Specific exercises to structure the counterattack in handball for the Cuban women's national team

Abstract

As the culmination of studies in the High-Performance Handball Specialization, this research aims to structure the counterattack in the Cuban Women's National Handball Team, given its international importance. Based on deficiencies identified during observations of the 2017 Caribbean Cup and the 2021 Cali Pan American Youth Games, the objective is to propose position-specific exercises to structure the team's counterattack. To diagnose the team's current state of the counterattack, methods such as scientific observation, interviews, and surveys were used. Brainstorming was employed to gather the coaches' key ideas for developing the exercises that fulfill the objective. Through expert evaluation, positive results were obtained, with the proposal being deemed necessary, relevant, and innovative in its approach to tactical preparation for the counterattack, distributed across different positions to structure it within the women's national team and achieve improved results.