Anthropometric and physical performance characteristics of top-elite, elite and non-elite youth female team handball players

Moss, Samantha; McWhannell, Nicola; Michalsik, Lars Bojsen; Twist, Craig

doi:10.1080/02640414.2015.1012099

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“…As the sport-specific skill of throwing or shooting a ball involves the transfer of forces via a kinetic chain, those junior ball players with increased muscle mass may be able to deliver a handball at higher velocities. However, these findings should be interpreted with caution, as the summary conclusion includes relationships from only one study [63].…”

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“…Of the 41 studies included in the review, only one study was interventional in design [54], with the remaining observational in nature. Research in handball [54][55][56][57][58][59][60][61][62][63][64][65][66][67][68] was the most frequently included teambased, ball sport followed by volleyball [69][70][71][72][73][74][75][76][77][78][79][80]. Other sports investigated included soccer [81][82][83][84][85][86], basketball [87][88][89][90], netball [91,92], lacrosse [93], and softball [94].…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Seven (17%) studies were considered to have high ROB. Noteworthy limitations amongst the studies included the following: participants were not representative of the entire population from which they were recruited, no adequate adjustment for confounding variables, and only three studies demonstrated adequate power analysis for their study sample [62,63,92]. There was also a limited number of studies reporting actual probability values for the main outcomes.…”

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“…Thirteen (81%) studies focused on handball throwing skills [54,55,[57][58][59][60][62][63][64][65][66][67][68], with the remaining three studies investigating softball [94], lacrosse [93], and netball [91] throwing/shooting (hand-based) technical skills, respectively. Thirteen (81%) studies examined throwing velocity [54, 57-60, 63-68, 93, 94], four (25%) studies measured throwing/shooting (hand-based) accuracy or precision [55,57,91,93], and two (13%) studies used throwing jump height to examine sport-specific technical skill [62,68].…”

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The Relationship Between Physical Fitness Qualities and Sport-Specific Technical Skills in Female, Team-Based Ball Players: A Systematic Review

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Background: Understanding the relationships between physical fitness attributes and sport-specific technical skills may assist with the establishment of beneficial training interventions. The aim of this systematic review was to determine if physical fitness qualities were associated with performance of sport-specific technical skills in female, team-based ball players. Methods: Five databases (MEDLINE, EMBASE, SPORTDiscus, ProQuest, and Scopus) were searched for relevant studies up to April 15, 2019. Full-text articles investigating relationships between physical fitness and sport-specific technical skills in female, team-based ball players were included. Methodological quality of included studies was appraised using a modified Downs and Black checklist. Data synthesis was conducted to determine the summary of evidence based on the number of significantly associated relationships divided by the total relationships assessed. An individual relationship was defined as a reported result examining the association between a single physical fitness variable and a single sport-specific technical skill.Results: Data synthesis of grouped female ball players from 41 included studies revealed three clear associations: (i) body composition and defensive technical skills (19/29; 66%), (ii) agility and movement with a ball (4/6; 67%), and (iii) coordination and movement with a ball (3/5; 60%). An uncertain association exists between cardiorespiratory fitness and defensive technical skills (2/5; 40%). No association or an unknown conclusion (< 5 relationships reported) exists between all remaining physical fitness attributes and sport-specific technical skills. Sub-analyses revealed clear associations between body composition and throwing/shooting (using hands) in junior ball players (15/15; 100%) and with movement with a ball in elite (6/9; 67%) and senior (6/6; 100%) ball players. Three uncertain associations were found between offensive technical skills and agility in elite ball players (3/8; 38%), and with speed in elite (6/14; 43%) and junior (7/18; 39%) female ball players.Conclusion: There is limited evidence available to demonstrate relationships between physical fitness qualities and sport-specific technical skills in female, team-based ball players. This lack of association is possibly due to reductionist methods in available literature and a lack of research in female ball players globally.Registration: CRD42017065339 (PROSPERO on 12 May 2017).

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Section: Study Characteristicsmentioning

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Section: Study Characteristicsmentioning

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Section: Throwing and Shooting (Hand-based) Sport-specific Technical mentioning

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“…There are also few reports on ball velocities in handball throws in adolescent players. Even though one study has reported an average throwing velocity as high as 108 km/h in adolescent male players, most studies have reported that adolescent male players' throws involve a ball speed between 72-86 km/h (15)(16)(17)(18) and female players between 65-83 km/h (19,20).…”

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Preseason Clinical Shoulder Test Results and Shoulder Injury Rate in Adolescent Elite Handball Players: A Prospective Study

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Objective To investigate whether adolescent elite female and male handball players with shoulder muscle weakness, deficits in shoulder rotation range of motion (ROM) or in joint position sense (JPS), or scapular dyskinesis in the preseason had a higher rate of new shoulder injuries compared to players without these characteristics. Design Prospective cohort study. Methods We studied 344 uninjured players (452 player-seasons, 50% female). We measured their shoulder strength in isometric external rotation (IER), isometric internal rotation (IIR), isometric abduction, and eccentric external rotation, as well as their shoulder ROM, JPS, and scapular dyskinesis, during the preseason. Players were monitored weekly regarding match and training hours and shoulder injuries during 1 or 2 seasons. We used multivariable Cox proportional hazard models to calculate hazard rate ratios related to the first injury and 95% confidence intervals (CIs). Results During 2 seasons, the participants reported 48 new shoulder injuries. In female players, the hazard rate ratio was 2.37 (95% CI: 1.03, 5.44) for IER weakness and 2.44 (95% CI: 1.06, 5.61) for IIR weakness. The hazard rate ratio was 0.85 (95% CI: 0.39, 1.83) for an IER/IIR ratio of less than 0.75 and 1.53 (95% CI: 0.36, 6.52) for scapular dyskinesis. In male players, the hazard rate ratio was 1.02 (95% CI: 0.44, 2.36) for IER weakness, 0.74 (95% CI: 0.31, 1.75) for IIR weakness, 2.0 (95% CI: 0.68, 5.92) for an IER/IIR ratio of less than 0.75, and 3.43 (95% CI: 1.49, 7.92) for scapular dyskinesis. There were no associations between new shoulder injuries and deficits in ROM or JPS. Conclusion In adolescent elite handball, male players with preseason scapular dyskinesis and female players with preseason IIR or IER shoulder weakness had an increased shoulder injury rate. J Orthop Sports Phys Ther 2020;50(2):67–74. Epub 27 Nov 2019. doi:10.2519/jospt.2020.9044

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On‐court game‐based testing in world‐class, top‐elite, and elite adult female team handball players

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This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs License, which permits use and distribution in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited, the use is non-commercial and no modifications or adaptations are made. AbstractThe on-court physical performance knowledge of adult female world-class players in team handball is lacking, especially when testing specific physical performance oncourt under similar conditions as in competition. Consequently, the aims of the study were to analyze team handball on-court physical performance in elite, top-elite, and world-class female team handball players by using team handball specific testing.Ten elite, eleven top-elite, and eleven world-class adult female players performed a team handball game-based performance test. We measured oxygen uptake, heart rate, blood lactate concentration, ball velocity, and jump height in the jump shots as well as running time (in offense, defense, fast break, and retreat). Significant differences were found in peak oxygen uptake, heart rate, ball velocity, defense, offense, and fast-break time between world-class, top-elite, and elite players. During breaks, between the high-intensity movements in the game-based performance test, a worldclass player had greater increase in oxygen uptake compared with an elite player. The results of the present study clearly indicated the importance of specific agility both in offense and defense, in throwing velocity in the jump shot as well as in aerobic performance to become a world-class adult female team handball player. K E Y W O R D Sagility, ball velocity, blood lactate, jumping height, oxygen uptake How to cite this article: Wagner H, Fuchs P, Michalsik LB. On-court game-based testing in world-class, top-elite, and elite adult female team handball players.

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Anthropometric and physical performance characteristics of top-elite, elite and non-elite youth female team handball players

Cited by 74 publications

References 26 publications

The Relationship Between Physical Fitness Qualities and Sport-Specific Technical Skills in Female, Team-Based Ball Players: A Systematic Review

The Relationship Between Physical Fitness Qualities and Sport-Specific Technical Skills in Female, Team-Based Ball Players: A Systematic Review

Preseason Clinical Shoulder Test Results and Shoulder Injury Rate in Adolescent Elite Handball Players: A Prospective Study

On‐court game‐based testing in world‐class, top‐elite, and elite adult female team handball players

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