Varied handball shooting drills
Introduction
Shooting is a central component of team handball and must be practiced and improved regularly. Therefore, it is reasonable to integrate shooting series into training units from time to time. This collection of exercises contains 60 comprehensible practical drills focusing on this subject. They can be integrated in every training unit.
The exercises are divided into the following six categories and three difficulty levels (easy, medium, difficult):
- Technique
- Shooting at fixed targets
- Series of shots at the goal
- Shooting training for specific playing positions
- Complex series of shots
- Shooting competitions
With these options, you can easily make your shooting trainings more diverse and create new approaches for every age group. Additional notes and possible variations should inspire you to further modify the exercises and to adjust them to your players’ level of performance.
Sample figure:
1st English edition released on 18 Mar 2017
German original edition released on 04 Nov 2015
Published by DV Concept
Editors, Design and Layout: Jörg Madinger, Elke Lackner
Proofreading and English translation: Nina-Maria Nahlenz
ISBN: 978-3-95641-087-1
The book and its contents are protected by copyright. No reprinting, photomechanical reproduction, storing or processing in electronic systems without the publisher’s written permission.
Key
Difficulty level
Easy:
Medium:
Difficult:
1. Technique
No. 1 Wrist technique
Category: Technique
Minimum number of players: 2
Difficulty level:
Equipment required: 1 handball per player
Setting:
- Two players, each holding a handball, stand face-to-face at a distance of about 4 to 5 meters.
- Both players do the exercise in parallel.
Preparation:
- Before starting the exercise, the players should rotate their wrists (clockwise and counterclockwise), hinge them back and forth, and finally stretch them slightly.
Course 1:
- The players lift their arms to the side at an angle of 90°, hinge the wrist back as far as possible (figure 1), and pass the ball to the other player by only moving their wrists (figure 2).
- Change the throwing hand after 20 to 30 passes.
(Figure 1)
(Figure 2)
Course 2:
- The players lift their arms straight up, hinge back their wrists (figure 3), and pass the ball to the other player by only moving the wrist. The players should hinge their wrists back (figure 3) and forth (figure 4) as far as possible.
(Figure 3)
(Figure 4)
Course 3:
- The players hold their arms down and to the side, hinge their wrists back as far as possible (figure 5), and pass the ball to the other player by only moving their wrists (figure 6).
(Figure 5)
(Figure 6)
No. 2 Passing and shooting technique
Category: Technique
Minimum number of players: 2
Difficulty level:
Equipment required: 1 handball per team of two, 6 cones, large vaulting box, balance bench, 3 medicine balls
Setting of course 1:
- Two players stand face-to-face, each pair having one handball.
Course 1:
- The players keep passing the ball while moving back and forth (A and B).
Variant:
- The players run a slight curve to the left (right) (C) and then pass the ball to their teammate (D).
Course 2:
- The players shoot at medicine balls on top of a balance bench (E).
Course 3:
- The players shoot at cones on top of a large vaulting box (F).
Course 4:
- The players shoot at cones on the floor (G).
Observe the following:
(Figure 1)
(Figure 2)
(Figure 3)
(Figure 4)
2. Shooting at fixed targets
No. 3 Shooting at medicine balls
Category: Shooting at fixed targets
Minimum number of players: 8
Difficulty level:
Equipment required: 4 small vaulting boxes, 4 medicine balls, 8 cones, sufficient number of handballs
Setting:
- The players form pairs. Each team of 2 gets a small vaulting box with a medicine ball on top that serves as the target. Define the shooting distance with two cones.
Course 1:
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- Switch tasks after three shots.
- The other groups do the drill in parallel.
- Repeat the drill four times until each player has shot 12 times.
Course 2:
- The basic course remains the same as course 1.
- The shooters shoot three times – from the front center (B), from next to the left cone, and from next to the right cone (C) in order to change the shooting angle.
No. 4 Drill: Shooting at different targets
Category: Shooting at fixed targets
Minimum number of players: 8
Difficulty level:
Equipment required: 2 small vaulting boxes, 1 large vaulting box, 1 balance bench, 1 large safety mat, tape, 9 cones, 2 ropes or hoops, 1 handball per player
Overall course:
- The course consists of several exercises and must be done twice.
- The players do the exercises in groups (no more than 4 players per group).
- The exercises are changed on command after a defined time period.
Exercise 1:
- Put two small vaulting boxes into the goal and attach targets to the upper goal corners, such as ropes or hoops.
- The players run a few meters, shoot and try to hit one of the four targets in the goal (A).
Exercise 2:
- Position a large safety mat upright on the wall. Define several individual fields on the mat using white or colored tape. Also define a shooting line in front of the mat from which the players are allowed to shoot.
- The players shoot alternately and try to hit each field consecutively (B).
- Who hits each field at least once first?
Exercise 3:
- Build up a large vaulting box and draw a circle around it.
- The players try to hit the individual parts of the vaulting box consecutively from outside the circle, first on the long side (C), then on the short side (D).
Exercise 4:
- Array cones on top of a balance bench. Define a shooting line in front of the bench from which the players are allowed to shoot.
- Both players shoot alternately and try to hit the cones (E).
- Who hits more often?
No. 5 Shooting at targets
Category: Shooting at fixed targets
Minimum number of players: 8
Difficulty level:
Equipment required: 6 cones, 4 small vaulting boxes, 2 large vaulting boxes, 4 medicine balls, 2 ball boxes with sufficient number of handballs, 2 score cards, 2 pens
Setting:
- Make two teams; each team gets a score card and a pen.
- For each team, position two medicine balls, two small vaulting boxes, and one large vaulting box as targets. Define shooting lines using cones (see figure).
Course:
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- They either try to hit a medicine ball (A), a small vaulting box (B), or the large vaulting box.
- Once they have hit one of the targets, the respective item may be crossed out on the score card (M for medicine ball, B for the small vaulting box, LB for the large vaulting box).
- The player who has shot runs back and exchanges a high-five with the player who is next in line.
- If the team wishes, they may put the medicine balls back into their original position after a hit.
- Which team is first to hit all the targets on the score card (or has scored highest at the end of the playing time)?
Score card: M: medicine ball, B: small vaulting box, LB: large vaulting box
No. 6 Competition: Shooting at fixed targets
Category: Shooting at fixed targets
Minimum number of players: 8
Difficulty level:
Equipment required: 10 cones, 6 small vaulting boxes, 2 medicine balls, 2 foam dices, 2 ball boxes with sufficient number of handballs
Setting:
- Make two teams. For each team, position three small vaulting boxes and define a shooting line using cones (see figure).
- Put a medicine ball each on top of the two first boxes, a foam dice each on top of the two second boxes (if no dices are available, use cones or medicine balls), and a cone each on top of the two last boxes.
Course:
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- When hitting a target, the players receive points as follows:
-- Medicine ball: 2 points
-- Dice: number of points on the dice after it has been hit
-- Cone: 5 points
- The coach writes down the points of each team. The targets that have been hit must be put back on top of the boxes.
- After they have played the pass, the players take over the position to which they passed the ball (E and F).
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- After they have shot,
- Each player must shoot 5 (10) times. The team with the most points wins the game.
- Consider a second round.
Variant: