Differences in throwing capacity between senior and U-18 men handball players

The purpose of this investigation was to analyze the differences in general and specific throwing capacity of handball players as a function of the age category. Differences between throwing velocity to goal without and with opposition have also been addressed. Ninety four handball senior and U-18 players were assessed in four different situations of throwing: 1) heavy medicine ball throw, 2) light medicine ball throw, 3) throwing velocity without opposition and 4) throwing velocity with opposition. Senior players were found to perform far better than the U-18 players in all four throwing situations (p<0.001; t1=6.958; t2=8.244; t3=8.059; t4=5.399; df=92).Throwing velocity was higher without than with opposition for both groups; the throwing velocity of the senior group was 7.79% lower (p<0.01; t=8.317; df=47) when there was opposition, whereas U-18 players’ velocity lowered by 6.03% (p<0.01; t=4.469; df=45). The results suggest that age can be a determining factor in handball players’ throwing capacity, both general and specific. Likewise, the presence and interference of a goalkeeper appears to affect throwing velocity in a negative way, especially in senior player

Domain-specific and unspecific reaction times in experienced team handball goalkeepers and novices

In our everyday environments, we are constantly having to adapt our behavior to changing conditions. Hence, processing information is a fundamental cognitive activity, especially the linking together of perceptual and action processes. In this context, expertise research in the sport domain has concentrated on arguing that superior processing performance is driven by an advantage to be found in anticipatory processes (see Williams et al., 2011, for a review). This has resulted in less attention being paid to the benefits coming from basic internal perceptual-motor processing. In general, research on reaction time (RT) indicates that practicing a RT task leads to an increase in processing speed (Mowbray and Rhoades, 1959; Rabbitt and Banerji, 1989). Against this background, the present study examined whether the speed of internal processing is dependent on or independent from domain-specific motor expertise in unpredictable stimulus–response tasks and in a double stimulus–response paradigm. Thirty male participants (15 team handball goalkeepers and 15 novices) performed domain-unspecific simple or choice stimulus–response (CSR) tasks as well as CSR tasks that were domain-specific only for goalkeepers. As expected, results showed significantly faster RTs for goalkeepers on domain-specific tasks, whereas novices’ RTs were more frequently excessively long. However, differences between groups in the double stimulus-response paradigm were not significant. It is concluded that the reported expertise advantage might be due to recalling stored perceptual-motor representations for the domain-specific tasks, implying that experience with (practice of) a motor task explicitly enhances the internal processing of other related domain-specific tasks

Spartan Daily, December 5, 2003

Volume 121, Issue 66https://scholarworks.sjsu.edu/spartandaily/9932/thumbnail.jp

PERBANDINGAN TINGKAT DISIPLIN SISWA YANG MENGIKUTI EKSTRAKURIKULER BOLA TANGAN DAN KARATE DALAM PELAJARAN PENJAS DI SMAN 24 BANDUNG

This study aims to know whether there are differences in the level of student’s discipline between student who takes extracurricular Handball and Karate in Physical Education lesson at SMAN 24 Bandung. The method was used descriptive comparative research methods, purposive sampling research design. The population is the students of SMAN 24 Bandung who takes extracurricular of Handball and Karate a number of 30 students, while the 15 sample students from each extracurricular of Handball and Karate who was takes those extracurricular more than a years. A questionnaire using Likert scale was used as instrument in this study. The results of test of the level of discipline from the extracurricular of Handball and Karate obtained, score of Handball 2520 from maximal score 3150 or 80%. And score of Karate 2678 from maximal score 3150 or 85%. The conclusion is that there are the differences in the level of student’s discipline who takes extracurricular of Handball and Karate in Physical Education lesson at SMAN 24 Bandung. In an indicator of students who takes extracurricular of Karate have higher level of discipline than students who takes extracurricular of Handball

Management Training in the Sport of Basketball, Handball, Volleyball and Tennis

Use management as applied science in sports, creates opportunities for rationalization and systematization of sports activity, based on knowledge and applicability of laws and principles that control the dynamics of phenomena. Inefficient management of Romanian sport has led to a slow adaptation to new socio-economic conditions in sport requires new guidelines. The transition period requires a cultural change in the wider professional communities, based on a system of values in the application of methods, techniques and management tools to increase efficiency at the organizational level. In Romania, the development of managerial capacity is necessary for themselves, both among managers and among non-managers as a major socio-cultural problem that requires concerted action.management, sports, competition, private sports club.

Performance Factors in Women's Team Handball: Physical and Physiological Aspects—A Review

Team handball is an Olympic sport played professionally in many European countries. Nevertheless, a scientific knowledge regarding women's elite team handball demands is limited. Thus, the purpose of this article was to review a series of studies (n = 33) on physical characteristics, physiological attributes, physical attributes, throwing velocity, and on-court performances of women's team handball players. Such empirical and practical information is essential to design and implement successful short-term and long-term training programs for women's team handball players. Our review revealed that (a) players that have a higher skill level are taller and have a higher fat-free mass; (b) players who are more aerobically resistant are at an advantage in international level women team handball; (c) strength and power exercises should be emphasized in conditioning programs, because they are associated with both sprint performance and throwing velocity; (d) speed drills should also be implemented in conditioning programs but after a decrease in physical training volume; (e) a time-motion analysis is an effective method of quantifying the demands of team handball and provides a conceptual framework for the specific physical preparation of players. According to our results, there are only few studies on on-court performance and time-motion analysis for women's team handball players, especially concerning acceleration profiles. More studies are needed to examine the effectiveness of different training programs of women's team handball players' physiological and physical attributes

A multidisciplinary approach of success in team-handball

The aims of this study were: (i) to describe and compare morphologic, physiological, specific-skills and psychological attributes of team-handball players from two teams with different performances, and (ii) to identify the variables that differentiated between the successful and less-successful team-handball players. Thirty-four (age 23.4 ± 4.7 years; stature, 182 ± 6.3 cm; body mass 85.4 ± 11.4 kg) professional male adult team-handball players were studied. Eighteen athletes (age 23.0 ± 3.8 years) were classified as successful, and sixteen athletes (age 23.8 ± 5.5 years) were classified as less-successful. Each participant was measured according to four categories of variables, i.e. morphologic (proportionality, somatotype and body composition), physiological, handball-specific skills (technical skills and game intelligence profile) and psychological profiles. Each set of data was analyzed using MANOVA (for which success was the between participant variable), ANOVA and a discriminant function analysis (Stepwise method). Finally the selected measures were analyzed together (a multidisciplinary approach) using a discriminant function analysis (Stepwise method) to determine which combination of measures best discriminated between the two groups of success. The results showed that: (1) the two groups presented significant results for 10 of 77 variables; (2) six measures (30-m sprint, standing vertical jump, right handgrip, sit-ups, stature and ability to vary their actions) appear to be the strongest predictors of success in team-handball (Successful = −1.827; Less-successful = 2.055; ¿ = 0.200, χ2(6) = 46.603, P < 0.001). The chosen variables are representative of three different categories (morphologic, physiological and team-handball-specific skills) showing that the study of modern team-handball requires a multidisciplinary approach

Inter-rater reliability and validity of the Australian Football League\u27s kicking and handball tests

Talent identification tests used at the Australian Football League’s National Draft Combine assess the capacities of athletes to compete at a professional level. Tests created for the National Draft Combine are also commonly used for talent identification and athlete development in development pathways. The skills tests created by the Australian Football League required players to either handball (striking the ball with the hand) or kick to a series of 6 randomly generated targets. Assessors subjectively rate each skill execution giving a 0-5 score for each disposal. This study aimed to investigate the inter-rater reliability and validity of the skills tests at an adolescent sub-elite level. Male Australian footballers were recruited from sub-elite adolescent teams (n=121, age=15.7 ± 0.3 years, height=1.77 ± 0.07 m, mass=69.17 ± 8.08 kg). The coaches (n=7) of each team were also recruited. Inter-rater reliability was assessed using Inter-class correlations (ICC) and Limits of Agreement analysis. Both the kicking (ICC=0.96, P\u3c0.01) and handball tests (ICC=0.89, P\u3c0.01) demonstrated strong reliability and acceptable levels of absolute agreement. Content validity was determined by examining test scores sensitivity to laterality and distance. Concurrent validity was assessed by comparing coaches’ perceptions of skill to actual test outcomes. Multivariate analysis of variance (MANOVA) examined the main effect of laterality, with scores on the dominant hand (P=0.04) and foot (P\u3c0.01) significantly higher compared to the non-dominant side. Follow-up univariate analysis showing significant differences at every distance in the kicking test. A poor correlation was found between coaches’ perceptions of skill and testing outcomes. The results of this study demonstrate both skill tests demonstrate acceptable inter-rater reliable. Partial content validity was confirmed for the kicking test, however further research is required to confirm validity of the handball test