Our hypothesis was that the addition of an 8-week lower limb plyometric training program (hurdle and depth jumping) to normal in-season conditioning would enhance measures of competitive potential (peak power output [PP], jump force, jump height and sprint running velocity) in professional handball players. The subjects (age 23 ± 0.7 years, body mass 88.5 ± 4.7 kg, height 1.86± 0.06 m, body fat...

medicina fluminensis 2013, Vol. 49, No. 1, p. 98-105 98 Abstract. Aim: Authors present a misdiagnosed case of proximal tibial stress fracture emphasizing diagnostical and treatment methods. Case report: A 27-year-old international top-level handball player, presented to us with a stress fracture of the right proximal anterior tibia in connection with repetitive and excessive stress to lower leg...

This study examined the distance covered and physiological effects of altering the number of players during small-sided games (SSG) in team handball. Twelve professional female handball players [24.6±3.7 years, 172±6.2 cm, 68.2 ± 9.9kg, 22.7 ± 2 kg/m2] participated in this study. The SSG were played, first with five on each side (SSG 5), then four (SSG 4), then three (SSG 3). Each game was four...

The problem of the research includes process learning to perform formations individual and grouping fast break stages which is one important topics in handball, especially for students college Physical Education Sports Sciences third stage, it difficult tasks that suffer from, as tactical exercises with mostly teamwork. objectives include preparing designing hypermedia handball students, well i...

In team games, due to the great number of stimuli, perceptive skills have a cardinal significance, especially in players' anticipation and decisionmaking processes. The aim of this study was to compare peripheral perception of handball players (n=16) and nonathletes (n=16) of the same age. A comparative analysis involves abilities connected with general visual functions such as the field of vis...

1 The organization of the knowledge structure of the back/pivot relationship in handball was 2 examined in regards to the status of participant (player or trainer) and the position of players 3 (back or pivot). Seven expert trainers and 20 professional players performed a similarity 4 judgment task including 30 concepts within 4 main categories: defensive modalities, back’s 5 game, pivot’s game...

Clinical experience indicates that a substantial number of handball players may suffer from shoulder pain, but they continue to play despite having shoulder pain problems. The aim of this study was to evaluate the prevalence and consequences of shoulder pain problems among Norwegian female elite handball players. In the preseason of the 2007-2008 season, 179 players from all 12 teams of the Nor...