Morphological and Physical Performance-Related Characteristics of Elite Male Handball Players: The Influence of Age and Playing Position

Result code in IS VaVaI

<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F00216224%3A14510%2F22%3A00127467" target="_blank" >RIV/00216224:14510/22:00127467 - isvavai.cz</a>

Result on the web

<a href="https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/12/23/11894" target="_blank" >https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/12/23/11894</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/app122311894" target="_blank" >10.3390/app122311894</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Morphological and Physical Performance-Related Characteristics of Elite Male Handball Players: The Influence of Age and Playing Position

Original language description

The aim of the present study was to describe the morphological and performance characteristics of elite handball players using data collected over the last two decades within the talent evaluation program of the Slovenian Handball Federation. A total of 1066 elite male handball players selected for one of the Slovenian national teams (U17, U19, U21 or senior) were recruited. The data were collected from 2007/8 to the 2021/22 season. The main effects were observed for: body height, body weight, and body mass index (BMI). The muscle mass percentage differed only between different age categories (p = 0.003; η2 = 0.015), while the fat mass percentage (FM%) differed between playing positions (p &lt; 0.001; η2 = 0.107). Post-hoc comparisons showed that, within senior handball players, pivot players were 6.46 cm (p = 0.009) taller than wing players and heavier than goalkeepers (12.43 kg, p = 0.004), backcourts (13.30 kg, p &lt; 0.001) and wings (17.83 kg, p &lt; 0.001). Moreover, pivots had a greater BMI than goalkeepers (2.3 kg/m2, p = 0.003), backcourts (2.62 kg/m2, p &lt; 0.001), and wings (3.07 kg/m2, p &lt; 0.001), while FM% was significantly higher in pivots compared to wings (4.32%, p = 0.010). Taking into consideration playing positions and age, the main effects were also observed for squat jump height, countermovement jump height, end-running speed, and VO2max (all p &lt; 0.001; η2 = 0.017 to 0.091). Both morphological and performance characteristics clearly differ across playing positions and age categories, which should be a valuable guide for coaches to develop position-specific talent identification programs and training plans.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_imp - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

30306 - Sport and fitness sciences

Project

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Continuities

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year

2022

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Applied Sciences

ISSN

2076-3417

e-ISSN

2076-3417

Volume of the periodical

12

Issue of the periodical within the volume

23

Country of publishing house

CH - SWITZERLAND

Number of pages

12

Pages from-to

1-12

UT code for WoS article

000895199400001

EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-85143690583