Prediction of High Ball Catching of Football Goalkeepers in Terms of Some Biokinematic Variables of Young Players Jabbar Hazwair Mohammed

Abstract

In soccer matches, there are many mechanical factors that affect how goalkeepers handle high balls. Everyone knows that the correct posture, the spacing of the feet, and the force used to reach the top of the pitch and catch the balls are all factors that affect how well you can handle high balls. 

Accordingly, the main objectives of the research were as follows:

• To find out the relationship between high ball catching of soccer goalkeepers and some biokinetic variables of young players.
• Knowing the percentage of the contribution of some biokinematic variables to the holding of high balls of goalkeepers in football for young players.
• Prediction of goalkeepers' high ball catching with a ball in terms of some biokinematic variables.

The researcher used the descriptive method of survey and the study of correlation relationships to achieve these goals. The research tools consisted of 48 football goalkeepers from Diwaniya governorate clubs, in addition to other data collection methods. After conducting a number of tests to confirm the reliability of the high ball catch test for football goalkeepers, the researcher began to work on the research. Using appropriate statistical methods, he was able to devise a predictive equation that could be used to predict the ability of goalkeepers to pick up the high ball, which in turn would be an indicator of some biokinematic variables. Ultimately, the researcher came to the following conclusion: there is a real and statistically significant relationship between high ball capture and some biokinematic variables.