Handball drills
- 3 defenders, 3 attackers, 1 circle player.
- So you are playing 3 against 4.
- The attackers threaten to go towards goal and go for each other.
- They try to score with a jump shot or to play the circle runner.
- The circle runner tries to set a barrage and the attackers play around at a high pace.
- Defenders get out and keep an eye on the circle runner.
Explain in advance that what a barrage means and in what ways you can barrage.
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.
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!
- Two rows facing each other along the sideline.
- On both sides, two players start 1 with ball, 1 without ball
- At 3 meters distance the ball is played to the trainer (center line)
- Players walk around the pawn.
- Get the ball, play over and finish on goal.
To improve your balance you can stand in pairs on the sideline and throw the ball.
This can be done with different tasks:
This can be done with different tasks:
- Tightrope walk (feet together, flat on the ground)
- Tightrope walk + toes position
- Stand on 1 leg
- Jumping up and landing on the line on 1 or 2 legs and then throwing up
Mats lie in a circle
- Walk around the mats, perform the task
- Walk to the middle and jump up
- Do a somersault on the mat Jump over the next mat
- Jumping from mat to mat
- Skipping from mat to mat
- Put everyone in a circle with the ball in their hand and hold it high above their shoulder.
- They start with dribbling on the spot in high speed, after 30 seconds you do another exercise.
- Skipping (2 times on 1 leg then on the other leg)
- Jumping forward (2 legs at the same time) and back again
- Stepping to the left and to the right
- Shuffle forwards and backwards
- High speed dribble
- If this is too easy, extend the exercise by 45 seconds or 1 minute