The effect of rubber rope training on the speed of motor response of advanced handball goalkeepers

Abstract

Due to the abundance and diversity of the requirements of the game, especially the goalkeeper, which he must achieve, such as physical and skill preparation for sports competition and sports achievement, as well as fear of failure, fear of injury, anxiety and tension associated with sports competition. Physical preparation plays an effective and important role in performing special skills for goalkeeping, so the importance of the research lies in knowing the effect of rubber rope training on the speed of motor response of handball goalkeepers. As for the research problem, the researcher began studying the effect of rubber rope training on the speed of motor response among handball goalkeepers. Interest in studying handball goalkeepers when performing some skills is one of the most necessary demands in research and study due to the frequent development in offensive skills among handball players. The most important objectives are to prepare special exercises with rubber ropes for handball goalkeepers. The research hypothesis was that there were statistically significant differences between the pre- and post-tests in the speed of motor response in the research sample. The researcher used the experimental method with one group in the pre- and post-test. The researcher chose his sample intentionally, which is four goalkeepers for the Al-Talaba Club for the 2023 sports season. The most important conclusions were that using rubber rope exercises with small samples has a positive impact on developing motor response speed. The most important recommendations are to emphasize the importance of starting to train young age groups of players and goalkeepers, especially with rubber rope exercises.