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Physical and physiological demands of elite team handball players

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  • Jose Carlos Barbero
  • Juan Granda-Vera
  • Julio Calleja-González
  • Juan Del Coso

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The aim of this study was to analyse physical and physiological demands of elite team handball players. Nineteen men from a professional handball team played a simulated 30-min match in an outdoor sport facility. Instantaneous speed during the games was assessed using GPS devices and the number of body-impacts above 5-g was measured by accelerometry. Individual heart rate was also measured by using heart rate monitors. Handball players covered 94.0±7.7 m/min during the simulated match with a mean of 82.5±4.7 % of maximal heart rate. The average speed of the wingmen was significantly higher than pivots, centres and backcourt players (102.5±1.8 vs. 94.4±4.6, 92.6±1.0 and 86.1±6.0 m/min, respectively; P<0.05). Running pace at sprint speed (e.g.,<18 km/h) was on average 2.4±2.3 m/min but it was significantly higher in wingmen than in the remaining playing positions (4.5±2.4 vs 0.5±0.1, 2.4±1.7 and 1.3±1.0 m/min, respectively; P<0.05). The overall number of body-impacts was 13.6±7.7 per min of game with pivots being the players that presented the highest values (17.2±5.7 impacts/min; P<0.05). Physical demands of elite handball are primarily related to high-intensity actions, impacts and rapid recovery during the game. The training of elite handball players should be specific to the exercise actions performed during the game.

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  • Jose Carlos Barbero & Juan Granda-Vera & Julio Calleja-González & Juan Del Coso, 2014. "Physical and physiological demands of elite team handball players," International Journal of Performance Analysis in Sport, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 14(3), pages 921-933, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:rpanxx:v:14:y:2014:i:3:p:921-933
    DOI: 10.1080/24748668.2014.11868768
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    1. Carmen Manchado & Basilio Pueo & Luis Javier Chirosa-Rios & Juan Tortosa-Martínez, 2021. "Time–Motion Analysis by Playing Positions of Male Handball Players during the European Championship 2020," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 18(6), pages 1-15, March.
    2. Souhail Hermassi & El Ghali Bouhafs & Nicola Luigi Bragazzi & Shiro Ichimura & Khaled E. Alsharji & Lawrence D. Hayes & René Schwesig, 2021. "Effects of Home Confinement on the Intensity of Physical Activity during the COVID-19 Outbreak in Team Handball According to Country, Gender, Competition Level, and Playing Position: A Worldwide Study," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 18(8), pages 1-21, April.
    3. Carlos García-Sánchez & Rafael Manuel Navarro & Claude Karcher & Alfonso de la Rubia, 2023. "Physical Demands during Official Competitions in Elite Handball: A Systematic Review," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 20(4), pages 1-30, February.

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