Jörg Madinger - Training of defensive and semi-offensive cooperative defense strategies for handball teams

Course 3: (C):

- Put a folded rope on the floor in the center of each field.

- One player per field starts as the defending player, one as the attacking player.

- Upon the coach’s whistle, the attacking players try to pick up the rope as fast as possible.

- The defending players try to prevent this for as long as possible.

- After 20 seconds, the coach whistles again. All attacking players who managed to pick up the rope and all defending players who successfully defended the rope (rope is still on the floor) get a point.

- Now switch the tasks (attacking/defending player) in each field.

- After the second round, one player per field moves to the next field clockwise and the course starts over with new pairs.

- Who has scored highest in the end?

Difficulty level:

Minimum number of players:8

Equipment required:Sufficient number of handballs

Setting:

- Two players start as the defending players, the other players stand at the 9-meter line, each holding a handball.

Course:

- starts on the left wing position, makes a step forward and touches the ball held by , quickly moves back to the 6-meter line, makes a step forward again and touches the ball held by , etc. (A).

- starts the course a bit delayed on the right side (B).

- A soon as has touched the ball, approaches the goal and shoots at the left side of the goal (C).

- Afterwards, shoots at the right side of the goal (D), once has touched the ball.

- The other players subsequently shoot at the left and right side of the goal alternately (E) and as instructed (top, bottom, middle).

- As soon as has touched each handball, he receives a pass from the coach (F) and also shoots at the left side of the goal (H); receives another pass from the coach (G) and shoots at the right side of the goal and as instructed (J).

Change the defending players for the next shooting round.

Make sure that the defending players move back to the 6-meter line after they touched the ball and before they start running towards the next ball.

The shooting players should try to create a rhythm for the goalkeeper and make sure that he is able to reach and save the shots. They probably must delay their action a bit after the defending player has touched the respective handball.

Difficulty level:

Minimum number of players:2

Equipment required:9 cones, 1 handball

Setting:

- Put four cone goals diagonally in the corners and one cone into the center of a suitable playing field (see figure).

Course:

- makes a piston movement towards the gap between the two cones (A). steps forward actively into his movement path (B) and slightly pushes him back.

- passes to (C) who makes a piston movement towards the gap between the cones (D) and feints a stem shot. steps forward into the movement path of (E) and slightly pushes him back.

- passes to (G), who makes a piston movement towards the gap between the cones. steps forward into the movement path of (H) and slightly pushes him back.