Handball Passing Drills

Make 10 passes

Team A will attempt to make 10 consecutive passes without losing possession of the ball. Team B will try to intercept and steal possession of the ball. As soon as team A loses the ball or fails a pass the teams switch sides of possession and team B will now attempt to make 10 passes. Great variations of the game include; a small or large area of the field, pass while remaining stationary, pass as soon as you receive the ball.

A one-two pass

A simple handball passing drill that improves the accuracy of your passing. One player becomes the passer and is directly opposite of a group of lined up players around 5 meters away. The passer will feed the ball to the players lined up and once they receive the pass they immediately pass it back and sprint to the back of the queue and repeat for 10 minutes. Great variations of the game include; Increase or reduce distance of the pass, two teams compete to finish all passes first, first to fail a pass loses, start distance of pass as 2 meters and increase the distance of pass as each player makes a successful pass until a pass fails. You could also add a goalkeeper and have the final player that receives the pass to attempt to score by shooting.

Half circle pass rush

A great passing drill for fast feet and fast hands, organize 3 players into a short half circle like pattern each acting as a feeder, a line of players will each take turns individually run to the first feeder and receive and make a pass and then move onto the second and third feeder, once completed all passes run to the back of the line. The intensity of this exercise makes for a great handball passing drill. Great variations of the game include; increase amount of feeders higher than 3, increase distance of each pass to improve accuracy and power, compete against another team to see which team finishes faster.

Passing under pressure

This is a great drill for newer players that need to experience the pressure of having an attacker close you down and try to intercept the ball. The drill consists of 3 players; a feeder, receiver, and attacker. The feeder will pass the ball to the receiver while the attacker is close by and is trying to intercept the pass. The key here is for the receiver to react quicker as he will be slightly closer to the feeder. Once the pass is successful the receiver then creates space by pivoting and makes the pass back to the feeder. Once the pass fails the 3 players rotate roles.This passing drill improves upon reaction time and pressure in the moment of a match. Great variations of the game include; adding more attacker to increase pressure, have 2 teams compete to see who makes 10 successful passes first.

Running passes

A great passing drill for mixing up how passes are made and received in a real game. Passing can be unpredictable so making and receiving passes while running around can increase the motions of how players sprint and pivot to make the pass a success. Begin by having pairs of players move toward and away from their own positions while making a pass. This is used when players need to quickly make a hasty attack or speedy retreat. Great variations of the game include; increase the number of players in each group, have teams compete to make 10 successful passes first, add an attacker to the group to try and intercept the pass.

Pass around the attacker

The title explains it all you simply have 4 players form a circle and make passes to each other and have an attacker inside the circle trying to intercept the ball, upon a failed pass the attacker switches with the player that made the pass and repeat. This builds players stamina and endurance as they have to constantly run and make passes in a short timeframe. A way to make this more difficult would be to add more attackers or reduce the amount of passers, have multiple teams compete to win by seeing which team lasts longer without failing a pass.

Conclusion

These handball passing drills are the best to start in 2019 or even for beginners, they work well for kids passing drills as well as general handball training. The best part is that these are all fun handball drills to improve your game.