Investigation of the effect of flexibility and balance levels of goalball players on shooting accuracy performance

The aim of the study is to examine the effect of flexibility and balance levels of goalball players on shooting accuracy performance. Twelve goalball players from B1 and B2 visually impaired categories, who were 28.33 ± 7.85 years old on average, who had been in the field of goalball for an average of 12.92 ± 3.55 months, were included in the study voluntarily. In the study, shoulder external and internal rotation, hip abduction flexibility tests, Y Balance tests, shooting accuracy tests were applied to the participants. Skewness and Kurtosis normality tests, descriptive statistics, Pearson correlation analysis were used in the analysis of the data. In the findings of the study, the average percentage of shooting accuracy of the participants was found to be 28.06 ± 9.58. As a result of the correlation analysis, no significant relationship was found between shooting accuracy and balance, shoulder and hip flexibility (p>0.05). As a result, the goalball players participating in the study have internal rotation flexibility losses. In addition, balance and flexibility in goalball do not directly affect shooting accuracy. Keywords: Visually impaired, Goalball, Balance, Performance, Strength