Department of Physical Activity and Sport Sciences, San Antonio Catholic University of Murcia, Guadalupe, Murcia, Spain.
J Strength Cond Res. 2012 Aug;26(8):2146-55. doi: 10.1519/JSC.0b013e31823b0a46.
Women's handball is a sport, which has seen an accelerated development over the last decade. Although anthropometric and physical characteristics have been studied for male sports teams, in women's handball, studies are scarce. The aim of this study was twofold: first, to describe the anthropometric characteristics, throwing velocity, hand grip, and muscular power of the lower limbs in female handball players and second, to identify the possible differences in these parameters in terms of individual playing positions (center, back, wing, pivot, and goalkeeper). A total of 130 elite female Spanish handball players participated in the study (age 25.74 ± 4.84 years; playing experience 14.92 ± 4.88 years). Anthropometric assessment was performed for all the subjects following the International Society for the Advancement of Kinanthropometry protocols. Furthermore, all the subjects performed a vertical jump test (squat jump and countermovement jump). Hand grip and throwing velocity in several situations were also assessed. A 1-way analysis of variance and a Tukey post hoc test were used to study the differences among individual playing positions. Wings were less heavy, shorter, and showed a smaller arm span than did goalkeepers, backs and pivots (p ≤ 0.001). Additionally, pivots were heavier than centers. Backs and pivots exhibited higher muscular mass than did wings. Total players' somatotype was mesomorphy endomorphy (3.89-4.28-2.29). Centers showed higher throwing velocity levels than did wings in 9-m throws from just behind the line, with a goalkeeper. Backs exhibited higher hand-grip values than did wings. Statistical differences have been established between wings and other specific playing positions, especially with pivot and backs. Coaches can use this information to select players for the different specific positions.
女子手球是一项运动，在过去十年中得到了加速发展。虽然已经对男队的人体测量和身体特征进行了研究，但在女子手球中，研究还很匮乏。本研究的目的有两个：第一，描述女子手球运动员的人体测量特征、投掷速度、手握力和下肢肌肉力量；第二，确定这些参数在个人比赛位置（中锋、后卫、边锋、中锋和守门员）方面的差异。共有 130 名西班牙精英女子手球运动员参与了本研究（年龄 25.74 ± 4.84 岁；运动经验 14.92 ± 4.88 年）。根据国际运动人体测量学会的协议，对所有受试者进行了人体测量评估。此外，所有受试者都进行了垂直跳跃测试（深蹲跳和反向跳跃）。还评估了几种情况下的手握力和投掷速度。使用单向方差分析和 Tukey 事后检验来研究个人比赛位置之间的差异。与守门员、后卫和中锋相比，边锋的体重较轻、身高较矮、臂展较小（p ≤ 0.001）。此外，中锋的体重比边锋重。后卫和中锋的肌肉质量比边锋高。所有球员的体型均为中胚层-内胚层体型（3.89-4.28-2.29）。从中线以线后 9 米的距离向守门员投掷时，中锋的投掷速度水平高于边锋。后卫的握力值高于边锋。边锋和其他特定比赛位置之间存在统计学差异，尤其是与中锋和后卫之间。教练可以利用这些信息来为不同的特定位置选择球员。
