Abstract: The problem of providing a training device and a training method with which it is possible to be able to train relatively complex game situations, in particular in handball and football, under consistent conditions and preferably in an actual playing environment is solved by the training device according to the invention, the training device comprising a plurality of ball receivers and ball providers, wherein the individual ball receivers and ball providers are designed as slave units in a local radio network in order to communicate with a master unit.

Abstract: The invention relates to a training device for training a person who uses the training device in a type of ball sport, said device having at least two ball receivers (11), which face the user and are intended to interact with a ball, and at least two ball dispensers (11) for conveying a ball to the user. The invention provides at least one optical and/or acoustic signal transmitter which, by emitting an optical and/or acoustic signal, indicates one of the ball receivers (11) to the user as the selected target for interacting with a ball conveyed to the user by one of the ball dispensers (11).

Abstract: The problem of providing a training device and a training method with which it is possible to be able to train relatively complex game situations, in particular in handball and football, under consistent conditions and preferably in an actual playing environment is solved by the training device according to the invention, the training device comprising a plurality of ball receivers and ball providers, wherein the individual ball receivers and ball providers are designed as slave units in a local radio network in order to communicate with a master unit.