Three-step shot
Ready when: Catch and throw at the wall (b2) done.
What you are learning
The three-step shot: one, two, three steps into the throw, landing on the foot opposite the throwing arm, ball back with the elbow up, and following through to the target. The power comes from the steps, not the arm alone.
Set up
A soft ball; a chalk target on a wall; three chalk marks for the steps.
Weather: dry ground
Show it first for the one teaching
- From standing, throw at the target stepping onto the opposite foot.
- Chalk three marks on the ground. Walk them slowly: left, right, left for a right-hander.
- On the last step, take the ball back, elbow up by the ear, and throw, following through to the target.
Your part while they practise
Catch the rebound; say the rhythm aloud.
Step by step
- Throw from standing, stepping onto the foot opposite the throwing arm.
- Then one step, two steps, three steps into the shot.
- Ball back, elbow up.
- Follow through to the target.
How much: 10 throws each hand 10 min a session 3 days a week
Say one thing Pick one line from "What you will see" for today and say only that.
The game: Corner points
Two top corners worth 2 and the middle worth 1.
Who plays: the child against you, or against their own best.
How to play, turn by turn
- Turns
- Chalk a goal on the wall with two small squares in the top corners
- Take three steps and shoot
- 10 shots each, taking turns
- Fair play
- A grown-up shoots with the weaker hand.
- Points
- 2 points for a top corner; 1 point for the rest of the goal.
- Fouls
- No points for that shot
- More than three steps
- Landing on the same-side foot
- The elbow below the shoulder
- Winning
- More points after 10 shots each.
- 8 points for 1 star
- 13 points for 2 stars
- 17 points for 3 stars
Easier or harder
From standing.
The weaker hand, a farther line.
What you will see, and what to say
- the child throws off the same-side foot
Opposite foot forward
The last step is the opposite foot. - the elbow drops below the shoulder
Elbow up by your ear
A high elbow, a strong throw.
Self-check
7 of 10 three-step shots hit the target.
Stop and get a coach when
Pain in the shoulder or elbow.
Fitness for this
Warm up first: how to warm up, at workonfitness.com. For strength and stretching, its exercise library shows each exercise step by step, with an easier version.
This card trains the throwing motion, the step rhythm, aim.
awiseathlete.com/sports/handball/handball-b6