Jörg Madinger - Varied handball shooting drills

Category:Shooting at fixed targets

Minimum number of players:8

Difficulty level:

Equipment required:2 small vaulting boxes, 1 large vaulting box, 1 balance bench, 1 large safety mat, tape, 9 cones, 2 ropes or hoops, 1 handball per player

Overall course:

- The course consists of several exercises and must be done twice.

- The players do the exercises in groups (no more than 4 players per group).

- The exercises are changed on command after a defined time period.

Exercise 1:

- Put two small vaulting boxes into the goal and attach targets to the upper goal corners, such as ropes or hoops.

- The players run a few meters, shoot and try to hit one of the four targets in the goal (A).

Exercise 2:

- Position a large safety mat upright on the wall. Define several individual fields on the mat using white or colored tape. Also define a shooting line in front of the mat from which the players are allowed to shoot.

- The players shoot alternately and try to hit each field consecutively (B).

- Who hits each field at least once first?

Exercise 3:

- Build up a large vaulting box and draw a circle around it.

- The players try to hit the individual parts of the vaulting box consecutively from outside the circle, first on the long side (C), then on the short side (D).

Exercise 4:

- Array cones on top of a balance bench. Define a shooting line in front of the bench from which the players are allowed to shoot.

- Both players shoot alternately and try to hit the cones (E).

- Who hits more often?

Make sure the players perform the shooting and passing movements correctly.

Adjust the target distance and the shooting variants to the players’ level of performance.

The exercises are also suitable for video analysis – the players can be shown their mistakes on the computer immediately after the drill.

Category:Shooting at fixed targets

Minimum number of players:8

Difficulty level:

Equipment required:6 cones, 4 small vaulting boxes, 2 large vaulting boxes, 4 medicine balls, 2 ball boxes with sufficient number of handballs, 2 score cards, 2 pens

Setting:

- Make two teams; each team gets a score card and a pen.

- For each team, position two medicine balls, two small vaulting boxes, and one large vaulting box as targets. Define shooting lines using cones (see figure).

Course:

- and start with a ball and shoot from the shooting line.

- They either try to hit a medicine ball (A), a small vaulting box (B), or the large vaulting box.

- Once they have hit one of the targets, the respective item may be crossed out on the score card (M for medicine ball, B for the small vaulting box, LB for the large vaulting box).

- The player who has shot runs back and exchanges a high-five with the player who is next in line.

- If the team wishes, they may put the medicine balls back into their original position after a hit.

- Which team is first to hit all the targets on the score card (or has scored highest at the end of the playing time)?

Make sure that the players do the shooting movements correctly.

The teams may decide who shoots at which target in order to develop a strategy.

Score card:M: medicine ball, B: small vaulting box, LB: large vaulting box

Category:Shooting at fixed targets

Minimum number of players:8

Difficulty level:

Equipment required:10 cones, 6 small vaulting boxes, 2 medicine balls, 2 foam dices, 2 ball boxes with sufficient number of handballs

Setting:

- Make two teams. For each team, position three small vaulting boxes and define a shooting line using cones (see figure).

- Put a medicine ball each on top of the two first boxes, a foam dice each on top of the two second boxes (if no dices are available, use cones or medicine balls), and a cone each on top of the two last boxes.

Course:

- On command, and start and play a pass to and , respectively (A).

- and pass the ball to and , respectively (B).

- and choose a target and shoot (C and D).