WARM UPS 

• Passing with partner, keep feet moving. On whistle, person with the ball actively finds another partner without the ball.

• Coordination exercise: always try to start a training session with kids laughing at themselves a little.

 
TEAM HANDBALL FOR POINTS

• Large grid, 2 teams, can use hands

• Goal is to get ball to a teammate behind the line, and to defend the other line.

• Cannot go behind your own line

• Cannot go behind the line at the other end until after the ball is played. 

  
COMPETITIVE TEAM KEEP-AWAY

• 6 v 2 in grid
• 2 person team gets point if they touch the ball.  (other team gets possession back after point)
• 6 person team scores by getting 4 passes
• In demo, he had 2 teams of 8, had them each take cones and make their grid, then took 2 from each team and put them in the opposite grid to play 6v2.  They figured out that it was easier for the team who made the larger grid to score – it was easier to maintain possession in larger space, and easier for the defense in smaller space.  He used this as a demonstration of “guided discovery” – let them figure out why they should utilize more of the field.

  
FOUR GRID POSESSION GAME

• 4 small grids, one in each corner of practice area
• Score by passing to a teammate inside one of the grids, then back to a teammate outside of the grid
• Variations:
• Can use 2 balls
• Close down grids once they’ve scored in it (stop game after 3 grids close)

 
TWO-WAY POSESSION GAME: TARGETS OR ZONES

• 2 lines, coach feeds ball ahead.
• One from each line runs out and tries to win ball and pass back to coach.
• Coach receives pass and feeds to next pair.
• Variations:
• 2 v 2, 3 v 3 (coach calls out # as feeding ball, that # from each line run out)
• Call out team color to indicate 2 from that team, 1 from the other (to practice 2 v 1).  Or, color could mean 3 v 2
• If more than 8 players, use two setups so they don’t wait too long.

• 4 small goals – 2 on each end
• One keeper on each team
• Encourage players to look for the open goal