The serve often ends up being the most important element of three-wall handball, particularly when you have otherwise evenly matched opponents. A devastating serve works for you in numerous ways, including accruing easy points through unreturned serves or easy…

A warrior will have many opponents in a lifetime, but the ultimate opponent is the warrior’s own self…To actually overcome one’s own defects is the true nature of victory. — From “365 Tao: Daily Meditations” Self-reflection being one of the…

You’ve heard the theory of the three secrets for success in business: location, location and location.  Likewise, there are three secrets to success in handball: position, position and position. We’ve all been on the wrong side of a score when…

One of the questions most commonly asked of the top players is how to hook the ball. The question usually is answered with the appropriate physics involved, both for the natural and the reverse hook. Then comes a warning: Don’t…

The floor will beat you every time. This sage advice comes our way in almost every issue of Handball magazine. What it means is that a player’s continued attempts of low-percentage kill shots will result in defeat. Making a defensive…

Keep your eye on the ball at all times — and follow it with your nose as demonstrated by Killian Carroll.  Photo by Keith Thode. If you’re like everyone else, you’ve been looking for an easy fix or two to improve…

We’ve all heard this sage advice to the beginning handball player:  “Get back to center court after you hit your shot!” Of course, this is sound counsel to the beginner, who is striving to merely make contact with the ball…

Avoid the shaded gray area in the middle portion of the court when you’re hitting straight-line, front-to-back shots.  Use the green side corridors to get the most effectiveness out of your straight-line, front-to-back shots. By Mike DauHandball CoachLake Forest College…

Albert Apuzzi   The serve is the one-wall handball player’s greatest and deadliest weapon–for several reasons. The one-wall server is dealing with a short line much closer to the wall than in three- and four-wall, 16 feet as opposed to 20…

     We all make them, some of us more than others.  We’ll never totally eliminate hand errors from our game.  But if we follow a couple of simple rules, we can minimize the number of mistakes.       The vast majority…