1University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Sport, Ljubljana, Slovenia
DIFFERENCES IN ACYCLICAL ACTIVITIES OF HANDBALL PLAYERS IN DIFFERENT PLAYING POSITIONS
DIFFERENCES IN ACYCLICAL ACTIVITIES OF HANDBALL PLAYERS IN DIFFERENT PLAYING POSITIONS
Sport Mont 2008, VI(15-16-17), 759-764
The aim of the research was to analyse the differences between the acyclical activities of players in different playing positions during the attacking phase of game of
handball. In particular, the differences between the selected acyclical variables in the
first and the second half of the game as well as in the whole match were observed. Sample
of measured subjects included 72 senior male handball players (average age 23.1 ± 4.2 yrs; average height 189 ± 7.2 cm; average body mass 86.3 ± 6.8 kg) and was divided in to six sub-samples according to their playing position. Sample of variables
included seven most frequent acyclical activities in the phase of attack. Data collection of acyclical activities of observed players based on the Softory match system (Silkebork, Denmark). Collected data were analysed with the use of selected descriptive statistical methods. Multivariate analysis of variance was used to calculate the differences between
the acyclical activities of players in different attacking positions. Statistically significant differences between the groups of players in different playing positions were found for average frequencies of acyclical variables. Differences between the acyclical activities
of back players are quite small, compared to relatively large differences between the activities of wing players and pivots. Analysis of the frequency of acyclical activities in the first and second half of the match also revealed statistically significant differences.
Results show that the frequency of most of ten acyclical activities in the phase of attack depends on the playing position and different intervals of the game. N/A
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