UNIT 6: HANDBALL
KEY UNIT COMPETENCE: Develop handball tactical skills
6..1 Prerequisite (Knowledge, skills, attitudes and values)
Students of senior five will develop better handball tactical skills if they have well
developed handball techniques skills learned in S4 and physical exercises.
6.2 Cross-cutting issues to be addressed
Gender:
In teaching and learning process of handball, the teacher must prepare and
provide physical activities that engage both girls and boys equally to exploit
their full potential and talents without any discrimination or prejudice.
Inclusive education:
The teacher as a facilitator he/she must consider different special education
needs and select handball activities to adapt his/her teaching approaches to
students. This creates a positive attitude and helps all students to participate
actively and develop their competence levels.
Financial education:
The teacher should integrate Financial Education into his/her teaching/
learning activities by providing the local and no cost teaching material where
is possible. He/she must encourage students to make their own materials that
can help them to develop competences not only in sport at school but also in
their daily life.
Standardization culture:
The teacher must choose and select the standardized materials to use in his/her
teaching/learning process of handball. It is necessary to provide appropriate
materials required to the levels of students and help them to develop culture of
checking and using the quality of sport materials for the competitions before
using them in order to prevent injuries and other accident.
Environment and sustainability:
The teacher should provide materials and deliver the lesson by encouraging students
to protect the environment and well use of materials. The teacher helps them to
develop the spirit of keeping safe the environment they use in physical education
and sports activities.
Peace and values education:
The teacher helps students to develop fair play and social values by avoiding
violence and conflict in their handball games and by setting clear and relevant
instructions. He/she should provide the activities that help students to develop
their competence peacefully.
Comprehensive sexuality education:
The teacher provides handball activities and sets instructions that prevent
sexual harassment, any kind of gender-based violence like sexual abuse and
physical contacts oriented to the sexuality intention.
Genocide studies:
While conducting handball exercises, the teacher should take a time to explain
students how sports should be used to fight against Genocide ideology and
how to prevent it. For example, to organize Genocide memorial tournaments at
school and give the message related to the Genocide.
6.3 Guidance on introductory activity
Before introducing the lesson one of this unit, you must introduce the whole
unit. The teacher as a guide, facilitator and expert, ask questions or give activity
related to tactical skills used in handball in order to help them to predict what
to be learned in the whole unit.6.4 List of lessons/sub-heading
Lesson 1: Players’ positions and offensive systems
a) Learning objective
– Take different positions
– Perform exercises of developing various offensive systems
b) Teaching resources
Balls, playground, whistle, stopwatch, cones, videos related to handball tactical
skills, chasubles, posts.
c) Prerequisites/Revision/Introduction
Students of senior five will develop better Handball tactical skills of players’
positions and offensive systems if they have well developed Handball technical
skills learned in S4 and physical exercises.
d) Learning activities
Opening discussions
– Ask the students to brainstorm different tactical skills of playing
Handball, which can help them in players’ positions and offensive
systems.
– Introduce the topic of the day.
– Invite students to start warm up exercises.
Warm up exercises and stretching exercises
The whole class with the guidance of the teacher, let students perform general
warm up exercises and specific warm up based on the most body’s parts to
be used in develop tactical skills of players’ positions and offensive systems
exercises in basketball and stretch their muscles properly.
Help them/demonstrate/correct where is necessary.
e) Lesson body
Identification of different player’s positions of Handball playground.
Explain to the students that the seven player’s positions are accordingly named
from different roles (offense or defense).
Handball players follow their offensive roles:
– Goalkeeper (GK)
– Left back (LB)
– Center back (CB)
– Right back (RB)
– Left winger (LW)
– Center forward (pivot), (P)
– Right winger (RW)
Handball players follow their defensive roles:
- Goalkeeper (GK)
– Far right (FR)
– Half right (HR)
– Back center (BC)
– Half left (HL)
– Far left (FL)– Front center (FC)
Offensive systems
Attack in zone 5: 1
It works to attack 6: 0, 4: 2, 3: 3 and 3: 2: 1 defense systems. Five players
are ahead, in the free-throw area, and a pivot is positioned close to the goal
area. There, he occupies the central range of the goal, where he manages to
have a greater pitch angle. The movement of the pivot is always in relation
to the ball. He must facilitate the receipt, and only if he walks or runs
towards the frame of the move.
The other five players are responsible for setting up the play. They can use
three players in this specific function, while two others, playing at the ends,try to penetrate the area or assist the pivot in finishing and shooting.
Activity 6.2
Attack in zone 6: 0
Effective for attacking 6: 0, 5: 1, 3: 3, and 3: 2: 1 defense systems. It is one
of the simplest offensive systems. Six players position themselves in front
of the free-throw area, trying to occupy this entire region. The movement
between them must always be in the sense of exchanging passes to be able
to penetrate or obtain conditions to execute long distance shots.
In this formation, there is no specific performance of the pivot, and the
guards must set up the plays from the sides. This causes the defense of the
opposing team to move to one side and the attack can penetrate the area
from the opposite side. In this case, the tip positioned on the opposite side
penetrates through the middle, occupying the position of the pivot. In case
the frame starts in the center of the court, players must exchange passesclose to the midfield, to avoid being cut by the defenders of the other team.
Cool down exercises
Let students do light exercises and stretch their group of muscles by insisting
on most used parts.
– Randomly, one of students leads cool down exercises.
– Guide them while stretching their muscles systematically.
Closing discussions (RCA)
Reflect
– How did you proceed to succeed exercises of players’ positions and
offensive systems in handball game?
– What are the challenges did you face while in players’ positions and
offensive systems exercises in handball game?
– Describe different types of players’ positions and offensive systems
exercises used in handball game
Connect
– How defensive positions exercises are useful in handball game?
Apply
– How could you apply tactics of players’ positions and offensive systems
exercise in handball help you to become best players in your society?
Lesson 2: Defensive positions
a) Learning objective
Perform exercises of developing various defensive positions.
b) Teaching resources
Balls, playground, whistle, stopwatch, cones, videos related to handball tactical
skills, chasubles, posts.
c) Prerequisites/Revision/Introduction
Students of senior five will develop better Handball tactical skills of defensive
positions exercises if they have well developed Handball technical skills learned
in S4 and physical exercises.
d) Learning activities
Opening discussions
– Ask the students to brainstorm different tactical skills of playing
Handball, which can help them in defensive positions exercises.
– Introduce the topic of the day.
– Invite students to start warm up exercises
Warm up exercises and stretching exercises
– The whole class with the guidance of the teacher, let students perform
general warm up exercises and specific warm up based on the most
body’s parts to be used in develop tactical skills of defensive position
exercises in Handball and stretch their muscles properly.
– Help them/demonstrate/correct where is necessary.
e) Lesson body
Defensive positions
Activity 6.3
Defense in zone 5:1
Tactical system formed by two lines of defense, one with five players close
to the six-meter mark, and the other with one player on the nine-meter line.
This player must be fast, agile and resistant to not allow long distance shots
and avoid making a pass to the pivot of the opposite team. In addition, it
has the function of disrupting the movement of attackers in long distance
shots and intercepting passes. You should also help defenders on the sidesand start the counterattack.
Activity 6.4
Defense in zone 3: 3
Three players position themselves in front of the free kick area, and three
infiltrators stay within the area, moving close to the goalkeeper’s area line.
It is one of the most aggressive tactical systems, but also considered one of
the most risk, as it makes coverage difficult and facilitates infiltrations by
the opposing team.
It can be easily adapted for 4: 2, 3: 2: 1 and 5: 1 system. It is effective in
neutralizing opposing teams in nine-meter shots. It also offers greatcounter-attack possibilities.
Cool down exercises
– Let students do light exercises and stretch their group of muscles by
insisting on most used parts.
– Randomly, one of students leads cool down exercises.
– Guide them while stretching their muscles systematically.
Closing discussions (RCA)
Reflect
– How did you proceed to succeed exercises of defensive positions
handball game?
– What are the challenges did you face while in defensive positions
exercises handball game?
– Describe different types of defensive positions exercises used in
handball game
Connect
– How defensive positions exercises are useful in handball game?
Apply
– How could you apply tactics of defensive positions exercises in handball
help you to become best players in your society?
Lesson 3: Zone defense systems
a) Learning objective
Perform various exercises of defending zone
b) Teaching resources
Balls, playground, whistle, stopwatch, cones, videos related to handball tactical
skills, chasubles, posts.
c) Prerequisites/Revision/Introduction
Students of senior five will develop better Handball tactical skills of zone
defense systems exercises if they have well developed Handball technical skills
learned in S4 and physical exercises.
d) Learning activities
Opening discussions
– Ask the students to brainstorm different tactical skills of playing
Handball, which can help them in zone defense systems exercises.
– Introduce the topic of the day.
– Invite students to start warm up exercises.
Warm up exercises and stretching exercises
The whole class with the guidance of the teacher, let students perform general
warm up exercises and specific warm up based on the most body’s parts to be
used in develop tactical skills of zone defense systems exercises in Handball
and stretch their muscles properly. Help them/demonstrate/correct where is
necessary.
e) Lesson body
Zone defense systems
Activity 6.5
Defense in zone 6:0
The usual formation of the defense 6:0, all defense players line up betweenthe 6-metre line to form a wall.
Activity 6.6
Defense in zone 5:1
Tactical system formed by two lines of defense, one with five players close
to the six-meter mark, and the other with one player on the nine-meter line.
This player must be fast, agile and resistant to not allow long distance shots
and avoid making a pass to the pivot of the opposite team. In addition, it
has the function of disrupting the movement of attackers in long distance
shots and intercepting passes. You should also help defenders on the sidesand start the counter attack.
Cool down exercises
– Let students do light exercises and stretch their group of muscles by
insisting on most used parts.
– Randomly, one of students leads cool down exercises.
– Guide them while stretching their muscles systematically.
Closing discussions (RCA)
Reflect
– How did you proceed to succeed exercises of zone defense systems?
– What are the challenges did you face while in zone defense systems
exercises?
– Describe different types of zone defense systems exercises used in
Handball
Connect
– How zone defense systems exercises are useful in Handball game?
Apply
– How could tactics of zone defense systems exercise in Handball help
you to become best players in your society?
additional information for teacher
An offensive team formation basically has left and right wingman, who are
typically fast players and has excellent jumping ability required to get better
shooting angle. Left and Right back court These players should be tall enough
so that they are able to shoot over the defender.
Offensive systemsOffense position 2:4
Zone defensive systems
Defense in zone 4: 2
In this strategy, the team forms two lines of defense: the first has two athletes
close to the nine-meter mark, who move laterally, and the second has four
athletes close to the six-meter mark. The goal is to avoid long and medium
distance shots. Defenders of the second row, in addition to moving on the sides,
also move forward and backward, diagonally across the field.
It is an effective tactic when the opposing team has two good players in midfield
shots. Effective especially in the central zone, the defensive system has breadth
and depth. Works against attacks with two pivots. It is also effective at making
passing difficult, although it is weak against 3: 3 attacks.
Defense in zone 3: 2: 1
Three defenders stand on the six-meter mark and two others on a line between
six and nine meters. In addition, a defender stands at the mark on the nine
meters. It can be adapted quickly and become another defensive system.
Because it has more advanced player positions, it is also the system that best
offers chances for counterattacks. One of the disadvantages of this system is
that it is only efficient with a lot of displacement on the part of the players,
which can cause physical wear and tear.
Defense in zone 3: 3
Three players position themselves in front of the free kick area, and three
infiltrators stay within the area, moving close to the goalkeeper’s area line. It is
one of the most aggressive tactical systems, but also considered one of the most
risk, as it makes coverage difficult and facilitates infiltrations by the opposing
team.
It can be easily adapted for 4: 2, 3: 2: 1 and 5: 1 system. It is effective in
neutralizing opposing teams in nine-meter shots. It also offers great counterattack
possibilities.
End unit assessment 6.6
Setting players’ positions and offensive systems, defensive positions and
zone defense systems exercises while observe how students perform these
Handball tactical skills.
6.7 Additional activities
6.7.1 Remedial activities
Regular performance of players’ positions and offensive systems, defensive
positions and zone defense systems exercises
6.7.2 Consolidation activities
Increase the performance of players’ positions and offensive systems, defensive
positions and zone defense systems exercises
6.7.3 Extended activities
Request students to participate in different Handball competitions organizedby a school.