A comparative study of physical fitness variables of handball and throwball players

Abstract

The purpose of this research was to compare national level performing Handball and Throwball players on the basis of selected Physical Fitness Variables. For this study Arm and Shoulder strength, Abdominal Strength, Agility, Explosive Power, Speed, Endurance was selected as the physical fitness variables. For this comparative study 200 national level players (N = 200) were chosen using a probability sampling technique called simple random sampling (lottery method). Out of 200 players, (n1=100) were Handball players and (n2= 100) were Throwball players. Out of 100 handball players, 50 were male and 50 were female; similarly, there were 50 men and 50 females among the 100 Throwball players. Age ranges of subjects was 19 to 25 years. Multivariate analysis of Variance (MANOVA) was used as the statistical technique in IBM SPSS 20.0 for comparative analysis among Handball and Throwball Players for selected physical fitness variables According to the findings from the above table, the study's chosen physical fitness variables vary at several comparison levels, including gender, game, and gender + game. When compared to throwball, handball is a to-and-fro game where a lot of physical conditioning is needed since the game's dynamism is restricted by net separation. The study's unique findings suggest that handball players significantly outperformed throwball players in terms of agility and abdominal endurance. In terms of agility, handball players outscored football players (a sport with a comparable dynamic to handball). Jumping ability is necessary for both handball and throwball, but no discernible difference was found for standing broad jump, but there was a significant difference for abdominal endurance, with handball players having higher values. This could be due to the different types of jumps performed in handball, or it could be interpreted as throwball players consistently jump in one direction, whereas handball players jump in multiple directions.