Nijboer, K. (Karlijn) (2010) The influence of number of players and pitch size on intensity of training games in team handball. thesis, Human Movement Sciences.
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Abstract
Training games are widely used during the training in team sports to improve physical, technical and tactical characteristics simultaneously. Studies in soccer have shown that the number of players and pitch size influence the intensity of these games. In handball, this is not studied yet. Therefore, the aim of this study was to identify differences in intensity, on group level, for training games in team handball. Eighteen female handball players (age 19,0 ± 1,4 years; height 173,6 ± 4,9 em; body mass 69,7 ± 6,8 kg) participated in training games in which number of players (four- five- and six-a-side) and pitch size (whole and half field) varied. During the five minutes of play, time-motion characteristics and heart rates were recorded with the innovative LPM-system. Immediately afterward players were asked for their RPE. An increase in pitch size resulted in higher covered distances, time spent in higher speed en heart rate zones, higher mean and maximal heart rates, higher work-to-rest ratios, higher RPE, fewer duels and fewer movements which were indeed of longer duration. Altering the number of players affected mean heart rates, number of duels, number and kinds of movements, time jogging, slow running and standing, distances covered with these velocities and total covered distance. Overall, it can be concluded that an increase in pitch size and a decrease in number of participating players result in a higher intensity of training games. Therefore, a four-a-side game played at a whole field seems to be most intensive. Dependent of their goals, trainers should choose the number of players and pitch size.
| Item Type: | Thesis (Thesis) |
|---|---|
| Supervisor name: | Lemmink, Dr. K.A.P.M. and Frencken, Drs. VV.G.P. |
| Supervisor name: | Lemmink, Dr. K.A.P.M. and School of Sports Studies and Hanze University Groningen and University of Applied Sciences, Groningen |
| Faculty: | Medical Sciences |
| Date Deposited: | 25 Jun 2020 10:51 |
| Last Modified: | 25 Jun 2020 10:51 |
| URI: | https://umcg.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/id/eprint/1255 |
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