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