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

the longest time?

      

Define the playing field with a cone and according to the players’ level of performance.

      

The attacking players may play a return pass to the next player in the goal anytime if they don’t manage to leave the 6-meter zone. If this is the case, they must go back into the goal, however.

      

The defending players must maintain a one meter’s distance to the goal and must not interrupt return passes nor the attacking players from starting their action.

      No. 8: Preventing an attacking player from breaking through 2-on-1

       Difficulty level:

      Minimum number of players: 8

      Equipment required: 2 cones and one handball per team of 4

      

       Setting:

      - Define the finish lines with cones (see figure).

      

      

       Course:

      - The defending players play against a single attacking player (here

and

).

      -

(

)runs towards the defense holding a ball (A). The attacking player may do any number of steps without dribbling.

      - The defending players try to prevent

(

) from breaking through between the two cones defining the finish line (B).

      - The defending players must cooperate and get into physical contact with the attacking player.

      - If the attacking player breaks through (C), he gets a point.

      - Each attacking player must try to break through on each side. Afterwards, change the defending players, so that each player has played defense once (twice for smaller groups).

      - Which attacking player has scored highest?

      

The defending players must be willing to get into physical contact and to collaborate to prevent the attacking player from breaking through.

      No. 9: Preventing an attacking player from breaking through 3-on1 or 2-on-1

       Difficulty level:

      Minimum number of players: 8

      Equipment required: 2 cones, ball box with sufficient number of handballs

      

       Setting:

      - Make teams of three.

      - Define the playing field with cones.

       Course 1 (figure 1):

      - One team of three starts as defending team, one team as attacking team, the players of the third team serve as feeders/receivers (

and

).

      - The defending players play against a single attacking player (here

).

      -

runs towards the defense holding a ball (A).

may do any number of steps without dribbling.

      - The defending players try to defend against

and to prevent any further attacking actions (B).

      -

has the following options for scoring:

      → Shot from behind the 9-meter line ->

gets two points for each goal.

      → Breakthrough and shot within the 9-meter zone (three points for a goal, two points if

manages to shoot at the goal).

      → Pass from within the 9-meter zone to one of the feeders/receivers (C), one point.

      - If the defense players tackle

in such a way that he cannot do any further actions, he doesn’t get a point.

      -

,

each play two attacks (six actions for the defense). Afterwards, add up the points.

      - Switch the tasks (

,

become the defense players;

,

, and

become the attacking players;

,

, and

may take a break and serve as feeders/receivers).

      - Each team plays defense one time and offense at least one time.

      - Which defending team is best in preventing the attacking players from scoring?