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Handball: Team possession - Neutral player game

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Two equal number teams and one neutral player work inside a half court area.

The neutral players is always on the side of the team in possession so effectively if your side is in possession you have an extra player.

Meanwhile the other team has to try and intercept the ball.

COACHING POINTS

Variations:

Players must complete a certain number of passes in order to score a point or use a certain passing technique.

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team ball with player in enemy zone:

Two playing areas, two teams.
One player of each team goes into 'enemy' area.
One ball.
Team in possession passes around 3 times before passing to the player in the 'enemy' zone.

variations :
- use certain passing techniques
- pass around more than 3 times

supporting team mates/ blocking attackers

Mat ball:

Teams each have a mat that they must try and defend.

Teams pass the ball around with the intention of placing the ball on the other team's mat (like scoring a try in rugby).

supporting team mates/ blocking attackers

Dribble Tag:

All players except for two defenders are dribbling inside a half-court area.

The two defenders start tagging the other players. Once tagged players must put their ball aside and help the taggers.

The last player dribbling is the winner.

dribbling/defence of dribbling

Number game:

Before the game starts both teams number themselves from 1 - 5 (or more dependant on number of players).

The team in possession must then pass the ball around in a numeric order whilst trying not to lose possession

The team in possession scores a point when all players on their team have had the ball once.

Meanwhile the other team tries to intercept the ball.

supporting team mates/ blocking attackers

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