Increasing of the role of line players in highly qualified teams, as a modern trend in the development of European and world handball

Relevance. Handball, as one of the most emotional and spectacular types of sports games, continues its progressive development in our country and abroad. One of the positive trends in the development of men's handball of the highest achievements at the present stage is to increase the role of line players in the successful attacking actions of the leading sports teams of European countries that are the leaders of world handball. The analysis of the weight-speed parameters of the strongest line players in the teams - participants of the 2021 World Championship and the 2022 European Championship, as well as the revealed effectiveness of their attacking actions in positional attack, increase the possibility of optimizing the process of sports training of national teams in handball of the highest achievements. The purpose of the study is to identify the degree of increasing the role of line players in the success of the attacking actions of sports teams participating in the World and European Handball Championships. Research methodology. The main research methods were: the study and analysis of special scientific and methodological literature, pedagogical observation, determining the effectiveness of attacking actions of highly qualified handball players, as well as methods of mathematical statistics. Results of the study. The article presents the results of the analysis of the weight-bearing characteristics of the line players of the national handball teams, the best teams in Europe and the world in recent years, positioned as models. The data of the average weight-bearing indicators of the players of this role at the 2021 World Cup and the European Championships in 2018 and 2022 are analyzed. A comparative analysis of the indicators of the model weight-bearing characteristics of line players of the best teams in Europe and the national team is carried out. team of Russia. The effectiveness of the game in the positional attack of linemen of the first twelve teams of the European Men's Championship 2022 is shown. On the example of the final games of the sports teams of Spain and Sweden, Denmark and France, as well as Russia and Germany of the European Championship among men's teams in 2022, the priority role of the game of line players in the attack is shown. The trends in the development of the world men's handball of the highest achievements for the near future are also predicted. Conclusion. The quantitative values of weight indicators revealed as a result of the study, as well as the effectiveness of attacking actions in the positional attack of the strongest line players, it is advisable to use when recruiting sports teams (men) for the World and European Handball Championships.