A battery of 26 anthropomotor and 15 situational handball tests were used in a sample
of 155 girls aged 13 years, attending Split handball school for 4 years, for taxonomization
and determination of relations among the areas analyzed. Figures were analyzed
by taxonomic analysis using the model of polar types and canonic correlation
analysis. Five types that basically corresponded to the positions in the team were identified
in the anthropomotor area: universal player, wing player, outside player, middle
outside player and circular player. Situation-related types showed three ways of presenting
specific handball activity defined by the level of complexity of realization of specific
tasks: specific handball efficacy, specific hand coordination, and movement with
changes of direction. Two types of integrating attitudes, i.e. two ways of solving complex
tasks, were established by canonic relations between the anthropomotor and situational
types. According to the first, the energy articulated as dynamic mass is used for the purpose
of achieving general handball goals, and it is typical for all-round players and outside
shooters. According to the other one, different kinds of movements are used to
achieve the goals in handball, typical for wing players and middle outside attack players,
characterized by regulation of direction changes and handling the ball
