Training of defensive and semi-offensive cooperative defense strategies for handball teams
Switch the defending players at regular intervals.
No. 4: Reaction training with actively stepping forward towards the ball holder
Difficulty level:
Minimum number of players: 8
Equipment required: One cone and one handball per team of 4
Setting:
- The players make teams of 4.
- Put one cone per team on the floor.
Course 1:
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, plays the initial pass to (A), who makes a slight piston movement (B) and feints a stem shot.-
(C) and gets into physical contact while maintaining a defending body posture (one hand towards the opponent’s throwing hand, the other hand towards his hip) and slightly pushes back.-
to and vice versa being allowed. runs forward, his view is not in direction of the attacking players.- As soon as
turns around at the cone, the player who is about to receive the ball next, makes a slight piston movement and feints a stem shot (H). steps forward towards his movement path (J) and slightly pushes him back.- Afterwards,
runs around the cone again and the players repeat the course several times.- After eight actions, the players switch positions.
- The other teams of 4 do the drill in parallel.
must check who has the ball once he has arrived at the cone in order to step forward towards the respective player.
Course 2:
- The basic course remains the same.
- After the initial pass,
makes a slight piston movement (B), steps forward into his movement path (C) and pushes him back.-
passes to (D), and the attacking players may keep passing freely.-
now moves backward to the cone while observing the attacking players.- As soon as one of the attacking players bounces the ball once, makes a piston movement, and feints a shot (K),
immediately changes his running direction, runs forward (L) – even if he had not arrived at the cone yet –, steps forward towards the attacking player’s movement path and pushes him back.- After eight actions, the players switch positions again.
No. 5: Stepping forward and moving backward during the goalkeeper warm-up shooting
Difficulty level:
Minimum number of players: 8
Equipment required: 3 cones, 2 ball boxes with sufficient number of handballs
Setting:
- Position three cones as shown in the figure.
Course:
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starts to dribble and feints a stem shot (A).-
and slightly pushes him back (B).- Afterwards,
into his running path (D), and eventually shots at the left side of the goal as instructed (hands, top, bottom) (E).-
becomes the next defending player, runs around the cone at the 6-meter line (F), and steps forward towards the movement of (H), who has started a piston movement on the right side (G). - As soon as