The effect of an educational program on developing sensory-motor perception and concentration of attention in performing defensive moves to cover the blitz in handball for juniors

Abstract

Handball is one of the games that has received and continues to receive great global interest and is very popular, especially in Europe. It is one of the games that combine speed, strength and tactics, as defense in handball is of great importance and is considered an effective element in preventing the opposing team from scoring goals, as it depends on speed of perception and focus to succeed in performing defensive moves to close the defensive gaps in front of the opponent. The importance of the research lies in preparing an educational program to develop the abilities represented by sensory-motor perception and concentration of attention, which have a positive effect on the performance of defensive movements according to the multiple stimuli that the handball player is exposed to during matches. Which leads to players not being distracted during matches and thus leading to unifying their defensive efforts to reduce the threat of the opponent. The goal of the research was to prepare special exercises in developing Focusing attention and kinesthetic awareness in performing defensive movements in handball. The objectives of the research were to prepare special exercises to develop concentration of attention and sensory-motor perception in performing defensive movements in handball, and to identify the effect of special exercises in developing concentration of attention and sensory-motor perception in performing defensive movements in handball. As for the research hypothesis, there is a positive effect of special exercises in Developing concentration of attention and kinesthetic awareness in performing defensive movements, There are statistically significant differences between the pre- and post-tests for the two groups (control and experimental) in focusing attention and sensory-motor perception of skills, in favor of the experimental group.. Through the results that emerged, the researcher concluded the following that the prepared educational curriculum has a positive impact on learning some basic handball skills, and that exercises for focusing attention and kinesthetic perception have a positive impact on developing defensive movements to cover the blitz.