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Handball: Defend incoming backcourt player

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Green 3 passes to green 1 who passes to green 4.

Defender blue 4 accompanies/touches and holds attacker 3 and gives it to center defender blue 1

Defender blue 3 steps forward and tries to hinder the pass from green 4 to green 3.

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Incoming player is always defended by the center defender blue 1.Change after 10 actions.

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Defend incoming backcourt player:

Green 3 passes to green 1 who passes to green 4.

Defender blue 4 accompanies/touches and holds attacker 3 and gives it to center defender blue 1

Defender blue 3 steps forward and tries to hinder the pass from green 4 to green 3.

Defender blue 3 takes over pivot green 1.

3:2:1 defence

Defend the incoming back court player:

Green 3 passes to green 1 who passes to green 4.

Defender blue 4 accompanies/touches and holds attacker 3 and gives it to center defender blue 1

Defender blue 3 steps forward and tries to hinder the pass from green 4 to green 3.

3:2:1 defence

defend running wing:

Pass 3-2-4 and pass to incoming 5.
â¨Aim of the game is defend the incoming 5 wing player.â¨â¨
Blue 1 : steps a bit forward and accompanies/touching attacker 5.â¨
Blue 4 takes over and brings wing 5 to center defender blue 1. and takes over the defence of pivot green 1.
Defender blue 2 and 3 step forward to their own attackers .

3:2:1 defence

3:2:1 defence:

Pass B1-B3, duel with R1.
Then B3 runs around cone, gets ball from B2, duel with R1 who came over to the other side.

3:2:1 defence

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