Solution to the problem of deficiency of tall-growing center forwards in Russian handball teams of Superleague

The article is devoted to the search for ways to solve the urgent problem of the process of sports training of highly qualied athletes in Russian handball - the increase in the number of tall-growing players (190 сm and taller), acting as center forwards in club teams of Russian Super-league and successfully manifesting themselves in individual, group and team technical and tactical interactions in attack and defense.The purpose of the study is to analyze the current unfavorable situation in the preparation of highly qualified handball players of this deficient role and to develop recommendations, contributing to the improvement of a dificult situation emerged in the teams of a top handball division. It was determined that in order to complete this key attack position in the national team of Russia there is not enough players, and in the teams of the handball clubs of the Russian Superleague such athletes are very rare, they are almost absent in the youth national teams of the Russian Federation. Preservation of the existing alarming situation in the immediate future may cause a degradation of a game performance in attacks of the Russian national handball team. It is revealed that a similar situation has been observed since 2008. Over the past 12 years, no positive changes have been found in handball clubs in Russia in terms of training of tall-growing center forwards. The situation is also made worse by the fact that the age of center forwards of the Russian national team is approaching to critical, so in the near future there will be a problem of their replacement, which will be difficult to solve. It is noted that the determined training gap of tall-growing center forwards is one of the reasons for an expressionless game of the club Russian handball teams in the international arena and causes the development of recommendations for the solution of this problem.Keywords: handball development trends, center player training, men’s national team of Russia, handball clubs.