Some defensive handball skills for elite league club players and their relationship between Focusing and shifting attention

Abstract

Handball is one of the exciting sports that is widely practiced and has defensive and offensive skills. The player must master defensive skills as they are one of the basic pillars that complement the team’s success, as defensive skills are no less important than offensive skills as they clearly affect defensive methods during matches.   The psychological aspect also has an important role in handball, as some aspects of attention (focus and diversion) are important psychological factors that work to develop skill performance in handball. The research aims to identify the relationship between some defensive handball skills for players of elite league clubs with focus and attention, and to identify the relationship between some defensive handball skills for players of elite league clubs with diversion... The researcher used the descriptive approach with the survey method to suit the nature and objectives of the problem on a sample of players of the elite handball league clubs participating in the 2020-2021 sports season, numbering (98) players. Tests limited to defensive skills (defensive movements, blocking wall) in handball were applied in addition to using the (Borden-Anfimov) test to measure (concentration and attention shifting). The ready-made program (IBM SPSS Statistics Ver22) was used to process the data statistically and a set of conclusions and recommendations were reached.