Jörg Madinger - Competitive games for your everyday handball training

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.

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).

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.