We often associate creeping and crawling with early childhood development, and only acknowledge it as a stage before upright walking, or at most as a warm-up or strengthening exercise. With this dissertation we have discovered that these two movements are very useful forms of movement which are neglected far too often. With the appropriate modification and aids, we can transform these natural and seemingly simple movements into intense and energy-demanding exercises. We have illustrated examples of how to use crawling and creeping in the initial or warm-up part, the main part, and the final part of handball training. However, because we have focused on younger generations of handball players, we have also included examples of how to integrate these exercises in elementary games, which makes exercises more fun or even competitive, and helps in learning and achieving the expected goals faster. At the end of this dissertation, we have added three examples of training of how to include creeping and crawling into the training process.
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