Introduction

Handball needs quick and correct decisions in each game situation. This can be trained playfully and diversely through handball-specific games. These 60 exercises are divided into seven categories and train the playing skills.

The book deals with the following subjects:

- Team ball variants

- Team play with different targets

- Tag games

- Sprint and relay race games

- Ball throwing and transportation games

- Games from other types of sports

- Complex closing game variants

The exercises are illustrated and described in an easy, comprehensible manner. They can be immediately integrated in every training unit. Various difficulty levels, additional notes, and possible variations allow for adjustment to each age group and group size.

Sample figure:

1st English edition released on 31 Mar 2017

German original edition released on 18 Sep 2015

Published by DV Concept

Editors, Design and Layout: Jörg Madinger, Elke Lackner

Proofreading and English translation: Nina-Maria Nahlenz

ISBN: 978-3-95641-185-4

The book and its contents are protected by copyright. No reprinting, photomechanical reproduction, storing or processing in electronic systems without the publisher’s written permission.

Key

Attacker/Player

Defending player

Cone

Small gym mat

Safety mat

Ball box

Small vaulting box

Large vaulting box

Small vaulting box, upside down

Hoop, bucket

Medicine ball, soft ball, tennis ball

soccer ball

Balance bench

Handball pyramid

Dice

Coordination ladder

Bars

Basketball basket

Category: Team ball variants
No. 1: Team ball: Basic version and variant

Minimum number of players: 6

Difficulty level:

Equipment required: 1 handball, 4 cones, playing field suitable for number of players

Setting:

- Define a suitable field with cones (suitable for the number of players and their level of performance).

- Make two teams.

Course (figure 1):

- The team who has the ball tries to play a certain number of passes (5/10) while trying to keep the players of the defending team from touching the ball (A).

- If they manage to play the defined number of passes, they get a point and the other team gets the ball.

- The team who has the fewest points at the end must do a predefined exercise (2 accelerating runs, for example).

Variant (figure 2):

- The team only gets a point if the player ( here) who played a pass (A) to his teammate () receives the ball again immediately (C) – return pass.

- For this purpose, must get into space immediately after he played the pass (B).

- Passing to another teammate () (D) is also allowed; the players do not get a point for this however.

No. 2: Team ball with additional running exercises

Minimum number of players: 6

Difficulty level:

Equipment required: 1 handball, 4 cones, playing field suitable for number of players

Setting:

- Define a suitable field with cones (suitable for the number of players and their level of performance).

- Make two teams.

Course 1 (figure 1) (6-8 players):

- The teams play team ball in the playing field (see exercise no. 1).

- After each pass (A), the players must run around a cone first (B) before they may receive a pass again. If the team who has the ball manages to play 10 passes without the other team touching the ball, the defending players must do 10 quick jumping jacks, for example.

- Without dribbling.

Course 2 (figure 2) (8 or more players):

- The players play on the entire half of the court.

- Following each pass, must leave the playing field first (A) before he may receive a pass again.

- If the team who has the ball manages to play 10 passes without the other team touching the ball, the defending team must do 10 quick jumping jacks, for example.

- Without dribbling.

Additional exercises for the players who left the field after playing the pass before they are allowed to step back into the field and receive a pass again (exercises must be done outside of the field):

- 5 push-ups, 1 somersault on a mat, 5 straight jumps, for example.

No. 3: Team ball with moving 1

Minimum number of players: 8

Difficulty level:

Equipment required: 1 handball, 4 cones, playing field suitable for number of players

Setting:

- Divide the playing field into four smaller fields using cones (I to IV).

- Make two teams.

Course:

- The two teams play team ball against each other.

- The player holding the ball must dribble out of his field first (A and B) before he is allowed to play a pass.

Exercise/objective:

- The attacking players try to play 10 passes. If they succeed, the defending players must do a predefined exercise.

Variants:

- No return passes allowed (for larger groups).

- Jump shot passes.

- Passing with the non-throwing hand.

No. 4: Team ball with mats

Minimum number of players: 8

Difficulty level:

Equipment required: When playing 4-on-4, 6 mats required (2 more mats than players per team), 1 handball, ½ handball court or equivalent playing field

Setting:

- Put several gym mats on the floor of the playing field.

- Make two teams.

Course:

- The teams play team ball against each other.

- The players get a point, if they manage to play a pass to their teammate standing on the mat (A).

- They do not get the point, if a player of the other team touches the mat (B), but are allowed to continue.

- Dribbling is allowed.

Exercise/objective:

- The attacking players try to score 10 points. If they succeed, the defending players must do a predefined exercise.

- The players are not allowed to play passes from one mat to another mat; they must leave the mat first or play a pass to one of the players not standing on a mat.

Variants:

- Without dribbling.

- No return passes.

- Jump shot passes.

- Passing with the non-throwing hand.

No. 5: Team ball with hoops

Minimum number of players: 8

Difficulty level:

Equipment required: 1 handball, 2 more hoops than players per team, playing field suitable for number of players

Setting:

- Make two teams.

- Put the hoops on the floor of the playing field (two more hoops than players per team).

Course:

- Two teams play team ball in the playing field.

- The players score a point, if the player receiving the pass stands in a hoop with one foot (A).

- They do not get a point, if a player of the other team stands in the hoop as well (B).

Variants:

- The player must not only stand in the hoop, but also bounce the ball on the floor inside the hoop one time.

Make sure the distance between the hoops is not too long, so that the game becomes faster.

You need at least one or two more hoops than players per team, since otherwise, the defending players are able to block them all.

No. 6: Team ball with boxes

Minimum number of players: 8

Difficulty level:

Equipment required: 1-2 more boxes than players per team (in the example: 4 players and 5 boxes), 1 handball, playing field suitable for number of players

Setting:

- Make two teams.

- Put small vaulting boxes (at least one more than players per team) on the floor of the playing field.

Course:

- The teams play team ball in the playing field.

- The players get a point, if they manage to play a pass to a teammate standing on a box.

The players are not allowed to stand on a box for more than 3 seconds.

Exercise/objective:

- The attacking players try to score 10 points. If they succeed, the defending players must do 10 push-ups, for example.

Variants:

- Without dribbling.

- Jump shot passes.

- The players must play a double pass with the player standing on the box (the return pass must be played to the player who played the initial pass). This is more challenging for the player receiving the return pass. After playing the pass, he must get into space immediately in order to get the ball. The game becomes much faster!

The players must adjust quickly, if the player on the box cannot be played a pass.

The players must already identify the playing/passing possibilities before they receive a pass → Anticipatory playing.

No. 7: Team ball with 4 targets

Minimum number of players: 8

Difficulty level:

Equipment required: 1 handball, 4 cones, 2 small vaulting boxes, playing field suitable for number of players

Setting:

- Put two cone goals and two small vaulting boxes (upside down) on the floor in the corners of the playing field.

- Make two teams.

Course:

- The two teams play team ball against each other and try to score points by doing the following:

Either:

- plays a bounce pass through the cone goal in such a way that a teammate can catch the ball (A).

Or:

- throws the ball into the box in such a way that he can catch it again (B).

Each team defends one cone goal and one box.

Exercise/objective:

- The attacking players try to score 10 points. If they succeed, the defending players must do a predefined exercise.

- The players must adjust quickly, if a target is covered by an opponent.

Variants:

- Allow dribbling.

- No return passes allowed (for larger groups).

- Jump shot passes.

- Passing with the non-throwing hand.

- Do not assign the targets; the players can score points randomly.

- The players can only score a point, if they hit both “targets” (cone and box) one after another.

No. 8: Power team ball

Minimum number of players: 8

Difficulty level:

Equipment required: 8 cones, two playing fields suitable for number of players

Setting:

- Define two playing fields of similar size with cones.

- Make two teams.

Course:

- Two teams play team ball against each other in the confined playing field (field 1), observing the following rules:

→ Each player (, , , and ) must have held the ball once and there must have been at least six ball contacts, for example (A).

→ Afterwards, the player must lay down the ball behind the line of cones in the opposite field (2) (B).

→ Now, there is a switch in ball possession. , , , and do the same exercise in field 2 in order to lay down the ball behind the line of cones in field 1.

→ If players manage to steal the ball, they start the course in the field in which they stole the ball.

Variant:

- Allow dribbling.

Quick adjusting leads to a highly dynamic game.

All players must run at high speed to succeed (laying down/stealing the ball).

No. 9: Team ball on four side lines

Minimum number of players: 12

Difficulty level:

Equipment required: 1 handball, ½ playing field

Setting:

- Make 4 teams of at least 3 players.

Course:

- The teams play team ball against each other.

- The players play towards one of the side lines; they score points by laying down the ball behind the line (A).

- Which team will play towards which side line will be figured out during the game.

- The players who manage to lay down the ball behind a free line “own” this line throughout the whole game.

- The players who laid down the ball must leave the ball there immediately for the other teams.

- A player of another team may now pick up the ball and start playing towards his team’s line.

- Dribbling is allowed.

Exercise/objective:

- The players must adjust quickly and fetch the ball swiftly in order to succeed again with their team. The individual tasks change permanently.

Variants:

- Jump shot passes.

- Passing with the non-throwing hand.

No. 10: Team ball with subsequent action

Minimum number of players: 10

Difficulty level:

Equipment required: 8 cones, 1 handball

Setting:

- Use cones to define several cone goals.

- Assign the numbers 1 to 4 to the side lines.

- Make two teams.

Course:

- The teams play against each other.

- By running and passing the ball in a well-coordinated manner (A), the team in ball possession tries to pass the ball 5 (7) times to a teammate by bouncing it through one of the cone goals (B or D).

- The players must attack a different cone goal each time (C). They are not allowed to bounce the ball through the same cone goal two times in a row.

- The attacking team counts the passes through the cone goals aloud.

- As soon as the players have passed the ball through the cones 5 (7) times, the coach calls out a number between 1 and 4 (E).

- The attacking team now tries to lay down the ball behind the respective side line (F).

- The team scores if they manage to complete the whole course (play five passes through a cone goal and subsequently lay down the ball behind the correct side line).

- The other team fetches the ball and now tries to score a point as well.

- If there is a switch in ball possession, the goal counting starts over from 1.

The players must adjust quickly and run to the next cone goal immediately after scoring. As soon as the team has played five passes through the cone goals, the players must run to the respective side line immediately.

Once the scoring team has laid down the ball behind the side line, the other team must fetch the ball immediately and start an attack on the cone goals.

No. 11: Team ball with two different exercises

Minimum number of players: 12

Difficulty level:

Equipment required: 8 small gym mats, 4 cones, 1 handball

Setting:

- Define a playing field with the cones and put small gym mats outside the playing field.

- Make two teams.

Course:

- Both teams play team ball within the defined playing field (cones); however, they are not allowed to dribble. If a team manages to pass 8 times in a row, without the other team stealing the ball, the second part of the game begins.

- The attacking players now try to pass the ball to a teammate standing on one of the gym mats (C). If the player on the mat catches the ball, the team scores and stays in possession of the ball. In order to score again however, the team must attack a different gym mat.

- The team does not score if there is an opponent standing on the same gym mat as the attacking player while this player catches the ball (A).

- The players keep playing until the ball is lost.

- The teammates count the score (times they caught the ball while standing on a gym mat) themselves.

- Which team manages to catch the ball on the gym mat most often and scores highest?

Variants:

- Only a maximum of 3 players per team are allowed in the outer playing field (around the gym mats).

- After scoring, the players are neither allowed to attack the same gym mat again nor to attack the neighboring mats (B).

No. 12: Team ball with subsequent exercise

Minimum number of players: 16

Difficulty level:

Equipment required: 2 basketball baskets, 3 cones, 1 handball, whistle

Setting:

- Use cones to divide the upper half of the playing field into two smaller fields.

- Make two teams.

- Divide the two teams in half. The teams play against each other on one quarter of the court (, , , and play against , , , and in one quarter, , , , and play against , , , and in the other quarter).

Course:

- The teams play team ball against each other, without dribbling however (A).

- The game starts 4-on-4 in one quarter of the court.

- The players of both teams are not allowed to leave their quarter of the court. However, the ball may be passed into another quarter (B); if this happens, the players keep playing in the other quarter.

- The team in ball possession tries to pass the ball 8 times without interruption.

- has the opportunity to whistle between the 5th and 7th ball contact (C). This is the sign to start the subsequent action. If does not whistle, the players must start the subsequent action automatically after the 8th pass.

Subsequent action:

- The four players standing in the other quarter (the quarter without ball) once the 8th pass is being played immediately start (D), receive a pass (E), and try to score a point at the diagonal basketball basket. If they succeed, they get a point. However, each player must run around the cone on the center line; they must not run across the other field (F).

- If the defending team manages to win the ball, the course starts over: - try to play 8 passes and may then try to hit the basket.

No. 13: Team ball with change of playing field

Minimum number of players: 8

Difficulty level:

Equipment required: 8 cones, 3 different types of balls (medicine ball, handball, soft ball, ...)

Setting:

- Define three playing fields using cones and make two teams.

- Choose a different throwing toy for each playing field, e.g., common handball, medicine ball, frisbee, soft ball, tennis ball, etc.

- After playing, the throwing toys must remain in the respective playing field.

Course:

- Both teams play team ball on the individual playing fields using the respective throwing toy. The players are not allowed to bounce the toy.

- The team in possession of the toy tries to pass it eight times (return passes are not allowed).

- If the opposing team steals the toy, they may immediately try to pass it eight times themselves.

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