Various approaches to coordination training in handball players at the stage of sports specialization

Aim. The study aims to identify effective ways to improve coordination in 11 to 13-year-old female handball players at the stage of sports specialization. Materials and methods. The study was carried out in the preparatory period of a one-year training cycle and involved 11 to 13-year-old female handball players at the stage of sports specialization. Two groups of 20 each were formed to test the proposed methods of coordination training. Changes in coordination abilities were identified with special tests. Results. The results of this study show that coordination training is essential for 11 to 13-year-old female handball players. Targeted development of coordination abilities resulted in better performance in the snake run test (22 and 4% in the experimental and control groups, respectively). Throwing accuracy increased to 50 and 10% in the experimental and control groups, respectively. Conclusion. Both approaches to coordination training proved to be effective during our pedagogical experiment, either a differentiated or targeted development of coordination abilities, with a significant advantage of the differentiated approach over the targeted one.