A 60-minute handball session for under 10s

Two or three taggers chase everyone else inside a coned square. Tagged players stand still with their legs apart. A teammate frees them by crawling through their legs.

• Swap taggers every two minutes so everyone gets a turn.
• Finish with three minutes of handballing in pairs from three steps apart.

Pairs stand three steps apart, facing each other. One handballs, the partner catches with hands out in front like a target. After three good ones in a row, both take a step back.

• Hold: rest the ball on the flat palm of your holding hand, fingers spread.
• Fist: make a fist with the thumb on the outside, not tucked in.
• Stance: feet apart, knees bent, lean a little forward.
• Punch: hit the back point of the ball and follow through to your partner's hands.

Then swap hands. Most kids have a weaker side, and this is the age to work on it.

Coach it: keep the holding hand still. The punching hand does the work.

Players work in threes. A has the ball. B runs past A, takes the handball on the move, then handballs to C.

• B calls for the ball as they run past. A short call like "Here!" works.
• A handballs into the space in front of B, not at B's body.
• Start at walking pace. Build to a jog once the handballs are clean.
• Rotate roles after every three goes.

Coach it: eyes on the target before you handball.

Split into two teams in a coned square about 20 steps on each side. Teams score a point for every five handballs in a row without a drop.

• No tackling. A defender can touch the ball or intercept a handball.
• If the ball hits the ground, the other team takes it.
• Add a rule after five minutes: you can't handball back to the player who gave it to you.

Walk a lap of the coned area, then light stretching in a circle. Ask each player to show you their handball fist. Finish with the takeaway: "Still hand holds, strong hand punches."