Handballexercises for u12
- With pairs
- A ball is laid on a pawn
- One player stands with his back to the pawn (defender), hands on his back.
- Other player tries to tap the ball off the pawn. Defender tries to prevent this.
Variation: - Don't tap the ball but pick it up
- Defender can use hands to stop attacker
All children have a ball
- There are 3 mats in a row
- A goal with a shot sheet in front of it
- One foot on each mat in succession (3 steps rhythm)
- Then shoot at the goal.

Points of attention:
- Right-handers put their left leg in front when throwing, left-handers put their right leg in front when throwing.
- Keep your arm high, the elbow at least as high as the shoulder.
1-on-1 attack/defending
- 2 defenders take place on the left formation and on the right formation between 2 hats (approximately 3m between the hats)
- The rest are spread over the left build-up and the right build-up (attack), and 1 point of play on the middle build-up
- Attacker on the left plays the middle build-up and gets the ball back, after which she passes the defender, it is her turn on the right.
All kinds of exercises with mats
- Pairs of 2 with 1 ball
- 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.
- 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
- Both on knees on the mat
- 1 Holds ball, other player tries to take ball away
- The ball is on the mat
- Both players with their hands on the edge of the mat, roll the ball towards each other
- Repeat, but then after contact with the ball move forward a bit, so that you have gone all the way around the mat
- Ball between the heads of the players, on hands all around the mat.
To improve your balance you can stand in pairs on the sideline and throw the ball.
This can be done with different tasks:
This can be done with different tasks:
- Tightrope walk (feet together, flat on the ground)
- Tightrope walk + toes position
- Stand on 1 leg
- Jumping up and landing on the line on 1 or 2 legs and then throwing up
Mats lie in a circle
- Walk around the mats, perform the task
- Walk to the middle and jump up
- Do a somersault on the mat Jump over the next mat
- Jumping from mat to mat
- Skipping from mat to mat
- Put everyone in a circle with the ball in their hand and hold it high above their shoulder.
- They start with dribbling on the spot in high speed, after 30 seconds you do another exercise.
- Skipping (2 times on 1 leg then on the other leg)
- Jumping forward (2 legs at the same time) and back again
- Stepping to the left and to the right
- Shuffle forwards and backwards
- High speed dribble
- If this is too easy, extend the exercise by 45 seconds or 1 minute
- You make 2 teams
- 1 team starts with the ball and tries to tap the other team with the ball.
- They have to pass and are not allowed to run
- The other team tries to intercept the ball
- When the ball is intercepted, they can continue playing immediately
- If you tap someone you get 1 point
Who has the most points at the end?
- All players run through each other in a smaller field (10x10).
- They run the ball at speed, which they do for about 2 minutes
- Afterwards they do an exercise after they played
- Lie flat on their stomach and get up again
- Squat 2 times
- 2 times jumping jacks
You indicate which exercise they should do
- LO a line with ball
- RO a row
- In every deep corner 1 defender
- As soon as the builders start to run, the two defenders move to the middle as quickly as possible
- The team builders who are competing with the defenders are going to pressure well next to the man
- The defenders pay attention to a good defence, stepping out on the player with the ball and immediately back to the 6 when the ball is to the other player
- After rounding on the goal, the attackers become defenders. Do not go and get the ball!
- Defenders go into the deep corner again and two new attackers start
- From the back line make three rows LO/MO/ RO
- The trio which starts from the 6 meter
- LO passes the ball to MO who makes a short pass on the right side
- The RO comes from behind and receives the ball and makes a short dribble and a short change on the left
- The outside builders run wide
- The LO comes through the middle and receives the ball from the RO
- The new MO shoots at the goal. Alternate positions
- Row of LO with the ball
- Two in the middle (every now and then new players in the middle)
- LO puts pressure and passes the ball to the MO who is starting
- LO runs backwards again with a good arc and keeps an eye on the game
- The MO puts pressure and passes the ball to the incoming LO who shoots at the goal
- The LO has to time the ball well. Do not start too quickly or too late.
- Everyone is allowed to round off a few times on the LO
Extension
- Trainer stands on the 6 on the middle on 3
- 1 defender at 2
- We do the same as before, but now the LO goes 1 on 1 with the defender
- At the moment that the MO puts pressure, the trainer says YES and the defender has to move aside quickly to tap the trainer.
- Then the LO starts to duel with the defender.
- When you have shot at the goal, you immediately stand up to defend, so do not go and get your ball!
- The previous defender joins behind the line LO and gets a ball from the goalie
- The two MO's have to be exchanged every time

