What is it about?
This study examines how a hybrid play-based teaching model—combining the ludotechnical approach with Teaching Games for Understanding—affects young handball players. It evaluates changes in their motivation, technical-tactical knowledge, and perceptions of the coach’s interpersonal style. The research also explores how coaches experienced the implementation process through qualitative interviews.
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Why is it important?
It shows that combining play-based learning with game-centered pedagogy can enhance young players’ motivation, understanding of the game, and overall learning experience. By analysing both players and coaches, the study provides evidence that hybrid models can create more engaging, autonomy-supportive environments—key elements for long-term participation, better skill transfer, and more effective youth development in sport.
Perspectives
Future studies should test this hybrid model across different age groups and competitive levels to determine its broader applicability. Adding performance indicators, in-game decision-making measures, and longitudinal designs would clarify how learning evolves over time. It would also be useful to explore how coaches can be trained to apply hybrid pedagogies more consistently, and how these methods interact with motivational climates in real training environments.
Manuel Gómez-López
University of Murcia
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This page is a summary of: Impacto del modelo ludocomprensivo en el estilo interpersonal del entrenador, la motivación y el aprendizaje del juego en jugadores de balonmano en etapa inicial, Sportis Scientific Journal of School Sport Physical Education and Psychomotricity, October 2025, Universidade da Coruna,
DOI: 10.17979/sportis.2025.11.4.11990.
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