Handball - defensive drills

Handball - defensive drills

1.) For the defensive drill, the aim is to shuffle with play while maintaining shape. This will be performed in a simple 6 flat back formation, with each player taking up positions to cover the whole of the D area. The students cannot go further than the cones as this will cause them to lose their shape. There will be one attacker, who runs from either side of the court with the ball and the 6 defenders must adapt to where the ball has moved. 

Equipment required:

• Cones
• A hand ball 
• bibs 

The blue cross is the one attacker who is moving with the ball to cause the defenders to move to adjust to the position of the ball on the court. The red dots are the cones which will act as the boundary which the green (defending team) can not go further than, to make sure they maintain their shape. The green crosses are the defenders who must move with the ball (the keeper is not compulsory but could be useful to add in also).


2.) For the addition of this drill, the addition of extra attackers could be added, who can pass the ball between one another, while the defending team attempt to again maintain their shape. This of course will be mean that the defensive team will have to move much quicker and communicate much more effectively to succeed in this drill.

Equipment required:

• Cones
• A hand ball 
• bibs 

This is self-explanatory with the greens once again defending and moving with the ball, as well as the cones being the boundary and the blues being the attackers who can pass it among themselves.  

3.)For the final progression the aim of the session is for the defender who is closest to try to touch the attacker with the ball to succeed in this drill. This will mean that if the defender does not touch the attacker in time then they will have to quickly retreat to maintain their overall shape.