An analytical study of some biomechanical variables and high-jump shooting accuracy for Al-Shorta and Al-Karkh Club players in the Premier Handball League (2022-2023)

Abstract

The introduction to the research summarized biomechanics, the first among the sciences that advanced the sports field, as biomechanics is one of the sciences that takes care of the development of sports movements through study, analysis, biomechanical evaluation, clarifying differences, and finding relationships. In view of the development that the game of handball has witnessed and the expansion of its base in most countries of the world, the need for research and investigation has increased to solve problems related to performance in order to diagnose and treat them because it is one of the games that is characterized by variable kinetic performance between moving with and without a ball, as well as rapid starting and sudden stopping to get rid of supervision and shooting at the ball. The goal and other multi-playing situations that the player employs during the tactical duty to achieve the main goal, which is to shoot to score a goal against the opponent’s goal. The problem of the research is that mastering the skill of shooting from jumping high is important for handball players, and because of its frequent repetition in the match, it is one of the keys to determining the outcome of the match. Therefore, mastering it and controlling how it invests its biomechanical variables in achieving high shooting accuracy represents a positive advantage that leads the team to outperform the competitor. Through the researchers’ follow-up of the matches of the Iraqi teams, the researchers found that this problem is worthy of study for the purpose of comparison in the biomechanical variables to be used during performance. The aim of the research is to identify the values of some biomechanical variables in the jumping shooting skill of the players of the Al-Shorta and Al-Karkh Sports Club. Excellent. The descriptive approach was used on a sample chosen intentionally, consisting of (20) players from the Al-Shorta Club and Al-Karkh Sports Club in the Premier Handball League (2022-2023). The two researchers reached a number of conclusions, the most important of which were: The level of the members of the research sample was similar between the Al-Shorta Club and Al-Karkh. In the variable of propulsion and the resulting flight and height of the body’s center of mass, the members of the Al-Shorta Club invested in the biomechanical variables of the arm better than the members of the Karkh Club in serving the goal. The researchers concluded that both the variables of the wrist joint and the angle of bending of the arm as well as the inclination of the torso had a positive role in The Al-Shorta Club player outperformed the Al-Karkh Club players in shooting accuracy, and the Al-Karkh Club players were unable to invest the payment variable effectively in achieving shooting accuracy. and this achieves one of the sustainable development goals of the United Nations in Iraq which is (Quality Education). The two researchers came up with these recommendations: the importance of analyzing the performance of high-level players for the purpose of determining the degree of investment in biomechanical variables and their role in achieving shooting accuracy. Emphasis is placed on making comparisons between the Premier League teams.