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Handball drills

  • Play ball under pressure from defender.
  • Variation in coverage forms:
    • Getting out or not, press on the ball.
  • Offering or not offering the ball-running route
  • All positions of the defender require adjustment of the attacker.
drawing Playback under pressure
  • Scott training obv 2 switch
  • Finishing inside or outside
1: Red switches from inside to outside. Finish inside.
2: Blue changes from outside to inside. Round off outside.
3: Pilon on drawing to indicate position. Not used during practice.
4: Exercise also leads to goalkeeper changing position.
drawing Free shot exercise
  • Make 2 teams of 2 people
  • 1 trainer in the middle who passes the ball.

  • 2 players run to the sideline and become defenders.
  • The other 2 run at the pawn and receive the ball and go out on the break.
drawing Break walking with 2-pairs
  • 1 corner
  • 1 builder
  • 1 center

  • Builder has the ball and plays to the middle.
  • The middle crosses.
  • Builder rounds with a jump shot high.
  • Then the next builder plays to the middle.
  • The middle presses, the builder presses and plays the corner with a bounce shot.
  • The corner rounds.
  • The same builder stays put and now rounds.
drawing Rounding corner and builders
  • Running around.
  • Playing ball to each other.
  • In high tempo.
  • Every 5th ball goes through the player in the middle.
drawing Running in circles
  • Tjoek throwing - short arm.
  • Rounding goal. Pawn in goal.
  • Sprint back - turn off where to run past.
  • Bench upside down - keep balance until it's your turn again
Attention on throwing with short arm and rounding stretch throw.
drawing Throwing with short arm
  • 1 person on right buildup, 1 person on left buildup.
  • Overplaying at pace, one builder catches the other builder and rounds with a jump shot high.
  • Finish in front of the 9 meter line.
  • Variation: add a defender.
drawing Retrieving builders and shooting from distance
  • Groups of 3 players
  • Start at the level of 1 circle as shown in the diagram.
Goal: cross the field by playing together.
  • Play to each other as smoothly as possible while keeping the field wide .
  • The players walk back along the field.
Progression:
When the interplay is going satisfactorily, some defenders join the field and try to block the ball away from the attackers.

drawing Together to the other side
  • Take a lap around the field. On the long sides jog, on the short sides walk.
  • Stand upright, feet hip-width apart. Make 20 squats at slow pace.
  • Stand upright, feet hip-width apart. Make 20 jump squats. Begin with arms extended above your head. To add extra power to the jump; Drop your arms along your body while bending your knees. Swing the arms through to the back and jump while moving your arms back forward and up. Keep your back straight, hips back, feet flat on the ground.
  • Do lunges in three positions per leg. Basic position; stand upright with your feet slightly apart.
    • Put your right leg straight ahead and bend the knee 90 degrees. Your left knee as close to the ground as possible; come up.
    • Put your right leg, with the foot turned slightly forward to the right side. Bend your left knee. Return to base position.
    • Put your right leg back, bend your left knee. Return to base position.
    • Put your left leg straight ahead and bend the knee 90 degrees. Your right knee as close to the ground as possible; come up.
    • Put your left leg, with the foot turned slightly forward to the left side. Bend your right knee. Return to base position.
    • Put your left leg back, bend your right knee. Return to base position.
  • Make a lap along the field. On the long sides jog. On the short sides sprint.
  • 1 player on the right buildup and 1 player on the left buildup.
  • Overplaying at pace, one builder stops the other builder and rounds with a jump shot high.
  • Finish in front of the 9 meter line.
  • Variation with one defender added.
drawing Retrieving builders and shooting from distance
  • You put 1 player at the 1 meter, of the 9 meters, at the buildup position.
  • Put 3 pawns:
    • 1 pawn on the center 2 meters from the 9 meters.
    • 2 pawns left and right on the 9 meter line, 3 meters from the middle pawn.

  • Player starts in to the right pawn with ball, plays off to the builder.
  • Runs backwards around the middle pawn and receives the ball between the 2 pawns.
  • Plays the ball back, comes around the middle pawn, gets the ball back and rounds off with a jump shot high.
Everything in high tempo.

drawing Moving builder
  • Distributing players among the caps
  • 3 caps means a minimum of 4 players
  • Passing and chasing the ball
  • Variant with bounce
drawing Playing ball around in motion