In today’s elite handball, coaching staff seek to know as much possible about all the details of their sport gain an advantage by adapting model play or looking for opponent’s weak points. Therefore, aim this study was analyse which variables can influence success in each phase match with polar coordinates. Observational methodology used failure within nature handball means ad hoc observation i...

Abstract Beach handball athletes experience an overlap during their preparation phase for the beach and indoor season several weeks. This transition from playing on surface to a sand is crucial players’ performance levels both surfaces, but coaches alike are concerned about possible impairments when training while still indoors. Therefore, we aimed evaluate effects of specific in elite athletes...

BACKGROUND Although ankle sprains are frequent in football, little is known about their mechanisms. PURPOSE To describe the injury mechanisms for ankle injuries in male elite football. STUDY DESIGN Prospective cohort study. METHODS Videotapes and injury information were collected for 313 of 409 matches from Norwegian and Icelandic elite football during the 1999 to 2000 seasons. Video reco...

BACKGROUND In order to perform at top levels, elite athletes have to both protect and risk their health at the same time. Adolescent elite athletes have the additional challenge of coping with substantial physical, psychological and social transformations. The contradictory phenomenon of protecting and risking the adolescent athletes' health in sports challenges the development of health promot...

In sports, like team handball, fatigue has been associated with an increased risk of anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injury. While effects of fatigue on muscle function are commonly assessed during maximal isometric voluntary contraction (MVC), such measurements may not relate to the muscle function during match play. The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of muscle fatigue in...

The research aim at the following: constructing a Theoretical knowledge scale for excellent stage handball's player in Kurdistan-Iraq. In order to do that researcher used descriptive method with survey, research's society are handball Kurdistan-Iraq season (2020-2021) composed of (197) divided sample into two called( construction, and applied) sample, construction include (153) on other side ap...

The aim of the present study was to analyse load to which players were exposed and effort they invested in 4vs4 small-sided handball games in relation to various court dimensions. Eight male amateur handball players participated in three eight-minute 4vs4 (plus goalkeepers) small-sided handball games. The three court dimensions were 12×24 m, 30×15 m and 32×16 m. Using Global Positioning System ...