Handball drills for technique ball control
- 5 players stand in the front of 2 triangles: 2 facing each other /1 next to them/ then again 2 facing each other next to them.
- Passing is done with 2 balls.
- The pairs play across, but also to the middle if that player is turned their way.
- That middle player plays back to the duo and then turns around again.
- 2 goalkeepers
- 2 players on the circle, throw the ball to the trainer.
- Players run, get ball from trainer and while overplaying go across to finish. Possibly with movement inside.
- In 2 groups.
- Ball in front of you.
- Run in place, on signal exit to left or right.
- Dribble, with on signal exit, ball held.
Refine stretch throw, with explanation:
- Ball in 2 hands
- Left hand goes down, right hand goes up
- Left hand moves along causing left shoulder to turn in.
- Move along to shoulder height
- Shot with whip-like movement of wrist and elbow
- Extra direction and impulse from the fingers
1. Bounce the ball around the body.
2. Bounce the ball in an 8 shape.
3. Bounce the ball around while sitting.
4. Sit while bouncing, with high and low bounces.
5. Using both hands.
2. Bounce the ball in an 8 shape.
3. Bounce the ball around while sitting.
4. Sit while bouncing, with high and low bounces.
5. Using both hands.
- Drop ball behind your head, catch between your legs.
- Throw ball up and catch behind your back.
- Dribble, 2 times high 2 times low.
- Dribble back and forth with ball below level of your knees.
- 2 players facing each other, with tennis ball.
- Hold upper arm and overplay ball with forearm/wrist.
- Pass over with hip throw.
- Trainer stands center front at 7 meters.
- Player throws on ball from 11/ 12 meters, runs up, catches ball and shoots under arms trainer, with side shot.
- Note low body position.
- 2 benches facing each other in the playing field. On half of each bench a marker or ring in the middle of the bench.
- There are 1 or 2 players on the bench.
- Players must overplay to get the ball to the tower = player on the bench.
- Note; the tower can only be played with a bounce!
Materials:
- All players have a ball.
- 3 mats behind.
- One goal.
Exercise:
- Players step through a 3 pass; left-right-left, across the mats and then finish with shot.
- Note correct shot posture:
- Correct leg forward - right-handed left, left-handed right-.
- Arm high and elbow above shoulder.
Warming up:
- Lunge pass.
- Calf raises, possibly on bench, sagging slightly.
- Jumping in place, landing softly on 2 legs, torso straight, knees out.
- Jumping walk on 1 leg, landing softly.
- Lunge stride.
Jump shot exercise:
- Place a marker at the jump spot.
- Player starts from corner, ball is passed with bounce by other player.
- Run up sharply to avoid giving defenders space.
- Lean sideways to prepare the turn.
- Aim in the left-right corner/high low.
- Possibly with goalkeeper.
- Players line up in groups of 3.
- Player in the middle is the loafer and tries to intercept the ball.
- The other 2 may try to make space between the pawns for the pass.
Points of attention:
- Proper throwing technique.
- Hands ready to catch.
- No arc balls.
- Running free, making sure you respond to the loafer.
- All players grab a ball and line up next to each other.
- The trainer stands with ball in front of it.
- The players follow the trainer dribbling as a mirror image. If the trainer goes forward then they go backward, if the trainer goes left then they go right, and so on.
Variation:
- Trainer raises number of fingers and players call out how many; looking over the ball.
- Sit down while dribbling and stand up again.
- Lie down while dribbling and get up again.
- Turn ball around waist.
- Dribbling between the legs.
