<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><bold><italic>Introduction.</italic></bold> The aim of the study was to determine whether the level of psychomotor skills differentiates the actions of hand-ball goalkeepers in the situation of throws from the wing position.<bold><italic>Material and methods.</italic></bold> The research material was a video recording of goalkeepers’ saves during throws from wing positions. The research covered 11 goalkeepers who play in PGNiG Men’s Superleague (Poland). Psychomotor skills tests were conducted based on the Vienna Test System. The RT test version S.1 was used to measure simple reaction time, while the RT test version S.3 was used to measure choice reaction time. The ZBA test version S.3 in the linear form was used to measure time-space anticipation. The analysis of saves was carried out according to Norkowski’s concept.<bold><italic>Results.</italic></bold> We showed a difference in the number of throws after reducing the defensive area between the goalkeepers with higher and lower reaction time values. A high correlation was found rs = 0.62 p &lt; 0.05 between reaction time (RT) and saves after reducing the defensive area with a step out/dive. There is a strong relationship between DT motor time and saves after reducing the defensive area with a step out/dive rs = 0.74, p &lt; 0.05. There is a high correlation between a fast-paced save after a delay and time anticipation rs = 0.64, p &lt; 0.05.<bold><italic>Conclusions.</italic></bold> The level of psychomotor abilities is a factor that differentiates handball goalkeepers’ actions in saves from the wing position. The level of psychomotor skills and the actions of handball goalkeepers are interconnected.</abstract>

Introduction. The aim of the study was to determine whether the level of psychomotor skills differentiates the actions of hand-ball goalkeepers in the situation of throws from the wing position.Material and methods. The research material was a video recording of goalkeepers’ saves during throws from wing positions. The research covered 11 goalkeepers who play in PGNiG Men’s Superleague (Poland). Psychomotor skills tests were conducted based on the Vienna Test System. The RT test version S.1 was used to measure simple reaction time, while the RT test version S.3 was used to measure choice reaction time. The ZBA test version S.3 in the linear form was used to measure time-space anticipation. The analysis of saves was carried out according to Norkowski’s concept.Results. We showed a difference in the number of throws after reducing the defensive area between the goalkeepers with higher and lower reaction time values. A high correlation was found rs = 0.62 p < 0.05 between reaction time (RT) and saves after reducing the defensive area with a step out/dive. There is a strong relationship between DT motor time and saves after reducing the defensive area with a step out/dive rs = 0.74, p < 0.05. There is a high correlation between a fast-paced save after a delay and time anticipation rs = 0.64, p < 0.05.Conclusions. The level of psychomotor abilities is a factor that differentiates handball goalkeepers’ actions in saves from the wing position. The level of psychomotor skills and the actions of handball goalkeepers are interconnected.

The Level of Psychomotor Abilities as a Factor Differentiating Handball Goalkeepers’ Actions in Saves from the Wing Position

Józef Piłsudski University of Physical Education in Warsaw, University College in Biała Podlaska

Józef Piłsudski University of Physical Education in Warsaw

Department of Track and Field Games and Sports Games

Polish Journal of Sport and Tourism

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Introduction. The aim of the study was to determine whether the level of psychomotor skills differentiates the actions of hand-ball goalkeepers in the...

The Level of Psychomotor Abilities as a Factor Differentiating Handball Goalkeepers’ Actions in Saves from the Wing Position

Published Online: May 29, 2020

Page range: 3 - 10

Received: May 16, 2019

Accepted: Dec 04, 2019

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/pjst-2019-0019

Keywords
handball, goalkeeper, reaction time, anticipation, psychomotor abilities, wing positions

© 2019 Paweł Krawczyk et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

The Level of Psychomotor Abilities as a Factor Differentiating Handball Goalkeepers’ Actions in Saves from the Wing Position

Published Online: May 29, 2020

Page range: 3 - 10

Received: May 16, 2019

Accepted: Dec 04, 2019

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/pjst-2019-0019

Keywordshandball, goalkeeper, reaction time, anticipation, psychomotor abilities, wing positions

© 2019 Paweł Krawczyk et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Keywords
handball, goalkeeper, reaction time, anticipation, psychomotor abilities, wing positions