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Handball drills

  • Left or right buildup plays center to center.
  • This one starts a dribble in to one side.
  • The L/R builder runs in behind.
  • The L/R builder receives the ball.
  • The L/R builder rounds.
drawing Swap left/right build-up with center build-up
  • Blue throws the ball to the goalie and runs to the pylon.
  • Keeper catches the ball and throws a break out on the running blue player.
  • Blue takes the ball, runs around the pylon and tries to finish from the 9 meters.
  • Optionally, a defender can be put around the 9 to defend.
drawing Breakout
  • 7 meter practice in 2 goals.
  • Observe contact and standing still 1 foot to throw.
  • Aiming at corners - aiming discs.
  • Then with goalie.
Setup:
  • Put a pawn on the left and right of the goal area line.
Goal:
  • Players must round from outside the pawn on goal. Shot angle can be made easier or more difficult by moving pawn.
Exercise:
  • Row of players on left attack. Focal point on center.
  • Left attack puts pressure, plays ball to middle, gets ball back and rounds.
  • When one has been one goes on right attack, where the same thing is done.
  • Important is that players jump well inside towards goal.
Variations:
  • Idem 1, but now with starting from the middle.
    • The ball is now played to the trainer in front of them.
    • This one also plays the ball back.
    • Alternate left and right.
  • Same as 2, but now also place a pawn where the players must pass inside.
    • This causes the player to arrive at the 2nd pawn in a nasty way -in the previous exercise they will have run a nice little arc to avoid this-, so they end up having to turn more in their shot to still get towards goal.
    • A distance shot from the middle can also be inserted throughout to train this as well.
  • Start in corner.
  • Run in place.
  • Jump on step.
  • 2 legs off again.
  • Sprint to first pawn.
  • Zigzag forward and backward between 6 and 9 meters.
  • Ball retrieval.
  • Dribbling, zigzagging past pawns.
  • Play off at the end.
  • Sidestep.
  • Swap past hats.
  • When you face the thrower, get the ball back.
  • With ball high zig-zagging past pawns.
  • Walk out slowly.
  • Repeat.
drawing Running Training
  • Mo plays Lo.
  • Puts barrage Rh.
  • Lo threatens to goal.
  • Plays to Ro.
  • Ro has to tie.
  • Plays oncoming corner between 1 and 2.
drawing Change
  • Duos on the 6 meters facing each other.
  • Ball in the middle.
  • After 'go' run whoever has the ball first.
  • Passes and completes.
  • Can also be done with variations such as Sidestep.
  • You form 2 teams of both the same number of people
  • Each team has its own box
  • On the back line of that section both teams have high cones upside down
  • The trick is for the other team to knock over the pawns
  • You can win with your team by fending off and defending the pawns
  • 1 attacker throws on goal
  • 2nd attacker goes out already
  • Goalkeeper grabs the ball as quickly as possible
  • Defender closest to the substitution area steps out
  • Attacker steps in
  • Goalkeeper passes to attacker on line / or stepping in attacker at center
  • On the opposite side, defenders come in as quickly as possible
  • Pass the game back and forth
How do you defend this?

  • Runner! Can intercept - can get to ball, not just receiver
  • Runner starts in during completion
  • 1 player at bin position.
  • Rest in the corners.
  • 1 ball in each corner and reserve.
  • Left runs on the 6 meter line.
  • Right runs on the 9 meter line.
  • Pass to nearest bin.
  • Passer gets ball back from next bin.
  • Pass through to corner
drawing Ball catching in run
  • Place a number of benches in the room. This depends on the number of players present!
  • 4 Players per bench
  • Two players stand on each side
  • The players do an exercise and jump on the bench after the exercise.
  • So exercise - jump on the bench - exercise - jump on the bench etc.
Sets of 10 repetitions:
  • squats
  • lunges
  • burpees
  • Short break
  • Repetition
Amount of repetitions depending on level of players.
Start with 3 sets.
If a set is too heavy do it per exercise with more repetitions (20x)

  • Rear cone start running in to outer cone
  • Get ball in run and pass to outer cone to teammate
  • Run back to rear cone, backwards
  • Getting ball forward as one runs to the other outer cone
  • Pass when arriving at the outer cone
  • Repeat these exercises at fast pace for 1 minute
  • Then change places
Variations:
  • Have player giving pass walk forward and backward instead of from standstill
  • Have both players walk forward and backward in a semicircle and pass to each other
drawing Walking in without in semicircle with pass giving.