General trends in European men’s handball: a longitudinal study

Мітова

et al. 2020

ppcs

Purpose: an analysis of the competitive activity of men's club handball teams in the final tournament of the European Champions and Champions League Cup gives you the opportunity to determine the rating of the teams on the continent and the development tendencies of the game. Material: the best men's handball clubs from 52 national federations in Europe which competed in the qualifying tournament and the group stages of the draw and were the winners and prize winners of the European Champions and Champions League Cup of 1956/1957-2017/2018. A systematic review of the available qualitative literature was conducted according to Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic reviews. The “Web of Science”, “Physical Education Index (ProQuest)”, “Google Scholar” and “Scientific Periodicals Ukraine” databases were used in order to ensure, from an early stage, the scientific quality of the revised studies. The research was conducted based on ‘any field’ (e.g. title, abstract, text) and no restrictions were made regarding the language of publication. The terms used in the research were “teams scoring performance”, “elite handball”, “game location”, “players exclusions”, “home advantage”, “quality”, “opposition”, and “indicators”. The quality of the articles was assessed by a set of criteria developed by members of the Evidence for Policy and Practice Information and other specialists. The initial search found 132 journal articles; for a final list of 52 publications. Results: The article covers the organizational aspects of the competitive activity of men's handball clubs in Europe at the European Champions and Champions League tournaments from 1956 to 2018. The given analysis of the highest achievements of the leading handball clubs which are not only winners and prize winners, but also the countries that they represented. The winners and prize winners are marked both between teams of different countries and teams of one country. Conclusions: Achievements and rankings of the leading handball clubs in the international arena are the main components of preparing them for official competitions: new approaches to planning the preparation of players and teams for higher sports achievements and maximum realization of individual opportunities; the integration of the individual readiness of highly skilled handball players into leading handball clubs; to the important aspects of the new rules of the game, which are developed in the theory and implemented in practice; the main tendencies in the international and European handball that systematically develop and apply to a core of players as well as the next reserve.

Section: Discussionmentioning

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Section: Discussionmentioning

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Analysis and generalization of competitive activity results of handball clubs in the game development aspect

Мітова

et al. 2020

ppcs

Rev. int. cienc. deporte

“…This robust phenomenon was highlighted for the first time by Schwartz and Barsky (1977), and since that first formal study, it has been widely analyzed in different team and individual sports (Jamieson, 2010). For example, in team handball, many authors (Meletakos & Bayios, 2010;Pollard & Gómez, 2012;Strauß & Bierschwale, 2008) studied home advantage in different European countries and found results ranged from 57% to 72%. However, many studies (e.g., Gómez, LagoPeñas, Viaño, & González-Garcia 2014; Debanne & Laffaye, 2017;Pollard & Gómez, 2009) highlighted the fact that the quality of the opponent overcomes the home advantage (if the best ranked team plays at home against the last ranked team, the home team is expected to win, but as an effect of quality rather than an effect of location).…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Effects of game location, quality of opposition and players’ suspensions on performance in elite male handball. [Efecto según el lugar del partido, la calidad del adversario y de las exclusiones de los jugadores sobre las prestaciones del balonmano masculino de alto nivel].

Debanne¹

2018

Effects of game location, quality of opposition and players' exclusions on performance in elite male handball Efecto de la localización del partido, la calidad del adversario y las exclusiones de los jugadores sobre el rendimiento en balonmano masculino de alto nivel Thierry Debanne Université Paris-Est Créteil. France Based on the territoriality concept, the aim of this study was to investigate the influence of game location, quality of opposition, and players' exclusions on team performance (score differential). The sample consisted of 364 games (182 during each regular season 2014-2015 and 2015-16) from the French male professional league (LNH). In contrast to the territoriality theory, the results did not show that home teams were more sanctioned than visiting teams. Furthermore, using Analysis of Variance, the findings highlighted the fact that the quality of the opponent overcomes the home advantage effect and the existence of an interaction effect of [game location] x [quality of opposition] x [players'exclusions difference] on the score differential. Indeed, home teams with strong opposition perform better when they are more sanctioned (M = -2.26; SD = 3.53) than when they are less sanctioned (M = -4.9; SD = 4.69). Concerning visiting teams, faced with strong opposition, they perform better when they are less sanctioned (M = -2.8; SD = 4.5) than when they are more sanctioned (M = -5.4; SD =3.5) or when players' exclusions are balanced (M = -5.7; SD = 5.4); also, faced with balanced opposition they perform better when they are more sanctioned (M = 0.03; SD = 4.85) than when players' exclusions are balanced (M = -2.1; SD = 4.34). These results can contribute to a better understanding of the situational determining factors of elite handball performance, helping coaches to prepare their own team accordingly.Key Words: home advantage; territoriality; players' aggressiveness; performance analysis; situational variables; social modeling. AbstractCorrespondence/correspondencia: Thierry Debanne Université Paris-Est Créteil. France Email: thierry.debanne@u-pec.fr Este estudio se apoya sobre el concepto de territorialidad. Su objectivo es investigar la influencia del lugar del partido, de la calidad del adversario y de la exclusiones de los jugadores sobre el record. La muestra constituye 364 partidos (182 de cada una de las temporadas deportistas 2014-2015 y 2015-2016) de la Liga Francesa profesional del balonmano (LNH). Al contrario de las previsiones resultante de la teoria de la territorilidad, los resultados no han demostrado que los equipos jugando a domicilio eran más sancionados que los equipos visitantes. Sin embargo, utilizando el análisis de varianza, los resultados han demostrado sin duda alguna que la calidad del adversario tenía más efecto sobre el resultado final que el lugar del partido, y que existe un efecto de interacion ([lugar del partido] x (calidad del adversario) x (diferencia de la candidad de jugadores excluidos 2 minutos, entre los equipos)], sobre del tanteo. De hecho, los equipos de cas...

“…In addition, scored goals can provide useful information about the level of equality within the teams (i.e., competitive balance, close matches), the match periods in which the teams score more goals, and the effect of match location (home or away) in determining the result of the matches (i.e., home advantage). Meletakos and Bayios [24] performed a longitudinal study of the pattern of goals scored per match in seven major men's European national leagues (i.e., Denmark, France, Germany, Greece, Poland, Spain, and Sweden). The study covered seven con- showed an important overall increase in the total number of goals scored across the seasons.…”

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From a Static to a Dynamic Perspective in Handball Match Analysis: a Systematic Review

Bermejo¹,

Gómez²,

Sampaio³

2015

TOSSJ

Abstract:The aim of this study was to perform a systematic review of the scientific literature on handball match analysis and to identify potential research areas for future work. Data were collected from Web of Science, MEDLINE, SPORTDiscus, Scopus, EBSCO, and ProQuest databases. The initial search found 148 journal articles. Only the papers focused on handball match analysis regarding tactical and technical aspects were considered, for a final list of 25 publications. The complexity approach under which each considered publication was conducted was taken into account (i.e., static vs. dynamic). Therein, authors, main analysis, number of performance indicators under study, considered situational variables, statistics and/or analysis methods, type of competition, number of matches, and sex of participants were distinguished for classification purposes. Research on handball match analysis has evolved over the years, mainly due to the great technological advances. Studies conducted under the classical static complexity approach are the most extended. Studies performed under the relatively new dynamic complexity approach are growing. The present review identified the following main guidelines for future work on handball match analysis: conducting more studies focused on the defensive profile; analyzing handball national leagues and international club competitions; performing more studies in female handball; including game situational variables into the analysis (i.e., game type, match status, game location, quality of opposition, game period); incorporating critical events of the game into the analysis (e.g., team timeouts, exclusions); and, conducting further research from the promising dynamic complexity perspective.