Handball Positioning, Skills and Team Strategy

Assignment
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Handball is a sport that requires 7 players to play 7 different positions. As a team, they
individually use different skills and strategies in order to achieve a common goal.

What you are going to do:

 Individually, you will research a professional handball team (could be a national team as
well) by watching a video of them playing. You can use multiple videos and other online
resources that permit you to research this team and how they play their positions. Then,
you will use the template provided below to record your findings based on what you have
observed through their skill and how they work together to achieve a common goal.

Your template must contain the following:

(use the check boxes to ensure you have completed each step)
1. The link to the video you watched plus other resources. _______ ( /1)

2. The name of your professional handball team. _______ ( /1)

3. What country do they play in? _______ ( /1)

4. Research, and identify the 7 positions in handball _______ ( /7)

a. Explain the roles of 3 different positions on the court. What are these positions
responsible for? _______ ( /6)
b. What position would you consider the most important, and why? _______ ( /2)

5. Based off what you have observed from your team, identify and explain 3 strategies that
showed how they worked well together. _______ ( /6)
Handball Positioning, Skills and Teamwork Assignment – Template
Your Name:
Date:
1.Video Link(s): ( /1)

2.Name of Professional Handball Team: ( /1) 3.What country do they play in? ( /1)

A. ___________________________________ ____________________________

4. (A) What are the 7 Positions on a handball team?

( /7)

(e.g. Middle back…)

1. __________________________________
2. __________________________________
3. __________________________________
4. __________________________________
5. __________________________________
6. __________________________________
7. __________________________________

(B) Explain the roles of 3 positions on the court. ( /6)

Example: Team Canada has a Middle Back. The Middle Back’s role is like a point guard. They are playmaker of the court,
they decide who the ball goes to and what play the team is going to make. They organize the offense.

Position 1:
Position 2:

Position 3:

(C) What position would you consider the most important, and why? ( /2)

5.Based off what you have observed from your team, identify and explain 3 strategies that showed how
they worked well together. _______ ( /6)

Example: As soon as the Middle Back on Team Canada got possession, one of his teammates had already
started running down the court. The Middle Back didn’t even look once because he already knew his
teammate would be on the other side of the court to pass to. This seems like a highly developed play
established in practice.
Strategy #1: Strategy #2:

Strategy #3:
Assignment Rubric
Handball Positioning, Skills and Strategy Assignment
Checklist/Rubric
All listed criteria are met:

1. The link to the video you watched plus other resources. _______ ( /1)

2. The name of your professional handball team. _______ ( /1)

3. What country do they play in? _______ ( /1)

4. Research, and identify the 7 positions in handball _______ ( /7)

a. Explain the roles of 3 different positions on the court. What are these positions
responsible for? _______ ( /6)
b. What position would you consider the most important, and why? _______ ( /2)

5. Based off what you have observed from your team, identify and explain 3 strategies
that showed how they worked well together. _______ ( /6)

Comments:

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