Evaluating and predicting defensive skill performance in terms of some biokinetic abilities of futsal players

Abstract

The study aimed to identify the level of defensive skill performance, and some biokinetic abilities, of futsal players, and to identify the relationship between defensive skill performance, and some biokinetic abilities, of futsal players, as well as to develop predictive equations to estimate defensive skill performance in terms of some biokinetic abilities of futsal players. The researcher relied on the descriptive approach using survey studies to identify defensive skill performance and some biokinetic abilities among futsal players. The correlation method was also used to determine the strength and direction of the relationship between these variables, in addition to the predictive studies method to formulate mathematical equations that enable prediction of the level of defensive skill performance based on these variables. The research community consists of players from the national teams of universities and colleges of Babylon Governorate, governmental and private, for the academic year (2023-2024). Their number reached 75 players, representing five different universities. The researcher processed the results using the Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) twenty-fifth edition. Based on the results obtained by the current research and its interpretations, the researcher can draw several conclusions, the most important of which are: The increase in the values of strength characterized by speed, explosive ability of the legs, motor balance, and motor flexibility is accompanied by an increase in the values of defensive skill performance among futsal players. Defensive skill performance can also be predicted based on the estimated values of strength characterized by speed, explosive ability of the legs, motor balance, and motor flexibility among futsal players