The Effect of the Transitional Period on Some Bio-Kinetic Abilities of Handball Players

Abstract

The purpose of this paper is to identify the most important bio-kinetic capabilities of handball players in the transitional period between competitions, and identify the effect of the transitional period between competitions in tracking the level of the bio-kinetic abilities of handball players. The current research problem imposed the adoption of the descriptive research method in the style of follow-up studies,the limits of the total research community are represented by the advanced handball players participating in the league competitions for the sports season (2021-2022), and they are officially registered in the records of the Iraqi Central Handball Federation, numbering (177) players distributed by nature to (12) clubs .One of the most important results reached by the researcher is that: Handball players need to maintain the level of bio-kinetic capabilities for each of explosive ability, the strength characterized by speed, the endurance of the muscular strength of the arms, and the transitional speed that witnessed a decline in the duration of the training period of the transitional period, and the training of handball players in the transitional period led to a decline in their level of bio-kinetic abilities for both agility and coordination between the eyes and arms. One of the most important recommendations recommended by the researchers is that: it is necessary to support the coaches' knowledge of the importance of maintaining the state of the level of handball players when planning training for the transitional period, especially in each of the studied bio-kinetic capabilities, it is necessary to reconsider the planning of the training curriculum for handball players in the transitional period, taking into account the preservation of the state of the players' training level, the Central Handball Federation must improve the determination of the transition period between the competitions in the local league, taking into account the overlap with the timing of the international competitions in which the players of the local clubs participating in the league, and giving importance to this period specifically, and not neglecting its effects on the players, and interest in conducting sequential tests for each of the bio-kinetic abilities of handball players, to evaluate the planning of training curricula in the different training periods.