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Physical fitness and throwing speed in U13 versus U15 male handball players
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BMC Sports Science, Medicine and Rehabilitation
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1
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Fernández Fernández , J.; Granacher, U.; Martínez Martín, I.; García Tormo, J. V.; Herrero Molleda, A.; Barbado, D.; García López, J. (2022). Physical fitness and throwing speed in U13 versus U15 male handball players. BMC Sports Science, Medicine and Rehabilitation, 14
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BioMed Central
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2022
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[ES] Background: The aim of this study was to analyze the shoulder functional profile (rotation range of motion [ROM]
and strength), upper and lower body performance, and throwing speed of U13 versus U15 male handball players, and
to establish the relationship between these measures of physical fitness and throwing speed.
Methods: One‑hundred and nineteen young male handball players (under (U)‑13 (U13) [n = 85]) and U15 [n = 34])
volunteered to participate in this study. The participating athletes had a mean background of sytematic handball
training of 5.5 ± 2.8 years and they exercised on average 540 ± 10.1 min per week including sport‑specific team
handball training and strength and conditioning programs. Players were tested for passive shoulder range‑of‑
motion (ROM) for both internal (IR) and external rotation (ER) and isometric strength (i.e., IR and ER) of the dominant/
non‑dominant shoulders, overhead medicine ball throw (OMB), hip isometric abductor (ABD) and adductor (ADD)
strength, hip ROM, jumps (countermovement jump [CMJ] and triple leg‑hop [3H] for distance), linear sprint test,
modified 505 change‑of‑direction (COD) test and handball throwing speed (7 m [HT7] and 9 m [HT9]).
Results: U15 players outperformed U13 in upper (i.e., HT7 and HT9 speed, OMB, absolute IR and ER strength of the
dominant and non‑dominant sides; Cohen’s d: 0.76–2.13) and lower body (i.e., CMJ, 3H, 20‑m sprint and COD, hip ABD
and ADD; d: 0.70–2.33) performance measures. Regarding shoulder ROM outcomes, a lower IR ROM was found of
the dominant side in the U15 group compared to the U13 and a higher ER ROM on both sides in U15 (d: 0.76–1.04).
It seems that primarily anthropometric characteristics (i.e., body height, body mass) and upper body strength/power
(OMB distance) are the most important factors that explain the throw speed variance in male handball players, par‑
ticularly in U13.
Conclusions: Findings from this study imply that regular performance monitoring is important for performance
development and for minimizing injury risk of the shoulder in both age categories of young male handball players.
Besides measures of physical fitness, anthropometric data should be recorded because handball throwing perfor‑
mance is related to these measures.
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