Handball drills
1. Bounce the ball around the body.
2. Bounce the ball in an 8 shape.
3. Bounce the ball around while sitting.
4. Sit while bouncing, with high and low bounces.
5. Using both hands.
2. Bounce the ball in an 8 shape.
3. Bounce the ball around while sitting.
4. Sit while bouncing, with high and low bounces.
5. Using both hands.
- 2 players facing each other, with tennis ball.
- Hold upper arm and overplay ball with forearm/wrist.
- Pass over with hip throw.
- Trainer stands center front at 7 meters.
- Player throws on ball from 11/ 12 meters, runs up, catches ball and shoots under arms trainer, with side shot.
- Note low body position.
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.
Materials:
- All players have a ball.
- 3 mats behind.
- One goal.
Exercise:
- Players step through a 3 pass; left-right-left, across the mats and then finish with shot.
- Note correct shot posture:
- Correct leg forward - right-handed left, left-handed right-.
- Arm high and elbow above shoulder.
- Set up 4 benches 1.5 - 2 meters apart.
- All players a ball.
- Make a 3 pass: left-right jump and land on the bench.
- Do this toward each bench.
Warming up:
- Lunge pass.
- Calf raises, possibly on bench, sagging slightly.
- Jumping in place, landing softly on 2 legs, torso straight, knees out.
- Jumping walk on 1 leg, landing softly.
- Lunge stride.
Jump shot exercise:
- Place a marker at the jump spot.
- Player starts from corner, ball is passed with bounce by other player.
- Run up sharply to avoid giving defenders space.
- Lean sideways to prepare the turn.
- Aim in the left-right corner/high low.
- Possibly with goalkeeper.
- 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.
- All players grab a ball and line up next to each other.
- The trainer stands with ball in front of it.
- The players follow the trainer dribbling as a mirror image. If the trainer goes forward then they go backward, if the trainer goes left then they go right, and so on.
Variation:
- Trainer raises number of fingers and players call out how many; looking over the ball.
- Sit down while dribbling and stand up again.
- Lie down while dribbling and get up again.
- Turn ball around waist.
- Dribbling between the legs.
- At 3 spots(LO/MO/RO) place a dummy or poles with vests.
- Players approach from 1 side, get the ball and after 2 steps from the 2nd line they finish 3 times with:
- High stretch/ swing shot.
- Underhand shot.
- Articulated shot.
- Have left-handed players start on the right.
- Focus on ball control.
- Lots of repetitions.
RH
- Place a marker at the jump spot.
- Player starts from corner, ball is passed with bounce by other player.
- Run up sharply to avoid giving defenders space.
- Lean sideways to prepare the turn.
- Aim in the left-right corner/high low.
- Possibly with goalkeeper.
LH
- Same
- Only right-handed players need to stretch more in time, kink shot in the air.
- Be careful when coming down!
- A square is made with 4 pawns.
- The players stand inside this square and must keep balls thrown into it moving.
- Note the players must work well together because they may only touch a ball once and then move on to another ball.
- Large thick mat.
- 1 player lies on the mat and tries to intercept balls directly or indirectly.
- Always kneeling or lying position.