Skills Test for Handball
Skills Test- Team Handball
Test Objective: Perform the basic skills of shooting a handball in a game like situation.
Age Level: 7th and 8th graders
Equipment: Small soccer nets, handballs or play ground balls, indoor gym or outdoor field.
Administration of skills test
This test is three different skills test. During each skills test a goal and defender will be present. (The defender is not attempting to strip the ball, they are present to simulate a more game like experience.)
1. Jump shot: Student is approximately 30 feet from goal, student has 5 attempts to make a jump shot into the goal. Monitor proper footwork of three step, jump and throw into the goal.
2. Lob shot: Student is approximately 30 feet from goal, student has 5 attempts to make lob shot into the goal. Monitor proper footwork, grip of the ball and aim in goal.
3. Side shot: Student is approximately 30 feet from goal, student has 5 attempts to make a side shot into the goal. Monitor proper grip and aim either high or low corners of the goal.
Scoring
The total skills test is worth 15 points. Students will get 1 point each time they make a shot into the goal.
Source
Mood, Musker and Rink, (2007). Sports and Recreational Activities (fourteenth edition). McGraw-Hill. Pages 542- 554.
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