Opening playing variants against various defense systems. Jörg Madinger

(B).

positions himself next to

, placing a screen.

      -

on the pivot position (D), if the latter was able to gain positional advantage over

.

      - If neither option is possible,

places a screen on the inner side, next to

(F).

      (Figure 2)

      - If

(H), who leaves the screening position (J), or play a parallel pass to

(K).

      - The back position players may also pass the ball to the feeders/receivers in order to start the course over.

      - As soon as an attacking player has shot at the goal or the defending team has won the ball,

and move to the back positions and the course starts over.

      

Change the defense players and the pivot regularly.

      A4.5 Implementation: Interaction 6-on-6

      (Figure 1)

      Course:

      - Two teams play against each other 6-on-6.

      - The attacking team always starts the sequence below and then keeps playing until a player has shot at the goal or lost the ball.

      - Switch the tasks after 10 attacks each.

      - Which team has shot the most goals?

      Initial action:

      - The wing player passes the ball (A) to the back position player.

      -

passes to

(B),

to

(C).

      - As soon as

quickly runs towards the 6-meter line, to become the second pivot (D).

      -

moves to the left (E) and receives a pass from

into his broad piston movement path (F).

      (Figure 2)

      -

may now choose from the following options, depending on the defense players’ behavior:

      → Pass the ball to

on the pivot position (G) (= option 1).

      → Try to break through directly (H) (= option 2).

      → Move to the center (J). In this case,

(K).

      → If

may shoot at the goal (= option 3) (L), pass the ball to

(M) (= option 4), or pass the ball on to the other side.

      - If the there is no shooting option following the initial action of

, the attacking team keeps on playing with two pivots. Both back position players should keep trying to interact with the two pivots, using the running paths practiced before.

      

The players should do the course on both sides.

      A5: Crossing without the ball on different positions

      Recommended for overcoming these defense systems: all

      Requirement:

      Description:

      Another option for team play in width is crossing without the ball.

      Factors of success:

      - Vigorous piston movement of the player initiating the crossing.

      - Dynamic movements and proper timing when taking on the crossing.

      - Proper timing when passing the ball.

      Implementation:

      Crossing movements without the ball may be used against any defense system. The speed of attack can be increased considerably through the pass after the crossing movement. Moreover, the crossing without the ball may be used specifically to bring an offensively covered player back into play and into a good shooting position.

      A5.1 Preparatory exercise 1: Ball familiarization

      Setting:

      - The players make teams of 2, with one handball per team.

      - The first two teams of 2 (four players in total) line up next to each other on the goal line; the remaining teams line up behind them (see figure below).

      Course 1 (not in the figure):

      - The first two teams of 2 run to the other side in parallel while passing