Handball drills
- Across half a playing field there are a total of 12 caps in two different colors.
- Each player starts at a cap of their choice; if a player has the ball, they play it to someone with a different color of cap.
Each correct play scores a point.
How many points can be made within a minute?
How many points can be made within a minute?
- Ball may not return to sender
- Extra ball in play for pace
- Ball carrier must be/maintain movement
- Group divide-> mutual competition
- All players in usual position - no circle
- The remaining players are in the defense
- The ball comes from the corner and it puts pressure between 1 and 2
- Construction puts pressure between 2 and 3
- Thus the ball continues to the other corner.
- Defenders may really defend to about 8 meters.
Points of attention:
- Left - and right builders put good pressure and go right back again at 11/ 12 meters and sideline.
- Pass the ball at pace without being caught.
1 defender and 1 circle at center.
1 center builder and right builder
- Middle has the ball and plays to the right build-up player, who gets the ball back at pace.
- Makes feint to left and passes to right.
- Defender steps out and circle tries to barrage.
- Circle prevents the defender from reaching the middle player.
- Middle builder passes at speed and rounds.
Variation:
Circle player runs diagonally back after the barrage and receives the ball from the middle builder with a bounce and rounds.
Circle player runs diagonally back after the barrage and receives the ball from the middle builder with a bounce and rounds.
4 defenders versus 3 attackers.
- The exercise is focused on the defenders.
- The point is to get out before the attacker receives the ball.
- The attackers start in and play the ball around at pace.
- Once the attacker actually has the ball, the defender stops as quickly as possible.
- Once the attacker has come to a stop, the defender releases it immediately.
- The defender does hold hands high to intercept the ball immediately.
- In pairs facing each other.
- Defend by walking toward each other and:
- bringing hands to shoulder height
- tapping each other in the air with the hands - jumping
- touching each other in the air with the chest
- stopping each other with the hand in the side
Exercise 2:
- 3 defenders: left builder, left player, right builder.
- 2 attackers at each position.
- The ball leaves on the corner running in, passes to the Left builder.
- This Left builder passes pass to Center player.
- Defenders go out to attacker and shuffle back off to place.
- Attackers run backwards and may not stand still.
- 1 player per corner without ball as a focal point
- 1 circle player without ball as a focal point
- Distribute the rest of the players with ball over the construction positions
- Ball owner plays in motion to point of play, runs on, gets the ball back and shoots from outside the 9 meters at goal
- Initially shoot from a run or long shot, then with a jump shot
- For rounding, pylons can be placed in the corners of the goal
- For aiming high, the goal can be imaginary divided into 4 areas, with aiming in the top 2 areas
- Give lots of shots and then 1 on 1 tips for improvement
- The goal is to try a lot
- Teaching and improving starting player
- Expand with defenders
- Final exercise based on horizontal binding
- Set up 2 posts in the middle 2 meters apart at the level of the goalie posts
- Start at the left post, sprint to the right post, sprint back to the left post and in the run get the ball.
- Short turn up jump and finish
Variation:
- Same exercise but move the posts to the build-up. You sprint to the right post again, catch the ball with your left hand, sprint back to the post and receive the ball in your right hand and finish.
- Group split into the left corners next to the 2 goals.
- All players have a ball.
- The front player in the line gets to roll the ball away and chooses position on the 9 meter and starts to function as the point of play.
- The then front player of the line plays the point of play, makes pace towards the center line, gets the ball back just before the center line.
- Catches the ball with 2 hands, makes 3 passes and then starts to tip.
See drawing for correct running direction.
- Except for the circle, occupy all offensive positions.
- The ball starts with the middle builder.
- The middle builder starts in toward goal and plays off to one of the players next to him/her.
- The player next to him/her is already moving toward the goal while catching the ball.
- The player stays in the forward motion and then plays through to the corner player next to him/her.
- The ball again passes through the builder back to the center.
- Then the ball goes to the other corner.
- Except for the circle, occupy all offensive positions.
- The ball starts with the middle builder.
- The center builder starts toward goal and plays off to a player next to her.
- The player next to her is already moving toward the goal and catches the ball while keeping moving.
- The player then passes to the corner player next to her.
- The ball goes through the builder back to the middle and then to the other corner.
- Rounding from the build-up position
- After playing the starting corner
