Vol. 5, Issue 2, Part B (2023)

The importance of the research was to prepare a set of skill exercises according to the preference of sensory modeling for some individual defensive skills in the handball game, as well as to identify the effect of skill exercises according to the preference of sensory modeling in learning some individual defensive skills in the handball game. Through the researchers’ observations of the matches and their experience as former players and coaches, they noticed a decline in the level of performance of defensive skills, especially individual ones during matches, and even some training units were lacking some defensive exercises. The ability to maintain the same defensive efficiency during the match, which prompted the researcher to delve into solving one of the problems that hinder the progress of Iraqi handball through the use of skill exercises according to sensory modeling to develop some individual defensive skills in the handball game.

While the most important conclusions were that the skill exercises used were effective in improving the skill side of the three mixed experimental groups (audio, visual and sensory) for young handball players. Also, the model's presentation of the skills greatly contributed to the learning of the visual group because the learner's vision of the skill helps him to know the movement path and the correct sense of the skill. The practical application of motor performance is one of the best educational tools used when teaching any motor skill to young players in handball.