the decision-making process.
- The players should repeat the drill frequently and try out different actions.
- Working in small groups (3-on-3 to 4-on-4 max.).
Target play
- The players now implement what they practiced before in free play. To increase their motivation, you may award additional points or additional attacks for correct implementation.
- In the target play, the players implement what they practiced before (5-on-5, 6-on-6).
Depending on the contents and the objectives of the training unit, you may have to slightly adjust the timescales of the basic exercise and basic play.
Set topics
- Individual training of the players according to the respective conceptual training framework (DHB or the club’s individual conceptual framework).
- Tactical training of defense and offense systems (age-dependent):
→ From man coverage to a 6-0 defense system, for example.
→ From 1-on1 to 6-on-6 with initial actions practiced in teams, for example.
3. Roles/tasks of the coach
It is mainly the personality and the behavior of the coach that makes the training a success. Therefore, it is important to observe certain behavioral rules to guarantee a successful training. The coach's social skills have an impact as important as his expertise.
A coach should:
- describe the training and its objectives to his team at the beginning of the training unit
- always speak loud and clear
- talk from such a position that all players can hear his instructions and corrections
- recognize and correct mistakes and give advice when correcting
- mainly correct what is part of the training objective
- point out and compliment on individual progress (give the player self-confidence)
- support and permanently challenge the players
- always be a role model - during training and games, but also outside the court
- come to training and games well-prepared and in a timely manner
4. Training units
4.1 Improving passing precision when initiating the first wave
Description:
The objective of this training unit is to improve running paths, passing and the decision-making process during the first wave. After a warm-up running exercise, the subsequent short game already includes quick adjustment exercises and long passes. During the ball familiarization phase and the goalkeeper warm-up shooting, the players practice playing long passes before they combine several actions with first wave initiation in a series of shots. The closing small group exercises finally focus on making passing decisions.
The training unit consists of the following key exercises:
- Warm-up/Stretching (individual exercise: 10 minutes/total time: 10 minutes)
- Short game (15/25)
- Ball familiarization (10/35)
- Goalkeeper warm-up shooting (10/45)
- Offense/Series of shots (15/60)
- Offense/Small groups (15/75)
- Offense/Small groups (15/90)
Training unit total time: 90 minutes
Key
Equipment required:
- 4 small gym mats
- 8 cones
- ball box with sufficient number of handballs
TU 1-1 Warm-up/Stretching (10/10)
Course:
- The players make pairs.
- One player per team has a ball.
- The players without a ball crisscross outside of the 9-meter zone in the bottom half of the court and do different running moves (hopping, sidestepping...) (A).
- The players with a ball dribble through the 9-meter zone in the bottom half of the court and do different running moves while performing different dribbling variants (dribbling with the non-/throwing hand, alternately while hopping, sidestepping...) (B).
- Once the coach whistles, the players without a ball run into the other half of the court (C).
- The players with a ball try to get into a good passing position (dribbling the ball one time, if necessary) (D) and pass the ball to their teammate (E).
- Afterwards, all players run into the other half of the court and start the course over with switched tasks.
- The players should increase the passing distance during the further course of the exercise.
TU 1-2 Short game (15/25)
Setting:
- Position four mats as shown in the figure.
