ARE THERE CONNECTIONS BETWEEN HANDEDNESS, COMPETITIVE RESULTS AND MOTIVATION IN WHEEL GYMNASTS?

Handedness is a performance-influencing factor in many competitive sports. In female team handball, psychological factors such as motivation have been connected to handedness. It should be researched whether this also the case wheel gymnastics and related performance or For purpose, 203 German gymnasts were studied. There are significant differences motivational aspects between of different handedness within straight line discipline. No found all-around. not enough cases competing spiral vault only. When comparing prevalence types general population those among gymnasts, no specific evaluation could conducted for male due too few cases, although it noted that all 13 participants right-handed. percentages left-handed ambidextrous population, evident there higher percentage ambidexters left-handers than population. correlations results when considering quintiles (e. g. r = 0.949 p ≤ 0.014 technical difficulty athletes). Our suggest might necessary consider comes individual coaching selection.