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

- plays a slight banana pass over to (J) and the course starts over.

- Change the defending players after four to five rounds.

should adjust immediately after the first action (F) and start the subsequent action (G and H).

must not clinch or hold during the entire action.

should use his arms as shock absorbers when defending against and push backward and to the side by proper legwork.

Difficulty level:

Minimum number of players:3

Equipment required:1 cone and 1 handball per group of 3

Basic setting:

- The players make teams of three; each team has one cone and one ball.

Course:

- makes a forward piston movement (A) and steps forward into the piston movement path (B).

- passes he ball to (C).

- slightly moves backward in order to secure the cone and then immediately steps forward into the piston movement path of (D) -> “triangle move”.

- Afterwards, the players repeat the piston movement and receives the ball (E) etc.

- The players keep repeating the piston movement until one of them bounces the ball ( in the example). This is the starting sign for the subsequent 1-on-1 action.

- now dynamically runs towards the cone (F) and tries to reach the cone in a 1-on-1 action (H). tries to keep away from the cone using proper legwork as well as his arms (G).

- If is successful and reaches the cone or if manages to interrupt the attack of , passes the ball to , and now also starts a 1-on-1 action against .

- Afterwards, the three players switch positions and the course starts over.

and should choose their passing speed in such a way that is able to do the “triangle move” correctly.

When doing the triangle move, should always maintain the proper defending posture when stepping forward towards the attacking player (correct foot and arm posture).

Difficulty level:

Minimum number of players:9

Equipment required:1 pole, 1 bib, and 1 handball per group of 3

Setting:

- The players make teams of three.

- Each team of three plays at a pole.

Course: