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

- In the meantime, has moved back and touched the cone in the center (F). passes to who starts the piston movement (J) and steps forward into the movement path of (K), etc.

Variant:

- Allow return passes. The three defending players must clearly agree upon who is in charge of the respective attacking payer.

The players who do the piston movement must give the defending players sufficient time to get into physical contact and then play a quick pass into the running path of the next teammate.

The defending players should step forward quickly and then move back towards the cone in the center immediately.

Switch the defending players at regular intervals.

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:

- , , and stand next to each other while keeping a distance to the cone ( might stand a bit further in the back); stands next to the cone (see figure) plays the initial pass to (A), who makes a slight piston movement (B) and feints a stem shot.

- steps forward into the movement path of (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.

- passes to (D). The three attacking players keep playing quick passes (F and G) while runs around the cone (E), with passes from 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.