NATIONAL (CON)FEDERATIONS GUIDELINES FOR THE HANDBALL COACHES DEVELOPMENT IN THE LONG-TERM PERSPCTIVE

Abstract

This study aimed at identifying and comparing handball coaches’ development guidelines in countries that got significant results in the international background in the last few years. It’s a documental research performed between december 2020 and january 2021. The data was collected from the official websites of the respective national (con)federations using an instrument designed by the authors. It was analyzed through thematic analysis. The findings denote the engagement of the (con)federations in the coaches’ development, which presented standardized and hierarchical characteristics, providing different levels of coaches for each of the related fields of handball.