Determinant Factors for Throwing in Competition in Male Elite Handball

Jaime Tuquet, Demetrio Lozano, Antonio Antunez, Juan Larroy and Elena Mainer-Pardos
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Jaime Tuquet: Health Sciences Faculty, Universidad San Jorge, 50830 Zaragoza, Spain
Demetrio Lozano: Health Sciences Faculty, Universidad San Jorge, 50830 Zaragoza, Spain
Antonio Antunez: Research Group in Optimization of Training and Sports Performance (GOERD), University of Extremadura, 10005 Cáceres, Spain
Juan Larroy: Health Sciences Faculty, Universidad San Jorge, 50830 Zaragoza, Spain
Elena Mainer-Pardos: Health Sciences Faculty, Universidad San Jorge, 50830 Zaragoza, Spain

Sustainability, 2021, vol. 13, issue 19, 1-9

Abstract: The aims of this study were to define determinant factors that affected throwing actions used to score goals in handball, and to study the effectiveness of throwing actions and their relationships with different factors during their use, such as: the throwing distance, type of arm build, type of throw, whether it is done while jumping or while supported, the last supporting foot and the previous step cycle, as well as their relationship with the final score of the game in elite male handball competitions. A total of 1049 shots from 24 matches in the 2018/19/20 International Men’s Handball Championship were analysed. The results show that distance is relevant in the effectiveness of throwing, setting the build up, throwing while supported or jumping, the type of throwing, the type of steps cycle used and the supporting foot. This seems to indicate that the determining factor that affects a throw is distance.

Keywords: sports performance; notational analysis; throwing efficiency; teams sports (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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