 1 group at each side and 3 in the middle.
  • Make sure both sides have several balls.
  • Put 2 defenders (red) just inside the 9 meter line.

  • Sequence:
  • B1 plays to B2
  • B2 runs to the ball and plays to B3
  • B3 plays to B4 and B4 tries to score.
  • Meanwhile, B1 has to chase the ball to help the defenders.
  • Then repeat from left to right.


  • Points of attention:
    Swap positions clockwise every 2 minutes, after 10 min everyone will have played every position.
    Pass quickly and accurately, and put pressure in the joint (i.e. between 2 defenders, if the defenders get the ball, the exercise stops and you start again from the other side.
  • Divide the players into 3 groups.
  • Group 1 with ball distributed on one sideline, group 2 facing the players of group 1 on the other sideline and players of group 3 behind the players of group 2.
  • Players group 2 do 5 Jumping Jacks, players group 3 do 10 push ups.
  • Players of group 1 bowl the ball from the sideline across the field to the player of group 2 opposite them but remain standing themselves.
  • The bowling of the ball happens at the moment that the players of group 2 have to do 1 Jumping Jack.
  • (The players of group 2 sprint to the other side and try to pick up the ball at the height of the middle of the field, throw the ball to the player of group 1 opposite them, receive the ball back and make 3 passes and tip over to the other side at speed, zero at arrival of the sideline.
  • Immediately after throwing the ball players of group 1 sprint to the other sideline where players of group 3 who are busy with the Jumping Jacks after picking up the ball by players of group 2.
  • Players group 1 then do 10 push ups after arriving at the sideline....
  • Exercise continues as in beginning.
  • Variation in exercises after 2 rounds for the groups instead of push ups and Jumping Jacks are planking, frog jump, sitting against the fence and sit ups.
drawing Ball rolling, medium pass
  • Goalkeeper, and player on 9 meter line, 2 pawns .
  • I play to player , throws back taps pion 1 and catches the ball .
  • Throws back again , taps pion 2 catches the ball and turns around and throws at goal .



- Make pairs

- Stand on the back line, one sprints to the middle line and back and the other does an exercise. When the first has finished sprinting it is the other's turn.

- Sit against the wall / planks / squats

- change several times in 1 exercise

  • Both start in a corner,
  • circle the pawn, whoever gets to the ball first is the attacker
  • and tries to score.


  • Team of two with ball, sitting opposite each other on the mat
  • Person A holds ball above head with both hands and moves to supine position while tapping the ground with ball backwards with outstretched arms
  • Person A moves to sitting position and hands the ball to person B
  • Person B goes to the supine position and taps the ground with the ball backwards
  • and so on


May also be with bended knees

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