Handball drills
- You plot a square with the desired distance to fit.
- Each corner has a pawn.
- 1 ball is needed.
- One player starts and throws the ball clockwise to the next corner. Then runs to the next corner chasing the ball.
- This is how the square goes around.
Possible challenges:
- Throwing clockwise and running counterclockwise.
- With 2 balls.
- With 2 balls throwing diagonally and crossing. Beware of other players.
- With bounce.
- With connecting passes to the next corner.
- 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.
- 2 groups in a row.
- The back player crawls under the next one, jumps over the next one there, crawls under again, etc.
- Out in front: throw again to the last one, and it starts again.
- Whoever crosses the line first.
- Mark! Practice at minidoeltje.
- Coach throws to.
- 0 pass / catch
- Step left -equal to opponent's right foot.
- Big step right -foot sideways - supported by force from left - body turns to right.
- Step left toward 6 yards past opponent.
First tentative break-out exercise.
- 2 players next to the goal, trainer or goalkeeper says go, players start running.
- 1 player is played on, already overplaying to the other side.
- mats - head roll.
- pawns - dribble around.
- ladder - footwork.
- goal - jump shot.
Set out the speed ladder and have players move through the ladder to the beat of the music. Different variations are possible:
- 2 feet out, 2 feet in.
- 2 to the front, 2 to the back.
- Hopping.
- Hopping in zigzag; left of ladder, inside ladder, right of ladder, next compartment of ladder, left of ladder, etc.
- Side jumps. Like a skier.
- 2 players versus 1 player.
- Of the 2, 1 dribbles across to the other side and plays off the ball as a bounce.
- That player dribbles back again with the ball.
- Possibly with more players as a relay.
- 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.
- Dribble relay with large zigzag, mark with pawns.
- Possibly add null-pass with markers.
- Make zigzag well wide and sharp!
- 2 benches with balls and pawns on them.
- 2 teams on each side of the benches at about 5 meters.
- Each team tries to throw off as many pawns and balls as possible.
- The one with the most wins.
- 2 benches facing each other in the playing field. On half of each bench a marker or ring in the middle of the bench.
- There are 1 or 2 players on the bench.
- Players must overplay to get the ball to the tower = player on the bench.
- Note; the tower can only be played with a bounce!