Handball: snelheid

Can your players perform to high standards once fatigue kicks in Handball specific speed and endurance drills to improve fitness and skill.

With the start of the new season approaching it's time to build your players' aerobic stamina and strengthen their leg muscles ready for match day.

Players line up on both sides of the court in the corner.

When the coach says go the first two players (one from each side) sprint around the first cone, then around the second before looping inside to pick up a ball and have a shot on goal.

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Coach should shout "Go" every 45 seconds.

On the first shout a player from both sides sets off to run up the byline, turn around the cone and run to the cone in the opposite corner.

Players must then run up the byline again and around the other cone before finally cutting inside to receive the pass from the feeder in the centre and shoot!

Player 1 runs around the cone in the centre, turning back towards the cone on the corner of the base line where they started.

After running around the corner cone players then run out in front of the centre player who passes the ball into their path.

Player complete the move by dribbling and driving towards goal - finishing with a throw at goal