Handballexercises for technique strength

  • Open swing (arms from left to right, leg moves with you), swinging ever so slightly further
  • Arms swing and dribble (front and back and opposite)
  • Monsterwalks - sit low 10 paces in front, 10 paces in back
  • Crabwalks (same but sideways) watch out for knees
  • Duckwalks (even lower) 5 paces
  • Dribble and to number 4 (1 leg on knee and alternate)
  • Hhigh knees, 10 steps

  • Lunge (1 leg back) and rotate upper body - alternate
  • Lunge - hip forward, arms extended upward - then hang diagonally forward - then hammy rock (hamstrings, toes up)

  • Windshield wiper - sitting, legs spread, always move 1 knee in, 1 knee out
  • Then turn on one side and hold
  • 1 leg behind, 1 leg in front, first crouched, bend to knee
    • then stretch and bend again and grab foot
    • Then in this position turn arm in and out

  • Planking, forwards and sideways with extension
  • 123 in T shape (front left right back / front right left back)

  • Squat jumps (short)
  • Jumps - 123 high (with 2 legs and with 1 leg - also land on 1)

  • Pogo squat or squat left/right (snap down)
  • Push-up 4 times side
  • Square - front - back side - front - back side, etc.
This exercise focuses on accelerating in the run while looking carefully around you.

  • The team divides into 2 numbers that are about the same speed.
  • The 2-tals divide on the outside lines of the hall.
  • At the start, the 2-counts run one behind the other, front is the runner and back is the ticker.
  • At the whistle, the pairs sprint to the opposite line/corner and the ticker tries to tick off the runner.
  • Are you tapped? Press down 5 times. Did you escape? 5 x push-ups for the other person.
  1. Steady walking pace
  2. Dribble sideways, arms at defensive level
  3. Tiptoe walk, arms extended upwards
  4. In the ladder dribble pass
  5. From the circle, walk to the pylon and jump up, backwards
  6. Sprint to the start
drawing The round of endurance and defense
All kinds of exercises with mats
  • Pairs of 2 with 1 ball

  1. Player with ball tries to touch the mat with his foot
    • Other player tries to prevent it with the body
    • Defender has hands on his back
    • Each pair 2 times 1 minute, then change.
  2. Both players are on their knees on the mat
    • Try to push each other off the mat
    • If someone is pushed off the mat, start again
  3. Both on knees on the mat
    • 1 Holds ball, other player tries to take ball away
  4. The ball is on the mat
    • Both players with their hands on the edge of the mat, roll the ball towards each other
  5. Repeat, but then after contact with the ball move forward a bit, so that you have gone all the way around the mat
  6. Ball between the heads of the players, on hands all around the mat. 
The bear
  • Stand in A frame, and walk slowly with flat hands and feet
    • Right hand, left foot, left hand, right foot
  • Always relax when it becomes too much
One of the most important things for a goalie is the strength in the upper legs, in this exercise this is practiced.

  • The goalkeepers try to move their legs up and down on the bench for one minute
  • Then you do that 2 more times,
    • The time can be varied according to the age group and level. (For example 1x 45 seconds and 1x 30 seconds).
  • Then you do 3 x 30 seconds jumping up with 2 legs at the same time to the beat of queen 'We will rock you
    • This means, 2x jumping on the ground and then with both simultaneously on the bench.

  • Everyone makes 2 pairs and stands on the back line.
  • One of the pair runs to the back line and back again.
  • The other one does a power exercise.
  • Exercises:
    • Squats
    • Twisting arms
    • Jumping on the ground
    • Lunges
    • Jumping jacks
  • The goalkeeper starts in the middle while the group of players stands on the circle facing a post.
  • If the players are on the right of the goalkeeper, the goalkeeper first steps to the left and touches the post.
  • If they shoot high, the post is touched high and if they shoot low, the post is touched low.
  • After one high and low shot from the goalkeeper's right-hand side, the players stand on the opposite side

drawing Goalkeeper warm shooting 1 side
Running training

  • 30 sec jumping jacks
  • 30 sec knee lifts
  • 30 sec heels against buttocks
  • 30 sec bridge with 1 foot on ball
  • 30 sec jump-lunge with ball between legs 30 sec skating jumps
  • 30 sec Russian-twist (feet off the floor)

Burpees

  • Build up from 25

Plank workout (3 minutes)

  1. 30 seconds normal plank
  2. 30 seconds of alternating left and right leg lifts
  3. 30 seconds of side plank on right side, other arm extended
  4. 30 seconds side plank on left side, other arm extended
  5. 30 seconds of normal plank 30 seconds of spiderman plank

Bicycle Crunch

  • 2 x 1 minute (rest 20 seconds)

Push-ups

  • 3 x 8 pylo-clap push-ups
  • Players face each other in pairs.
  • First, throw the ball over, pay attention to technique.
  • Between each throw, drop the ball 3 times and immediately grab it again to develop hand strength.
  • After that, throw and catch from the jump, with two hands at first.


- Open swing (arms from left to right, leg moves with you), swing a little further each time.
- Arms swing and dribble (front and back and opposite).
- Monsterwalks - sit low, 10 paces in front, 10 paces in back.
- Crabwalks (same except sideways) pay attention to knees.
- Duckwalks (even lower) 5 paces.
- Dribbling to number 4 (1 leg on knee and alternate).

- Lunge (1 leg backwards) and rotate upper body - alternate .
- Lunge - hip forward, arms extended upwards - then hang forward diagonally - then hammy rock (hamstrings, toes up).
- Windshield wiper - sitting, legs spread, always move 1 knee in, 1 knee out.
- Then turn on one side and hold.
- 123 in T shape (front left right back / front right left back).
- Squat jumps (short).
- Jumps - 123 high (with 2 legs and with 1 leg - also land on 1).

  • From the left and right set-up positions, two ladders are laid out diagonally.
  • The group is divided over the ladders, the goalkeeper stands on goal.
  • The group on the left hand side starts with the ladders.
  • After the last ladder they make a zero pass and finish on goal with a jump shot.
  • When the first of the left group has reached the halfway point, the first of the right group starts.
  • Variation in the laddering:
    • 2 legs high speed through the ladder
    • 2 legs in the ladder, then out ( jump )
    • 2 feet on the ladder, 2 feet next to the ladder (dribbling).
    • 2 passes to the front 1 to the back
  • You can also place a passive defender for the players to shoot over.
drawing ladder and zero axis