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Handball: Defending Behaviour

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It is permitted:

a) To use an open hand to play the ball out of the hand of another player.

b) To use bent arms to make body contact with an opponent, and to monitor and follow him in this way.

c) To use one's trun to block the opponent in a struggle for positions.

COACHING POINTS

- Take small steps forward.
- Make contact with bent arms on shoulder of trunk of opponent.
- Press and guide the attacker.
- Bent knees, front part of feet.
- Make short but fast side-steps.
- Control the attacker from the front.

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Tag - Protect the player

The tagger tries to tag a specific player and must make it clear which player it is they are trying to catch.

The players on the other team must try to prevent the tagger from catching the player they are trying to catch.

327 close defence for attacker

Out of the circle

Blue players must work together to try and prevent white players from breaking out of the circle.

To do so they must move quickly to pair up and form a human barrier in front of the white players as they try and burst out.

327 close defence for attacker

Pass around face-off

Blue players stand behind cones placed in a square, with two defenders stood inside a smaller square contained within the larger one.

The blue player who starts with the ball must dribble forwards and contest the area with the defender. The defending player can only use their torso to prevent the attacker from dribbling any further forwards.

After tussling with the defender the attacker must pass the ball in a clockwise direction to the next player and then run straight across the grid to the back of the opposite line.

327 close defence for attacker

Take on your man

The player in possession dribbles towards their defender until they are face to face with them.

Once facing the defender they must try and shuffle, run and push past their maker.

327 close defence for attacker

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Defending Behaviour

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