Constitutional demands for different playing positions in female team handball

Weber, Johanna; Wegner, Manfred

doi:10.1007/s12662-016-0412-5

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“…As the sport of handball has become more professional, the age at which maximal performance is reached has increased to around 27 years in men (Ghobadi et al, 2013) and 23 years in women (Weber and Wegner, 2016). Until adulthood, however, age still conditions players' kinanthropometric and conditioning abilities.…”

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Prediction of Handball Players' Performance on the Basis of Kinanthropometric Variables, Conditioning Abilities, and Handball Skills

Saavedra

Halldórsson

Þorgeirsson

et al. 2020

Journal of Human Kinetics

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Handball (team handball) is a multifactorial sport. The aims of this study were (i) to analyse anthropometric variables, conditioning abilities, and handball skills in club handball players according to age and sex, and (ii) to develop multivariate models explaining club handball performance from a multidimensional perspective. Two hundred and twenty six handball players (age 16.9 ± 4.0 years, 54% males) participated in the study. The players belonged to under-14, under-16, under-19, and A teams. They were evaluated with a battery of 18 tests covering kinanthropometry, conditioning abilities, and handball skills. A one-way ANOVA with a Bonferroni post-hoc test was used to investigate differences between teams, and a t-test for differences between the sexes. For each team, a discriminant analysis was performed to determine differences between performance levels. The results showed little differences between the U19 and A teams in any of the variables studied in either men or women, and that the lowest values corresponded to the U14 team. The differences according to sex were clear in the kinanthropometric and conditioning variables, but much less so in handball skills. The eight multivariate models that were constructed classified successfully from 48.5 to 100% of the sample using at most three variables (except for the women's A team whose model selected six variables). Conditioning variables were most discriminating in men, and handball skills in women. This would seem to reflect the different performance profiles.

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Prediction of Handball Players' Performance on the Basis of Kinanthropometric Variables, Conditioning Abilities, and Handball Skills

Saavedra

Halldórsson

Þorgeirsson

et al. 2020

Journal of Human Kinetics

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“…The specificity of each player's playing position can also be crucial to sporting achievement [20,21]. Female players in the pivot position are characterised by their high level of divisibility of attention, those in the centre position by their spatial orientation and divisibility of attention and those in the wing position by their complex reaction time, frequency of movement and simple reaction time [22].…”

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Characteristics of the level of psychomotor abilities of female handball players

Śliż

Przednówek

Kapuściński

et al. 2022

BMC Sports Sci Med Rehabil

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Background Handball is a high-intensity game, during which players run, change directions with or without the ball, interact with the opponent and make different decisions in both offensive and defensive actions. Players‘ performance may depend on a number of factors, including explosive force, power, speed and agility. Players‘ results may be significantly influenced by their, psychomotor abilities. This article presents an analysis of selected psychomotor abilities of female handball players at different level of competition. Methods Test2Drive computer tests were used. The following four tests were used to measure psychomotor abilities: the Simple Reaction Time Test (SIRT), the Choice Reaction Time Test (CHORT), the Hand-Eye Coordination Test and the Spatial Anticipation Test (SPANT). The study covered a group of 118 female handball players (average age 19.6 ± 3.16), playing in the PGNiG Polish Women’s Superliga, the Polish 1st Handball League and 2nd the Polish 2nd Handball League, in the playing positions: goalkeepers, centre players, pivot players and wing players. The study also included analyses of the players‘ body composition and aerobic capacity through the use of the multistage 20-m shuttle run test. In addition, the players‘ psychomotor abilities were analysed depending on the level of competition and playing position. Results The analysis of the reaction time and movement time showed statistically significant differences between the results obtained by the female handball players on different levels of competition. Moreover the female players from the Polish Women’s Superliga exhibited the fastest reaction times according to the SIRT, the CHORT and the SPANT. Additionally, on the basis of the linear Pearson correlation coefficient, a statistically significant relationship was determined between the players‘ psychomotor abilities (movement time in the SIRT, the CHORT and the SPANT) and elements of their body composition or aerobic capacity. Conclusions The analysis showed that the higher the level of competition (leagues), the shorter the female handball players‘ reaction times. The study also revealed that the players‘ body mass index and percentage of fat content reassociated with movement times, while their aerobic capacity (measured in the multistage 20-m shuttle run test) had a significant influence on their reaction times. This study shows that reaction time it’s one of ability which should be consider to develop in training of female handball players.

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“…According to the authors, the psychomotor abilities of the players may also be crucial to the effectiveness of the game. In studies of this scope, the response time of the players was referred to the results [20,21] or various aspects of the game [22,23,24,25,26,27,28,17], for example. The impact of the speed and response time on the final outcome of the match was addressed by Rata [22], Cicma [23] and Marković [24].…”

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“…Player reaction time was also related to positions on the court [26,27], seniority and experience [28], [29], as well as competition class (leagues) and the already mentioned motor abilities [17].…”

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Characteristics of the Level of Psychomotor Abilities of Female Handball Players

Śliż

Przednówek

Kapuściński

et al. 2021

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Background: The study presents an analysis of selected psychomotor abilities of female handball players at different levels of experience. Methods: Studies were performed using Test2Drive computer tests. The following four tests were used to measure psychomotor fitness: Simple Reaction Time, Choice Reaction Time, Hand-Eye Coordination and Spatial Anticipation. The study covered a group of 118 female handball players (age: 19.6 ± 3.16),who play in the PGNiG Polish Women’s Superliga, Polish 1st and 2nd handball league, for the following positions: goalkeepers, centre players, pivot players and wing players. The study also included the body composition analysis and the aerobic capacity level with the use of the multistage 20 metre shuttle run test. In addition, the level of psychomotor abilities of female handball players has been analysed depending on their competition class (league), position on the court and dominant hand. Results: The analysis of the reaction time and movement time showed statistically significant differences between the results (SIRT MT, CHORT RT,HECOR MT) obtained by the female handball players from different competition classes. Additionally, on the basis of the linear Pearson correlation were determined statistically significant relationship between psychomotor abilities and elements of body composition or the aerobic capacity level. Conclusions: The analysis showed that the female players from Polish Women’s Superliga had the highest level of reaction time (SIRT, CHORT and SPANT tests). The study also revealed a significant impact of the body mass index and the percentage of fat content on the movement time (SIRT, CHORT and SPANT tests). The aerobic capacity level (measured in the multistage 20 metre shuttle run test) had a significant influence on the reaction time.

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Constitutional demands for different playing positions in female team handball

Cited by 8 publications

References 18 publications

Prediction of Handball Players' Performance on the Basis of Kinanthropometric Variables, Conditioning Abilities, and Handball Skills

Prediction of Handball Players' Performance on the Basis of Kinanthropometric Variables, Conditioning Abilities, and Handball Skills

Characteristics of the level of psychomotor abilities of female handball players

Characteristics of the Level of Psychomotor Abilities of Female Handball Players

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