Handballexercises for u16
- warm up with ball on one half
- Ball must be tipped / everyone does an exercise.
- e.g. turn straight arm and tip with the left side / turn left arm and tip with the right side / same for example with heel ......
- 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....
- Player starts from the corner, moves across the circle and out towards the pawns
- Make 2 rows and then take turns to warm up the goalkeeper, then fetch the ball.

- 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.
- 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
- 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

- In prone position throw ball to partner
- Partner rolls the ball back over the ground


1. Make foursomes.
2. One player stands on the sideline.
3. One player will stand in the middle.
4. The other players stand on the other touchline.
5. The player on the side where two are standing plays the ball to the middle player and takes over the position of the middle player.
6. The middle player turns around, plays the ball to the other sideline, runs after the ball and takes over the position.
1. Make pairs with two balls.
2. The two players start from the center line.
3. The trainer plays one ball between the players. The player with the ball becomes attacker, the other defender.
4. After the attacker finishes, the defender runs back to the center line and grabs the second ball.
5. The attacker from the net, becomes the defender and the defender from the net attacks.