USING SPECIALIZED SOFTWARE FOR MONITORING SPORT TRAINING PROGRAM OF JUNIOR HANDBALL PLAYERS

Abstract

The role of the preparation is to ensure the optimal development of handball specific motor skills and effort capacity - it is the foundation to increase the performance capacity. The sports training components are present in all stages of sports training with different shares depending on the objectives. A good physical training provides the motrical support for efficient execution of technical content, which in turn is necessary for the realization of the tactical actions. Psychological and theoretical components, along with other components, provide training valorization to successfully participate in competitions. The purpose of this research is to identify the role of specialized software in monitoring the sport preparation to lead to optimizing sport training for junior handball players with consequences of increasing / improving sports performance. The experimental investigation involved the use of specific research methods like the study of literature, observation, tests and control samples, experiment, statistical and mathematical analysis and interpretation of data, graphics. In conducting this research there have been used the following control tests that were applied to the subjects of the two groups by the Myotest device and analyzed after with Myotest PRO software. The control tests were designed to highlight the specific indicators of the preparation for the handball game: bench press, half squat, jump-pliometry, countermovement jump, squat jump, bench press profile, half squat profile. These control tests were applied three times during the research (initial test, intermediate test, final test). The average progress for experimental group was 16.88% (min. - 3.66%, max. - 17.99%) and for control group - 8.17% (min. - 1.73%, max. - 12.5%). After applying Student test for experimental group the values were between 4.19 and 9.19 (p<0.01) and for control group between 2.93 and 4.27 (p<0.01). The research has great practical significance in preparing junior handball players, by using electronic device and specialized software, being useful for handball coaches and teachers working at this level, due to the results of the experiment implementation. The purpose was to ensure the premises achieving effective training in order to meet the training objectives and the performance targets.