Levels of satisfaction and preferences handball players in technical and tactical actions by play category

The aims of this study are: a) know the level of satisfaction that the young handball player has to perform various technical and tactical actions, by play category; b) Meet the technical-tactical actions that the player prefers to perform during games and trainings, by play category; c) find out how much like to play offense and defense to the handball players, by play category; d) Analyze the type of action play they prefer shares by play category; e) know the numbers game situations preferred in each play category. For that purpose a selective study was developed in U-14 and U-16 categories, both male and female, who participated in the Championship of Spain Handball by territorial selections in 2012. We used like instrument “Preferences and Satisfaction Questionnaire in handball players”. The most significant results showed that: a) the action that players most like to execute is the shot, both U14 and U16; b) players prefer to be on offense than defense; c) players perceive that they like their coaches is to defend; d) certain defensive actions receive a high score in terms of preference, this may be due to perception players have about what it is they like their coaches; e) U16 prefer to use more complex actions against U12 who prefer more simple actions. These data may be used to facilitate the teaching-learning process of young players and achieve greater satisfaction in practice