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Handball: tag my tail

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DESCRIPTION

Players form a long queue.
Hands on shoulders or hips.
The front player moves to tag the last player of the queue.

variation :
- change tag man after every successful tag
- change after 1 minute
- make the queue longer or shorter.

COACHING POINTS

running

pay only attention to the complete technical movement
Only general corrections

Pay attention to :
Body must be in straight position,
arms moving actively along together with the movements of the legs
ellbows at right angle
All of the body should point to the direction you are going to : feet,knees,arms in same direction

mistakes often made :

- 'sitting' when running, bottoms up !!
- upper part of the body too far in front
- shoulders risen too high

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OFTEN USED WITH...

Tag the circle man:

Four players form a circle, hands tight.
A tag man appoints a person he wants to tag.

The circle moves in such a way that the person he wants to tag stays out of reach.

pulling/pushing

pushing through:

Two groups.

Blue players stand very close together.
White player must go between every player.
Blue players may only use their bodies to 'squeeze' the white players.
White players may use their hands and arms.

Which player is fastest ?
Which group is fastest ?

pulling/pushing

Sumo strength:

Cone off a small square area with all between 4-8 players inside it.

In a Sumo style players, using only the side of your body, hands and arms, players must try to push and pull the other players out of the square.

See who the last player is inside the square.

pulling/pushing

Pushing through:

Players take it in turn to run and squeeze through the small openings between the blue players, being strong to drive through the blocking man.

Blue players must keep their arms down when blocking the running man and only use their core strength to prevent the man running through (no shoulder barges).

pulling/pushing

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