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WARM UP
COORDINATION WITH THE BALL (ONE BALL FOR EVERY ATHLETE)
ROLLING THE BALL Organisation: The athletes move in one half of the court.
Task: Getting to know the handball, judging the speed of the
ball in new situations
Sole. The athlete touches the ball with the
left and right sole and moves forwards.

Change. The athlete touches the ball with
the left and right sole and moves backwards.

Whistle = change of direction

Inside. The athlete touches the ball with the
inside of the left and right foot, moves
forwards and avoids touching the ground
unless touching the ball with small steps.

The athlete touches the ball with the inside
of the left and right foot and moves
backwards in the same style.

Whistle = change of direction

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Run around. The athlete
plays the ball with the inside
of one foot and attempts to
run around the ball
clockwise. The athlete has to
stop the ball with the sole.

Then the athlete plays the ball with the
inside of one foot and attempts to run
around the ball anticlockwise. Again the
athlete has to stop the ball with the sole.

Whistle = change into the other
direction
Telemark. The athlete plays the ball with
one foot, waits for about a second, runs after
the ball and stops it with the knee without
touching the ground with any other part of
the body (telemark style taken from ski
jumping). Next time the athlete stops the ball
with the other knee.

Elbow. The athlete plays the ball with one
hand, waits for about half a second, runs
after the ball and stops it with the elbow
without touching the ground with any other
part of the body. Next time the athlete stops
the ball with the other knee.

Variation. For example combine the Run around exercise with the Telemark stop for
skilled athletes.
DRIBBLING THE BALL Organisation: The athletes move in one half of the court,
Task: getting to know the handball, using ambidextrous
dribbling in different situations with different inputs
Change # 1. The athletes are only allowed
to walk forwards on tvarious lines. They start
dribbling with the left hand. If the coach
blows the whistle once, the athletes have to
dribble with the other hand (auditive input).

Change # 2. The athletes are still only
allowed to walk on the lines. If the coach
blows the whistle, the athletes still have to
change the dribbling hand. But if the coach
blows the whistle twice, they have to change
direction (backwards/ forwards, auditive
input).
Change # 3. Play continues in the same way
as Change # 2, but if the coach whistles
three times, the athletes must turn around
(clockwise/ then anticlockwise) and keep the
same direction (auditive input).

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Greeting nicely. The athletes are only
allowed to walk forwards on the lines and
then shake hands with another player.
During shaking hands they must continue
dribbling! Only after the handshake may both
athletes step aside and continue their move
on the line. Variations. High five, low five,
knuckles etc.

Combination. The athletes continue with the Greeting nicely exercise, but now they have
to take a look at the coach, who keeps walking around from place to place. Whenever the
coach holds his/ her ball with the left hand, the athletes must dribble it with the left hand.
When the coach changes to the right hand, they have to dribble with the right hand (visual
input).
THROWING THE BALL
INTO THE AIR
The athletes stand in a circle/ half circle getting to know
the handball, passing and catching the handball in different
situations
Throwing # 1. The athlete throws the ball
into the air and catches it again. The ball is
only allowed to touch the ground once.
Throwing # 2. The athlete throws the ball
into the air and catches it again. The ball is
not allowed to touch the ground.
Throwing # 3. The athlete throws
the ball into the air. He tries to clap
as many times as possible. The he
catches the ball. Variation. The
athlete claps behind his/ her back.

Throwing # 4. The athlete throws
the ball into the air in front of the
body, then he/ she catches he ball
behind his/ her back. Then it starts
the other way round: The athlete
throws the ball into the air behind
his/ her body and catches it in front
of the body.

Throwing # 5. The athlete throws
the ball into the air, sits down and
catches the ball in the sitting posi-
tion. The action is then performed
the opposite way around: The
sitting athlete throws the ball into
the air and catches it in the stan-
ding position. Variation. The
other position can be different: la-
teral position, supine position, etc.


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WORK OUT :: BALL - COORDINATION WITH THE AGILITY
LADDER
Start. The athletes start using the agility
ladder without additional moves with the ball.
They just hold the ball in one hand. There is
an endless number of moves, but I would
recommend to start with easy moves
forwards first.

Change of the ball. The moving athlete
holds the ball in one hand. The coach
whistles once and the athletes have to put
the ball from one hand into the other. The
speed and the quality of the move should not
change from the time of changing the ball
between one hand and the other hand
(auditive input).

Shooting faint. The moving athlete holds
the ball in one hand. If the coach whistles
twice, the athlete makes a shooting faint.
Again the speed and the quality of the move
should not change at the time of the
shooting faint (auditive input).

Combination # 1. If the coach whistles
once, the athlete must change the ball from
one hand to the other. If the coach whistles
twice, the athlete must make a shooting
faint. Again the speed and the quality of the
move should not change (auditive input).
Combination # 2. It is the same exercise as
combination # 1, but now the coach also has
a ball and dribbles every now and then.
Whenever the coach dribbles, the athletes
have to dribble once (different auditive
inputs).
Circle. The athlete circles
the ball around his/ her hip.
Whenever the coach
whistles, the athletes must
change the circling direction.
Variation: The athlete circles
the ball around his/ her head.

Mobilisation of the upper
extremities. The athlete
tries to integrate classical
warm up moves into the
exercise. Again, the speed
and the quality of the move
should not change.

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PASSING DRILLS :: PASSING IN PAIRS
Intro. The athletes face each other, the
passing distance is about four to five metres
but can be varied. The players move
forwards and backwards with small steps.

Possible variations:
:: double handed passes: over the head,
chest passes, rugby passes (picture), etc.
:: single handed passes: direct, indirect
passes, etc.
:: passes in combination with additional
exercises: jumps, press ups, etc.

4 variations. The passing distance
is still about four to five metres and
the players move forwards and
backwards with small steps.
(1) The athlete starts passing with
the left hand and the left foot is in
the front. (2) Then he/ she passes
with the left hand and the right foot
is in the front (no picture). (3) Then
the athlete passes with the right
hand and the left foot is in the
front. (4) Now the athlete passes
with the right hand and the right
foot is in the front.
Then it repeats.

Run around. The distance
between the two athletes should
be bigger now. The athlete starts
dribbling around the other athlete
until he is in the position from
where he started before. He/ She
passes the ball to the other athlete
who has just started running
towards the ball.

SMALL GAMES
Board - bounceball. The task of the game
is to shoot the handball on the basketball
board. If the ball touches the ground inside
the court, you score a point. The defender
can avoid a point by catching the ball, before
it touches the ground.
Variations. No dribbling, jump shots, etc.

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Jimmyball. The idea is the same, but
another player of the offensive team must
catch the rebound. It is okay to catch your
own rebound, but no points can be awarded
for this.

Ten passes. The players of one team must
pass the ball ten times. The players of the
other team try to get the ball. Once one team
has gained ten points, the other team starts.
Negative Rugby. The player scores by
running into the end zone or by passing to
another player who stands in the end zone.
There is no foul. If the defender touches the
player who is in charge of the ball, he gets a
freethrow.
FULL COURT EXERCISE
The players stand in pairs behind each other
both facing the coach who stands in the
middle of the court. The players try to keep a
distance of about 2 metres between each
other.The first player with the ball is the
attacker and dribbles twice towards the
coach along the middle line, he passes the
ball to the coach. The player behind the
attacker is the defensive player and he
follows the attacker, trying to keep a
distance of two metres. Then the defensive
player starts from the sideline/ middle line
point, and the offensive player starts from
the middle line tweo metres in front of the
defensive player. Both face the coach. The
coach passes to the attacking player, who
chooses one side of the court and tries to
score a goal. The task of the defensive
player is to touch the attacker once. If
possible, more times than once.
The roles of the pair change after every
exercise.

Variation. The first player has to duck, the
coach passes to the player at the back, who
is now the attacker. The ducking player is
the defensive player.

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Variation. The coach shows the direction
with his arm.

Variation. There is an additional player in
every half, who can help the attacker.

Variation. There are additional pairs in every
half.

HALF COURT EXERCISE
There are pairs on the left and on the right
position, the coach faces the goal standing
11 to 15 metres away from the goal. One
pair starts from the right and one pair starts
from the left. The players starting at the 6
metres line are the defensive players, the
players starting at the 9 metres line are the
offensive players. Only one offensive player
needs the ball. One offensive player dribbles
the ball around the coach, they cross behind
the coach and move in the direction of the
goal. Meanwhile the defensive players move
to the center of the court on the 6m line with
lateral moves. They play two on two.
Whenever there is a problem, the attacking
players are allowed to pass to the coach.

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Variation. There is an additional pair: a
center back and a line player: Then they play
three on three.
If there are enough athletes, you can add
more pairs creating a four on four, five on
five or six on six situation.

LITERATURE

Filz, R. (2003). 112 Agility Ladder Drills.
Filz, R. (2007). Ballgames . Spiele fr Anfnger und Fortgeschrittene im Bereich Handball.
Filz, R. (2005). Bausteine fr die offensive Deckung.
Filz, R. (2006). Handball: Aufwrmen und Koordination mit Ball.

You can find more papers on www.coach-filz.com


Thanks to all pupils, players, coaches & teachers for working out hard while being papped.

;-) Have fun! roman.filz@gmx.at


Mag. Roman Filz (* 1972). Player. played for Union St. Plten
and ASK Linz (Austria), 25 games for the Austrian Junior
National Team, participated in the Junior World Championship
(Egypt, 1993). Education. Diplomas for teaching English &
Sports at Lower Secondary Schools, (Pdagogische Akademie
Krems, 1996), Mag. phil. in education, psychology and special
education (University of Vienna, 2002), Licence A Austrian
Handball Federation (2003), Teacher Training Diploma (Pda-
gogische Akademie Feldkirch, 2004), Licence B German
Handball Federation (2009). Coaching. Lots of medals and titles as a youth headcoach of
club and school teams (men) in Austria (Union St. Plten, SHS St. Plten, A1 Bregenz
Handball, SHS Vorkloster) and Germany (Eintracht Hildesheim, Handballfrderzentrum
Hildesheim/ Elze), Qualification for the European Championships as an Assistant Coach of
the Austrian National Female Team 1990 in Slovakia (U17, 2007) and Hungary (U19, 2009)
and a lot of structural work. Current Jobs (01/2011). Lower Secondary School teacher,
Headcoach of the Austrian National Female Team 1994, Lecturer for teacher training,
Lecturer for Austrian handball trainers, EHF Lecturer.