Throwing performance by playing positions of male handball players during the European Championship 2020

Pueo, Basílio; Tortosa-Martínez, Juan; Chirosa, Luís Javier; Manchado, Carmen

doi:10.1111/sms.14100

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“…It is obvious that distance shooting abilities are the associated with the player's body size [5,10,23,24]. Increasing of speed of the game and development of defensive tactical and technical skills required to fulfill demands of making decision immediately, create a need of players able to perform fast, accurate and unpredictable for its opponents, especially on the play making position [19]. For the last few years, handball followers can marvel spectacular actions performed by the players with not very impressive body size who are to perform breakthrough actions rather than create distance shoot situation for themselves.…”

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Decreasing number of distance shooting in handball – trend of nowadays male handball competition

Smolarczyk

2023

Biomedical Human Kinetics

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Study aim The aim of this study was to analyze and compare performance data structure in two consecutive EHF Men's EURO competition in 2020 and 2022 in order to highline significance of differences in two-year cycle of European Championships. Material and methods Official game reported data of all 65 games of 24 teams participated in both tournaments was collected and analyzed in order to claim the tendencies in handball development. The data concerns number of attacks and shots regarding its context, on court location and efficiency, turnovers and goalkeeping efficiency. Mean Values (M), Standard Deviation (SD), minimal and maximal values (MIN, MAX) and percentage (%) were used in the analysis. The significance of differences related to the task was determined by the Mann-Whitney U Test. All the calculation and analysis were made using STATISTICA software. Results Significant decrease in the number of distance shots (9m) in EHF EURO 2022 in comparison to EHF EURO 2020 (−24.2%, p < 0.01) was revealed. The disparity within the performed actions of EHF EURO 2022 was found in greater number of shots taken from near distance center area (6 m Center) when compared to EHF EURO 2020 (+20%, p < 0.05). Higher number of breakthrough shots in 2022 than in 2020 (+19.6%) was noticed. Conclusions The analysis revealed changes developing in the characteristic of offensive structure, what should have impact on training routine in order to achieve high level of performance.

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Decreasing number of distance shooting in handball – trend of nowadays male handball competition

Smolarczyk

2023

Biomedical Human Kinetics

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“…It would be of interest to further expand this line of research by incorporating control variables within the actual competition setting. The utilization of micro-technology sensors [4][5][6] already enables the possibility of employing discriminant analysis to select players based on factors such as displacement speed, accelerations, and throwing speed, which are crucial indicators of performance. These variables could effectively discriminate between different levels of play, even when keeping anthropometric values constant, as demonstrated in this particular case.. More studies along these lines are needed to facilitate and clarify these talent selection processes, using the fewest number of variables.…”

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“…Handball is a high-intensity team sport, where explosive actions with high strength involvement, such as jumping, sprinting, throwing, and changing direction, are fundamental for sport performance [1][2][3][4][5][6]. Players must perform frequent periods of high-intensity activity with highly variable recoveries over time, combined with moments of low intensity [4,7,8].…”

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The Role of the Specific Strength Test in Handball Performance: Exploring Differences across Competitive Levels and Age Groups

Chirosa-Ríos,

Martínez-Marín

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The aim of this study was to determine if specific physical tests are sufficiently discriminant to differentiate players of similar anthropometric characteristics, but of different playing levels. Physical tests were conducted analyzing specific strength, throwing velocity, and running speed tests. Thirty-six male junior handball players (n = 36; age 19.7 ± 1.8 years; 185.6 ± 6.9 cm; 83.1 ± 10.3 kg; 10.6 ± 3.2 years of experience) from two different levels of competition participated in the study: NT = 18 were world top-level elite players, belonging to the Spanish junior men’s national team (National Team = NT) and A = 18 players of the same age and anthropometric conditions, who were selected from Spanish third league men’s teams (Amateur = A). The results showed significant differences (p < 0.05) between the two groups in all physical tests, except for two-step-test velocity and shoulder internal rotation. We conclude that a battery combining the Specific Performance Test and the Force Development Standing Test is useful in identifying talent and differentiating between elite and sub-elite players. The current findings suggest that running speed tests and throwing tests are essential in selecting players, regardless of age, sex, or type of competition. The results shed light on the factors that differentiate players of different levels and can help coaches in selecting players.

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“…The following variables were extracted from the positional data of players and ball tags for each throw event. The absolute throwing velocity and categorized in velocity zones C1 (< 17 m/s), C2 (17–22 m/s), C3 (22–28 m/s), and C4 (> 28 m/s) were computed [ 24 ]. These zones correspond to approximately < 60, 60–80, 80–100, and < 100 km/h, respectively.…”

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“…These zones correspond to approximately < 60, 60–80, 80–100, and < 100 km/h, respectively. The throwing position in the court was also categorized into eight zones within the court, [ 24 ]. In turn, these zones were also aggregated to account for the areas in which players perform throws to the goal as LW (1+2), LB (2+6), CB (3+7), RB (4+8), RW (4+5) and LP (2+3+4).…”

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On-court throwing activity of male handball players during the European Championship 2020

Pueo¹,

Tortosa-Martínez²,

Chirosa³

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The aim of this study was to investigate the on-court throwing activity in regards to playing positions, throwing zones on the court and throwing velocity category during the male European Championship 2020. A local positioning system with microsensors placed both in the shirts of the players and inside the ball itself was used. In total, 6568 throws were retrieved for analysis from the entire tournament. Results showed that first-line players (wings and line players) used their natural zone more to throw (65% left wing, 60% right wing, and 97% line player), showing higher effectiveness from there (p < 0.05). Second lines players distributed more of their throws (45% left back, 50% right back and 32% center back in their natural zones) giving priority to the throws in 6 m, where they showed higher effectiveness (p < 0.05), or between the lines. Considering all players, shots from nearby and intermediate areas corresponded to 83% of the shots showing higher efficiency (p < 0.05) than shots performed from the areas furthest from the goal (14.9%. from zones 6-7-8). Back players mainly performed the highest velocity throws (Category 4 > ~100 km/h) from these furthest areas. Throwing velocity and effectiveness by throwing zones and positions was not significantly modified over the three rounds of the tournament (p > 0.05), indicating no effect of possible fatigue. A higher team ranking was associated with higher throwing efficiency but only for wing players. The results of this research could help handball coaches to better adjust training programs for the improvement of throwing velocity and its transfer to the competition.

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Throwing performance by playing positions of male handball players during the European Championship 2020

Cited by 10 publications

References 41 publications

Decreasing number of distance shooting in handball – trend of nowadays male handball competition

Decreasing number of distance shooting in handball – trend of nowadays male handball competition

The Role of the Specific Strength Test in Handball Performance: Exploring Differences across Competitive Levels and Age Groups

On-court throwing activity of male handball players during the European Championship 2020

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