Handball: warming-up : passing and running in pairs

Get your players breaking quickly, drawing in defenders to create space and more scoring opportunities!

Three players line up across the width of the pitch, these players are the return passers. When they receive a pass they throw it immediately back to the player who passed to them.

The remainder of the players have a ball each and start on the sideline. Their job is to run the width of the pitch, passing the ball to all the return passers, catching the return pass and then carrying on to the next player.

When they reach the other side of the pitch they run around the cone and then dribble as fast as they can to the back of the queue.

Every player, except the players on the wings, runs out to receive the pass and passes it on again in the same direction.

Blue 1 starts the exercise and passes to blue 2 who runs forward and passes to blue 3 who also comes forward. The drill continues in this way.

After passing the ball players continue running in the same direction to the opposite cone, ready to repeat the drill again in the opposite direction.

Players work in groups of three with one ball per group.

The worker (player 2) passes the ball to the feeder (player 1) and then follows their pass, looping behind the feeder.

Once they are behind the feeder they then call for the return pass which they then offload to the next player in line.

Drill continues in this way.

variations in passing :

• (center shot with pressure into the direction of the goal), threatening to throw at the goal
• (center shot with pressure into the direction of the goal), threatening to throw at the pivot
• jump shot (3,2,1 step rythym, jump off with 'wrong' foot
• push pass
• bounce pass
• with both hands
• roll the ball
• use 'wrong' hand