HANDBALL DRILLS

Handball is an Olympic sport and one of the most played sports around the world.

It is a very physical team game that requires athletic capacities to perform it.

Like any sports out there perfecting your game needs regular training, handball is a team player game, what makes it more oriented to hard and regular training.

Handball have known multiple developments and has a multitude of techniques, the teams that keep evolving their game are now on the top of the global ranking and often take part in the world cup finals.

Handball drills are multiple and different since it’s a physical team playing game, there are 3 big categories of drills: handball agility drills, handball fitness drills and handball team drills, those 3 categories of drills divide to a multitude of detailed and specific drills performed individually or on a team scale.



The European handball drills are the most notorious among handball drills for their efficiency, which makes sense since Europe has been dominating handball for the last century.

Any successful handball team must have a balanced drills program between team strategy drills and individual workout drills and group fitness drills.

Team handball skills and drills

Handball drills for teams are meant to make team strategy when attacking dribbling and defending and recovering the ball, it is distend to work on the overall strategy of the team.

Handball strategy drills cover 3 important themes.

Handball attacking drills

Works on team attacking strategy how to move from defense to offense and how to counter attack efficiently, and how to move as a team and break defense.

Handball defending drills

Works on defense strategies types of pressing how to recover positions when the ball is lost and how to switch positions to defend against counter attacks.

Handball footwork drills

Works on the movement on the field with and without the ball and it accompanies both defending and attacking drills in cases of lost balls and counter attacking.

Handball Player drills

Handball drills for players cover the individual side of the training, since handball is a physical game that requires great physical effort to manage the constant switch between attacking and defending the player has to have strength and stamina.

Handball warm up drills

The worm up drills are of great importance, whenever a player is about to do some great physical effort it is important to warm up before to avoid injuries and be ready since the body do not give 100% since instant 1.

Worm up drills may differ from one position to the other since a goalkeeper is more into reflexes than physical effort.

Handball workout drills

Working up muscles is essential for the handball players, since the players burn a lot of energy they need their muscles to recover and keep their shape to avoid injuries.

Every major team sport that requires great effort must have at least two workout sessions per week to keep in shape and be able to physically support the constant effort.

Handball fitness training

Fitness drills are also of great importance, handball is a sport that relays a lot on stamina and the possibility to maintain the rhythm for the whole game and it often makes the difference in tournaments and long term competitions.

Only teams that maintain good and constant level of fitness are able to compete in high level tournaments, and the only way to do that is by having a good fitness drills program.


Training has many purposes. Learning to perform, maintaining, developing, and perfecting skills are the basic objectives of a beneficial drill. In the pursuit of these objectives, such areas as persistence, mental, discipline, timing, teamwork, toughness, responsibility, organization, and gamesmanship play important roles during practice.

Coaches should ensure that learning, developing, maintaining, and perfecting skills are included in each practice. A good practice session also invigorates, enlightens, teaches, develops, excites, encourages, and promotes teamwork among team members. Your ability to select the best drills to match your practice goals often determines the success or failure of your practice sessions.