Handball drills for technique defense
- Narrow space 3 or 4 meters mark between 6 and 12 meters
- 2 defenders with vests stand at the 9 meter mark
- 2 attackers with ball come in pass and go back, and then attack begins.
- Make sure defenders make contact, right shoulder and left first hand over ball.
- Attackers must constantly break free and distance themselves.
- Try passing moves.
- Can be done at the circle in 2, 4 and even 6 stations.
Setup:
Which team brings in most gold pieces/ pits?
Which team brings in most gold pieces/ pits?
- 1 bank & one-against-all
- 2-4 gangs of thieves
- 1-2 guards.
Game consists of 4 rounds of play:
Game Round 1:
Game Round 1:
- Thief - attacker: per post only 1 active & 1 gold piece at a time try to steal from bank.
- Collect in own vault -hoop-.
- Guard - defender- may only defend outside the bank.
- If the thief is caught so tapped, he must leave the gold piece in the police station -under a cone.
- Which team was able to steal most gold pieces?
Game Round 2:
- Divide gold pieces equally among the thieves.
- Thieves: safely move your gold pieces 1-for-1 to other safe -from one hoop to another.
- Thief -attacker: walk around your cone without the guard catching you.
- Agent -defender: in this case may only defend inside the bank.
- If the thief is caught -attacked, he must leave the gold piece in the police station -under a cone.
- Which team was able to transfer most gold pieces safely?
Game Round 3:
- Thieves: for x time, steal as many gold pieces as possible from other safe.
- Thief -attacker: mandatory back & forth through bank = watch for guard inside bank.
- Guard may only defend inside bank.
- If the thief is caught so tapped, he must leave the gold piece in the police station -under a cone.
Game round 4:
Same as game round 3, but with double guard 1 guard outside & 1 guard inside the bank.
Which team will have the most gold pieces in their possession after 4 rounds of play?
- 2 defenders on the circle
- 1 circle runner with vest
- 2 attackers try to outplay the defenders via the circle runner
- Possibly with goalkeeper
- Use jump shot / pass move / drop throw etc.
- 1 thick mat in the middle of the field.
- The defenders stand around the mat.
- The attackers try to push the ball onto the mat.
- After 3 changes.
- Goalkeeper stands in the goal or between 2 posts the size of the goal.
- Another person throws, like a Frisbee, several hats in succession toward the goalie. Keeper tries to knock the hats down from the air.
- Variation: Goalkeeper stands with his/her back to you and turns around on command. Then a hat is quickly thrown.
- Lay out a circle with markers.
- Divide the players into 2 teams.
- 1 team defends, the other team tries to put the ball in the circle while overplaying.
- Pay attention to footwork!
Play a game on small field:
- Depending on number of players, cordon off part of circle. involve at least 1 corner.
- Equal number of field players.
- Small space, lots of pressure.
- Have defenders connect to force penetration.
- Let attackers outplay defenders.
- Passing movements.
- Make goalkeeper move correctly.
Play a game on small field:
- Depending on number of players, cordon off part of circle. involve at least 1 corner.
- Equal number of field players.
- Small space, lots of pressure.
- Have defenders connect to force penetration.
- Let attackers outplay defenders.
- Passing movements.
- Make goalkeeper move correctly.
- Limited space at the circle.
- 1 v 1.
- Try to get past the defender, moving quickly and turning away. Possibly pass and feint movement.
- Explain what is and is not allowed in terms of defense.
- Hands against shoulders.
- Not from the side.
- Do not hold arms.
- Do not obstruct a broken player.
Practice passing moves in small 2-meter space.
1. Right - right wide - left)
2. Left, left wide - right - left - with overhaul.
3. 3 pass with extended forward throwing arm.
4. Turn -right turn to pass left - left turn to pass right.
1. Right - right wide - left)
2. Left, left wide - right - left - with overhaul.
3. 3 pass with extended forward throwing arm.
4. Turn -right turn to pass left - left turn to pass right.
- 3 defenders with vests - 4 attackers.
- 4 markers on the ground - see drawing - approximate position attackers.
- The attackers try, through good interplay with the corner players, to get the ball on the ground in the 6 meters. Not throwing but laying down - 1 point.
- The defenders try to touch an attacker who has the ball - 1 point.
- Above all play each other freely, no passing moves and the like.

- All players at the 6 meter with 1 ball each.
- All shoot until everyone has been:
- At the goalie.
- High. Changing corners.
- Low. Corners change.
- Half. The goalkeeper moves forward and back again.
Remember the goalie arc.