Handball for Girls Aged 12–16: A Personalized, Game-Based and Safe Training System with the GATE-HB Coach Module

Citation: Daria Popsui, "Handball for Girls Aged 12–16: A Personalized, Game-Based and Safe Training System with the GATE-HB Coach Module", Universal Library of Innovative Research and Studies, Volume 01, Issue 02.

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Abstract

The present methodology constitutes a comprehensive, evidence-based system for preparing female handball players aged 12–16, devised to address the principal challenges inherent to this developmental window: an elevated injury risk, psycho-emotional vulnerability, and a high attrition rate from sport. The GATE-HB coach module, offered by the author, sits at the heart and reason for being of this methodology, placing the four pillars in sequential order within a hybrid training environment. The methodology works off of a game-based learning process (Game-Based Learning), include proactive safety through neuromuscular integrated training, load progression systematically applied, and addressing an environment that should ideally be positive psychosocial). The purpose is to provide an easy and flexible tool for weekly and monthly cycle planning maximizing technical/tactical skill development while maximizing intrinsic motivation and minimizing injury—the anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) involves most injuries—through the gatekeeping system requiring minimum documentation geared toward long-term commitment to healthy lifestyles by athletes.

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https://doi.org/10.70315/uloap.ulirs.2024.0102009