THE PROPOSAL OF NEW GRADING SYSTEM OF GOALKEEPER'S EFFICIENCY IN HANDBALL

The goal of this research was to establish new system of grading the efficiency of goalkeepers based on their saves from the different positions of scoring goals. The data from 175 games from last four handball European championships for men were the bases for calculating coefficient of significance for each individual save. Special methodology based on calculating parameters gained from the final statistics was used for calculating coefficient. Each game was observed by official and trained statisticians of EHF, and six variables were observed for situational efficiency of goalkeepers: 6m save (O6M), 7m save (O7M), 9m save (O9M), wing save (OKR), fastbreak save (OKN) and breakthrough save (OPR). At the end, the results of goalkeeper's efficiency were compared combining previous methods with the proposed new method. This model of grading should contribute a lot in tactical preparation of goalkeepers for the game, and in more precisely differentiate the quality of each goalkeeper, and evaluate the total efficiency at the end of the game.