IHF Training and Education Program for PE Teachers and Coaches

Craig RotIHF Handball at School Working Group

IHF CCM Lecturer

Building a Better High-Performance Foundation

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BUILDING A BETTER FOUNDATIONTODAY‘S PLAN

Building a Better High-Performance Foundation

• Part One: The Developmental Model

• Reflection: Questions to Consider

• Part Two: Applications for High-Performance

• Questions & Answers

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BUILDING A BETTER FOUNDATIONTHE FRENCH PARADOX

BUILDING A BETTER FOUNDATIONHANDBALL AT SCHOOL

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Over the course of the next decade, the Handball at School Working Group has been tasked with reaching 5 million kids and creating a complete Teaching Handball series of booklets:• Vol. 1: Teacher Guidelines (hard copy)• Vol. 2: Games (e-booklet with videos)• Vol. 3: Attack (e-booklet with videos)• Vol. 4: Defense (e-booklet with videos)• Vol. 5: Goalkeeping (e-booklet with videos)• Vol. 6: Conditioning (e-booklet with videos)

Booklets will be translated from English into Spanish, French, German, Arabic, and Russian.

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• Posters, tri-fold brochures, booklets, articles, online seminars, certifications

http://ihfeducation.ihf.info/

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BUILDING A BETTER FOUNDATIONCOACHING EDUCATION

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We distinguish between five main levels in the teaching process of handball.

H@S programme primarily develops across the first three levels, novice, beginner and intermediate,

and marginally touches the advanced level.

Colour code:

The primary factor is the level and the secondary factor is the age of the players.

EXPERT LEVEL (17y and over)

ADVANCED (14-17 years)

INTERMEDIATE (11-14 years)

BEGINNER (8-11 years)

NOVICE (5-8 years)

BUILDING A BETTER FOUNDATIONDEVELOPMENTAL STEPS

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• Learning by doing – instructionalmethodology• Ideal learning occurs through

experiences• Active participation of players• All learning styles, especially

kinesthetics

• Involvement of all children

• Create relationship with physicalactivity

Children’s development learning through play

NATURAL CURIOSITY and FEARLESSNESS

EXPLORE THROUGH PLAY

REMEMBERby FUN

DIVERSITY of ACTIVITIES

MASTERY

NEW CHALLENGE

BUILDING A BETTER FOUNDATIONLEARNING BY DOING

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Effective handball coaching is about combining the teaching of tactical understanding with skill development.

Major stages for handball learning,based on Teaching Games for Understanding Model

LEARNING TASKS

CUE PERCEPTION

Stage 2

Stage 4

Stage 1

Stage 5

Stage 3

Stage 6GAME FORM

GAME APPRECIATIONEmerging

understanding

TACTICAL AWARENESSThinking tactically

MAKING APPROPRIATE DECISION

What to do?How to do?

SKILL EXECUTIONTechnique selection

Movement execution

SITUATED PERFORMANCE

BUILDING A BETTER FOUNDATIONGAME-BASED APPROACH

The four major game problems in handball are:

• Maintaining ball possession

• Making forward progression

• Attacking the goal & shooting

• Regaining the ball & protecting the goal

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BUILDING A BETTER FOUNDATIONGAME PRINCIPLES

Game play situation where learners become aware of how to solve 3v2 situation

I need to focus on the ball.

Can I intercept the ball?

Should I moveaway or give

support?

Whatshould I do?

Am I wellpositioned?

Should Ipressure?

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Development of fundamentalhandball skills

NOVICEBEGINNER

INTERMEDIATE

ADVANCED

Introduction andinitiation of basicskills.

Appreciation ofgame.

First success.

A lot of repetitionwithout repeating.

A safe environmentfor taking risk andfor failure.

Variability ofskills and actions.

Explore new possibilities for failure and success.

Precision of detailsin skills.

Specific techniquesby playing positions.

BUILDING A BETTER FOUNDATIONFUNDAMENTAL SKILLS

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The primary factor is the level and the secondary factor is the age of the players.

1st stageMINI HANDBALL

BEGINNER INTERMEDIATE ADVANCEDNOVICE

2nd stageMINI HANDBALL

3rd stageTRANSITION TO

HANDBALL

4th stageHANDBALL

5-8 years 8-11 years 11-14 years 14-17 years

TRANSITION TO FULL HANDBALL

INDIVIDUAL DEFEN-SIVE RESPONSABILITY

POSITIONAL RESPON-SIBILITY + ZONE DEFENCE

UNSTRUCTURED DEFENCE

BUILDING A BETTER FOUNDATIONDEVELOPMENTAL STAGES

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1st stageMINI HANDBALL

Explore and develop game play appreciation through simple game form

UNSTRUCTURED DEFENCE

NOVICE

Game form with uneven numbers, 4v3 + GK or 3v2 + GKSmall-sized court with soft ball.

- Solve numerical advantage in large and open space.- Understanding of basic game principles (tactics + techniques).- Improve motor and basic playing skills.- Understanding of basic game rules.- Respect Fair play

BUILDING A BETTER FOUNDATIONNOVICE STAGE

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NOVICE – MINI HANDBALL1st stage: Game form with uneven number (4v3+GK or 3v2+GK)

1st STAGE: MINI HANDBALL – UNSTRUCTURED DEFENCE

Main focus: attacking playNovices tend to gather

around the ball- anarchic game.

Encourage learners to adopt a spread-out and spacing game-play, which increases possibilities to retain possession and to make forward progression to attack the

goal.

BUILDING A BETTER FOUNDATIONNOVICE STAGE

• Focus on offence (numerical advantage)

• After loss of a ball, any player can assumeGK position or coach can decide

• The “protected ball rule“

• Not strict with technical mistakes

• GK puts the ball into play

• Unstructured defence – win the ball, avoidcontact

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Use a game play with numerical advantage (4v3+GK/3v2+GK)

BUILDING A BETTER FOUNDATIONNOVICE STAGE

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BEGINNER

2nd stageMINI HANDBALL

INDIVIDUAL DEFEN-SIVE RESPONSIBILITY

Learning to beat full-court pressure defence

Game form 3+GK v 3+GK or 4+GK v 4+GKSmall or medium-sized court with tailored sized ball.

- Creating numerical advantage in large and open space.- Explore and develop game principles (tactics + techniques).- Improve motor and basic playing skills.- Understanding of game rules and respect Fair Play.- Variety of roles, including refereeing with a helper

BUILDING A BETTER FOUNDATIONBEGINNER STAGE

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BEGINNER – MINI HANDBALL2nd stage: Even-sided game (4v4 or 5v5) with man-to-man defence

2ndSTAGE: MINI HANDBALL – INDIVIDUAL DEFENSIVE RESPONSIBILITY

Even-sided game (4v4 or 5v5) with full-court pressure and then, half-court pressure.

BUILDING A BETTER FOUNDATIONBEGINNER STAGE

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INTERMEDIATE

3rd stageTRANSITION TO

HANDBALL

POSITIONAL RESPON-SIBILITY + ZONE DEFENCE

Solving game problems brought on by zone pressure defence (2:2)

Game form 4+GK v 4+GK / 5+GK v 5+GKSmall or medium-sized court with tailored sized ball.

- Learning to create numerical advantage in small space (around goal area).- Develop game play competencies in fast transitions.- Improve motor and basic playing skills.- Extend game knowledge, principles, tactics and technical skills- Variety of roles, including refereeing and respect Fair Play.

BUILDING A BETTER FOUNDATIONINTERMEDIATE STAGE

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3rd stage: Introduction to positional play, zone defence

Game form:- 5v5 game play, with a rudimentary form of zone defence

- A two-lined defence is recommended

BUILDING A BETTER FOUNDATIONINTERMEDIATE STAGE

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Recommendations:Introduction of self-rotation rules for players to experience different court playing positions:

BUILDING A BETTER FOUNDATIONINTERMEDIATE STAGE

• Creating and exploiting numerical advantages against zone defence

• Breaking through defence – creating numerical advantage

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Partial game forms: examples of the learning tasks to work on the above-mentioned concepts and skills:

Game play 2v2,with supportersin half or fullcourt size.

Game play 3v3,per sectors,in half or fullcourt size.

BUILDING A BETTER FOUNDATIONINTERMEDIATE STAGE

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BUILDING A BETTER FOUNDATIONADVANCED STAGE

4th stageHANDBALL

TRANSITION TOFULL HANDBALL

ADVANCED

Game form 5+GK vs 5+GK or 6+GK vs 6+GK Official court with tailored sized ball.

- Develop game play competence in all game phases- Extend and refine playing skills and individual techniques- Develop tactics and strategy- Play variety of roles- Develop task as refereeing, officiating, coaching

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BUILDING A BETTER FOUNDATIONADVANCED STAGE

4th stageHANDBALL

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BUILDING A BETTER FOUNDATIONQUESTIONS TO CONSIDER

• As we move to applying this developmental model to your program, consider these questions:

• What is high-performance game play?

• What is the best way to develop my players for it?

• What skills should I be teaching?

• How do I assess their development?

• What obstacles stand in my way?

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BUILDING A BETTER FOUNDATIONHIGH-PERFORMANCE GAME PLAY

What is high-performance game play?• Fully developed technical skills in all

situations (scale & scope).• Complete tactical understanding in all

phases and mirco-phases.• Highly developed motor skills (balance,

speed, agility, endurance, coordination,strength, power).

• Highly developed mental skills (intelligence,problem solving, decision-making,creativity).

• Athletic profiles & intangibles.

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BUILDING A BETTER FOUNDATIONAPPLICATION FOR HIGH-PERFORMANCE

• Practice tasks are the key to developing high-performance players:• BASIC GAME FORMS are directly linked to game problem development in players.

• PARTIAL GAME FORMS highlight key techno-tactical elements of basic game forms such as spacing, collaborating, passing & catching.

• SMALL-SIDED GAMES improve techno-tactical skills without structural game play elements.

• TACTICAL GAMES improve techno-tactical skills and problem solving in particular game contexts under game-like conditions.

• TACTICAL DRILLS develop tactical movement patterns (e.g., crossing).

• TECHNICAL DRILLS develop the techniques of tactical movement patterns into basic movement skills (e.g., side-step).

• RUDIMENT DRILLS further develop the bases of basic movement skills.

• CONDITIONING DRILLS develop the motor skills upon which all movements rely.

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BUILDING A BETTER FOUNDATIONGAME-BASED VS. DRILL-BASED

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BUILDING A BETTER FOUNDATIONOPEN PLAY VS. SET PLAY

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BUILDING A BETTER FOUNDATIONIMPLEMENTING GAME-BASED APPROACH

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BUILDING A BETTER FOUNDATIONGAME PROBLEM DEVELOPMENT

Overview of game problem development through stages:

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BUILDING A BETTER FOUNDATION1st AND 2nd STAGES ATTACKING GOAL

The four important questions to ask for every stage in the developmental process:• What do they need to

know?• What do they need to

do with the ball?• What do they need to

do without the ball?• How do I help them

get better?

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BUILDING A BETTER FOUNDATION3rd STAGE ATTACKING THE GOAL

The concepts and skills required for each stage of development are provoked by the introduction of each new basic game form.

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BUILDING A BETTER FOUNDATION4th STAGE OF DEVELOPMENT

Building a better foundation for high-performance requires:• Knowledge of the concepts

and skills required of skillfulplay.

• Tools to develop theseconcepts and skills inindividuals, small groups, andteams.

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BUILDING A BETTER FOUNDATIONHIGH-PERFORMANCE PROGRAM

https://www.ihf.info/sites/default/files/2020-03/H%40S_booklet_0.pdf

For a copy of our book, follow this link (also can find link in messages):

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BUILDING A BETTER FOUNDATIONTESTING & ASSESSMENT

In the book, we have several subchapters on testing and assessment.

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BUILDING A BETTER FOUNDATIONOBSTACLES TO DEVELOPMENT

• Time, money, and federation support.

• Lack of understanding of the target zones for motor and playing skillsdevelopment for boys and girls.

• Incomplete knowledge of the handball developmental process.

• Confuse Talent Selection with Long-Term Talent Development.

• Immediate focus on winning to maintain coaching position.

• Confidence to develop yourself as a coach.

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BUILDING A BETTER FOUNDATIONQUESTIONS & ANSWERS

For more information about launching a Handball at School program in your country, or to

further discuss today’s lecture, you can contact me at:

Craig@usateamhandball.org- or -

Craig@teamhandballacademy.com