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Handball: Feinting 1

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DESCRIPTION

The attacker in this drill should feint in an attempt to confuse the defender before passing the defender on their stronger (throwing) side, so for a right handed player this would be the attacker's right hand side, and shooting on goal.

If working with a large group have all your players run one at a time at the defender before shooting on goal, if working with smaller groups set up small 1 vs 1 drills.

COACHING POINTS

Players should:

Catch the ball in the air, land on both feet with bent knees and feet shoulder width apart.

Players should keep still for a very short moment to 'fix' your defender before then first making one small step (feint) to the left.

The 2nd step should be a fast and aggressive one with your right foot, which then takes the attacker past the defender.

From this point players can:

Jump off their right foot and immediately throw at the goal or
Shoot on their 3rd step. Progressing further forwards with small, fast steps, final jumping off their right foot in front of the goal area line to throw at the goal.

PROGRESSION

The defender must step left / right before the attacker reaches them. The attacker must read the movement and feint in the same direction, before moving into the space.

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Feint and Throw on goal:

In this drill players receive a wide pass and then move towards the defender.

Once they're within arm's reach they should move as if they're offloading the ball across their body (so a right hander would feint the pass to the left). At the same time they they should drop their left shoulder to make the move more convincing.

After doing this the attacker should quickly shift their weight and push off their left foot to explode in the opposite direction and run around the right of the defender.

feinting (Dummy) with ball

shooting wing player:

Pass B1-B2-B1 after feinting (dummy) on cone.

jump shot from the wings in 3,2,1 step rythym, jump off with 'wrong' foot

shooting wing player

Feint and throw at the goal:

Players lineÂ up a few meters behind the 7 meter line where a cone is placed on the floor.

The wide player (blue 2) passes the ball to the player waiting in line who then runs forward to the cone. When they reach the cone players should be slightly to the left or the right of the cone.

Before being allowed to shoot players must 'get past the cone' using an effective dummy, cutting around the other side of the cone before shooting.

variations :
- 3 step rythm (right handers : left,right,left and left handers : right,left,right)
- 2 step or even in 1 step
- jumping off : left handers : right foot, right handers : left foot
- jump off with your 'wrong' foot (1,2,3 steps)

feinting (Dummy) with ball

One-two pass then feint and shoot!:

The defender is protecting the area between the 8-9 metre lines.

The attacking players work in small 2 vs 1s. The player with the ball plays a one-two pass and then attempts to feint their way past the defending player.

After the shot players rotate positions - with the shooter becoming the next defender and the defender joining the shooting players.

feinting (Dummy) with ball

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