Handball attacking drills

Handball drills

1.) The first drill involves a simple throwing drill whereby individual must throw below a net/string (this can be lowered or increased in height to change the difficulty level of the training drill) and try to put the ball in the goal. 

Equipment required: 

• Poles x 2 
• string (2 meters minimum) 
• Goal 
• targets x 4
• balls 

(here is how it should look when set up)

The drill can be progressed by introducing targets in for example the corners to introduce a more accurate shot being required by the participants. This drill will help to improve general shooting as well as improving the transfer of weight from the front foot to the back foot.

        Adding to this the scenario is made closer to a game situation by making the player shoot around/under an obstacle, which in some ways replicates an opponent.   

2.) Another drill which we performed also focused on shooting, but also introduced dummies/fake shots and passes to one another. It involves 3 players, with the first one faking a shot and passing to the second to either his left or right and the second doing the same, with the third player taking the shot.

Equipment required:

• cones (for the players to know where to start there run up) 
• balls
• goal
• targets (optional) 

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This drill can then be progressed by introducing a keeper as well as possibly having the players weave in and out of one another to create multiple stimuli for the keeper to filter effectively increasing his reaction time. Psychological refractory period - (PRP) 'this refers to the period of time during which the response to a second stimulus is significantly slowed because a first stimulus is still being processed. (http://psychologydictionary.org/psychological-refractory-period-prp/)

        The drill will help to improve both short range passing and also shooting at close range (if you are the third player). The drill is made closer to a game situation by adding additional team mates and the fact that the drill should be performed at a high tempo so that there is less likelihood of opponents intercepting play.