Differentiation in the children's handball — “Go!” or “No go!”?

I devour everything of articles about children's sports crudely. I try to keep an open mind when I hear others discussing training methods, children's sports and educational development. I am happy to discuss with, and believe that this will help make me an even better children's coach.
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Learn Handball would like to discuss children's sports with you! This is one of the most interesting things we do. We want to give you more professional expertise about handball and children's sports in particular.

Join the journey!

Learn Handball will delve into specific themes, and take you on your journey. You will receive research papers, get assignments and other exciting reading. I submit that the more you immerse and involve yourself, the better child coach you will become.

This month, we will be addressing perhaps the most comprehensive topic in sport, namely differentiation. It is so challenging that neither the Norges Idrettsforbund (NIF), the Norwegian Handball Federation (NHF) nor the Danish Handball Federation (DHF) have a clear definition of differentiation. This does not mean that they do not have policies within the topic -- they have many!

I have spoken to resource professionals within all three organizations, and received a lot of exciting information that I will share with you this month.

Task — think about this

But before you get more information I want you to solve the following task: Create your own definition of the word differentiation. Feel free to discuss it with your coaching team.

Some inspiration:

Different meanings of differentiation in the world of football:

https://www.fotball.no/barn-og-ungdom/verdier-og-virkemidler/2016/hva-differensiering-er-og-ikke-er/‍

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Topping or width? What does the Norwegian Sports Academy (NIH) say?

https://blogg.forskning.no/nih-bloggen/bredde-er-topp/1103876‍

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We look forward to discussing more about differentiation next week.

Handball greeting from Bjarte Myrhol