Abstract
Performance assessment has become an invaluable component of monitoring participant’s development in distinct sports, yet limited and contradictory data are available in trained subjects. The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between ball throwing velocity during a 3-step running throw in elite team handball players and selected measures of rate of force development like force, power, velocity, and bar displacement during a concentric only bench press exercise in elite male handball players. Fitteen elite senior male team handball players volunteered to participate. Each volunteer had power and bar velocity measured during a concentric only bench press test with 25, 35, and 45 kg as well as having one-repetition maximum strength determined. Ball throwing velocity was evaluated with a standard 3-step running throw using a radar gun. The results of this study indicated significant associations between ball velocity and time at maximum rate of force development (0, 66; p<0.05) and rate of force development at peak force (0,56; p<0.05) only with 25kg load. The current research indicated that ball velocity was only median associated with maximum rate of force development with light loads. A training regimen designed to improve ball-throwing velocity in elite male team handball players should emphasize bench press movement using light loads.
Highlights
Team Handball (TH) consists of intense, intermittent activities such as running, sprinting, jumping as well as regular throwing, hitting, blocking, and pushing between players
Previous studies indicated that throwing ball velocity (TBv) was significant related with distinct kinetics parameters during the concentric bench press, the present research indicated that TBv was only fairly associated with time at maximum rate of force development (r = 0.66; p
The goal of this study was to determine the relationships between throwing ball velocity in elite team handball players and selected measures of rate of force development like force, power, velocity, and bar displacement during a concentric only bench press exercise in elite male handball players
Summary
Team Handball (TH) consists of intense, intermittent activities such as running, sprinting, jumping as well as regular throwing, hitting, blocking, and pushing between players. The technique of motion and the fitness level can be improved by the training process, others variables like strength and power can determine throwing ball velocity (TBv). Muscular strength and power out put have been reported to be associated with throwing velocity, limited data have been published with elite male handball players. Few studies have examined the relationship between ball throwing velocity in elite team handball players with distinct strength metrics during muscle contractions of the upper-extremity in concentric only bench press exercise (Gorostiaga et al, 2006; Marques et al, 2007). In other words, using a strength test with constant speed (i.e., isokinetic) or a test where muscle action is not accompanied by motion (i.e., isometric) may be less suitable for athletics than a test that allows for variable speeds throughout the range of motion (i.e., isotonic).
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