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Handballexercises for technique strength

Last update: january 2026
Execution
  • Triceps: Push on the edge of a bench or chair with hands behind the body.
  • Jumping Jacks: Jump with arms and legs wide.
  • Crunches: Lie on your back, make yourself small in a fetal position and stretch out without letting arms and legs touch the ground.
  • Sumo Squat: Wide squat with feet pointed outward.
  • Superman: In a quadruped position (dog position), lift one arm and opposite leg diagonally.
  • Lunges: Step forward and bend both knees.
Execution
  • Perform each exercise for 1 minute.
  • 30 seconds rest between exercises.
  • At least 2 repetitions of the entire series.
Execution
  • Each exercise lasts 1 minute with 30 seconds of rest in between.
  • Perform at least 2 repetitions of the entire sequence.
Exercises
  • Crunches Long: Lie on your back with your arms extended above your head. Touch the ground and then bring your hands to your toes.
  • Squat: Perform a classic squat.
  • Push-Ups: Perform push-ups.
  • Backward Lunges: Step backward and bend your knee for a lunge.
  • Penguin: Lie on your back with bent knees. Alternately touch your left and right ankle with your hands.
  • Reverse Push-Ups: Sit on your buttocks with bent knees and feet flat on the ground. Place your hands behind your buttocks with bent elbows. Extend your arms to lift your buttocks.
Execution
  • Wall Sit: Sit with your back against the wall as if sitting on an imaginary chair.
  • Side Plank with Open Swing Right: Perform a side plank and swing your upper arm open upwards.
  • Mountain Climbers: In push-up position, alternately bring your knees towards your chest.
  • Crunches: Lie on your back and lift your shoulders off the ground while engaging your abdominal muscles.
  • Side Plank with Open Swing Left: Perform a side plank and swing your upper arm open upwards.
  • On Stomach, Lift Arms and Legs: Lie on your stomach and simultaneously lift your arms and legs off the ground.
Execution
  • Each exercise 1 minute, 30 seconds rest. Minimum 2 repetitions.
Preparation
  • Make pairs
  • Per pair 1 ball
Exercise
  • In the middle of half a field lie down opposite each other on your stomach a few feet apart.
  • Put 1 ball in the middle between a pair.
  • When the trainer calls GO, the two players try to conquer the ball.
  • Whoever has the ball first starts dribbling and tries to get over the sideline without being tapped. The player without Ball is the ticker and must try to avoid this.
  • If the player with the ball manages to dribble across the sideline without being touched, he/she wins the duel.
  • If he/she does not manage to do so, the catcher is the winner. An assignment for the losers follows.
Starting positions:
  • Lying on stomach
  • Lying on back
  • Sitting
Assignments for the losers:
  • Abdominal muscle sit ups 10x
  • Mountain climbers
  • Jump squats 10X
All players will be divided into groups of 3
  • All groups take place along the sideline
  • Player A sprints 2x to the other side while players B and C do a power exercise on their place
  • When player A comes back, she taps player B, who then starts sprinting Players A and C continue with the power exercise.
  • The same happens with player C
  • Every player runs 1x and does 2x the power exercise
Examples for power exercises:
  • Push-ups
  • Burpees
  • Jumping jacks
  • Sit-ups
  • Explanation jump shot: Left - right - left - turn with left for jump - shoot in the air. Left-handed players do it the other way around
    • (Eventually you have to be able to start it with both legs)
    • Pay attention to height - do not jump forward. Use arms to get extra upward energy. First in slow motion!
  • Trainer stands halfway the 9 meter
  • Players in line at distance
  • Player throws ball to trainer, runs in, catches ball at the 9 meter and finishes with 3 passes - jump shot.
  • Trainer sits on knees (or stands, depending on length) gets ball from player, player makes jump shot and throws over trainer.
  • Mark floor with hats for null pass (catch and drop) and jump shot with 1 or 3 passes.
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
- 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).

  • Everyone makes pairs and stands on the back line.
  • Number 1 of the pair runs at about 70/75% to the back line and back again.
  • Number 2 of the pair does a power exercise.
  • When number 1 taps number 2, they switch.
  • Then number 1 does a power exercise and number 2 runs.


  • Strength exercise:
    • Squats
    • Jumping jacks
    • Planks
    • Wall sit (in the hall)
    • Arms circling
    • Lunges
    • Dribble on the spot
    • Sit ups

Make 2 pairs

  • Setting out the route
    • 5 exercises
    • Do 1 minute exercise
    • Then switch and do the other exercise.
    • Then move on.
  • Exercises:
    1. Ladder with ball in your hand (keep your arm high), back and forth.
    2. T sprint, with pawns set out a T.
      • Sprint from pawn 1 to pawn 2
      • Then move sideways to the left to pawn 3
      • Then move sideways to pawn 4
      • Back to the sidewalk to pawn 2
      • Then backwards to pawn 1
    3. Skipping rope
    4. From sideline to sideline put down pawns.
      • Slalom dribble with the ball.
    5. Front lunges pass between 2 cones.
      • Put your foot forward and in a 90 degree bend.
      • Ball between legs from hand to hand
      • Then the next foot forward and pass the ball under the legs again.
      • Keep the tension on your legs.
drawing Strength exercise
  • all the players sit in a circle on one half
  • everyone has a ball
  • keep your legs stretched above the ground
  • 1st exercise = everyone passes the ball to the left
  • 2nd practice = everyone passes the ball to the right
  • 3rd exercise = do the same with a couple of "medizin" balls or 1 or 2 "medizin" balls in between
  • now in plank position or push-up position
  • 1st exercise = everyone rolls the ball under themselves to the next player through / left around
  • 2nd exercise = everyone rolls the ball under themselves to the next player through / right around
  • 3rd exercise = now the ball may also be rolled to another player e.g. to the other side



  • Goalkeeper in goal,
  • rest of the players have a ball.
  • Player stands next to the bench throws the ball over the bench in an arc,
  • jumps over the bench with both feet.
  • Picks up the ball and throws it at goal.
  • after goal attempt sprints around the cones and goes to get the ball and connects other sides again.
  • middle li/re high li/re middle li/re low diagonal bounce free


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  • Put up a parcours. 
    • The course is built up in the number of laps you make until you complete the course 4 times in a row and the number of laps is then lowered again.
    • The number of times a player performs the exercise is then 1,2,3,4,3,2,1.
  • Exercise 1: Blocking at the pilons (over the circle)
  • Exercise 2: Frog jumps (sideline)
  • Exercise 3: Jumps two forward one back (center line)
  • Exercise 4: Diagonal short shifting (sideline back)
  • Put one player on the circle and one player on the 9-meter line
  • The player on the 9-metre line tries to put the ball in the circle
  • The player on the circle tries to prevent this by keeping the attacking player away from the circle.
  • After 6x the attackers and defenders change
  • If both players have done this 6 times, the attackers change with the attackers from the other side.


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