Nineteen weeks systematic physical training optimized lower limb power in male and female college handball teams

Abstract

The college sport has differences in training level and forms of dispute compared to the professional. We observed a gap in periodization studies for university handball teams. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effects of a physical training systematization for two college handball teams, one female and one male. University handball players participated in this study, eight males (24 ± 4 years, 91 ± 16 kg, 1.75 ± 0.08 m in height), and nine females (22 ± 4.6 years, 72, 8 ± 9.5 kg, 1.75 ± 0.08 m). the practices lasted 19 weeks. The medicine ball throwing tests 3kg (MB) were applied, horizontal jump (SH), best sprint (MS) and Fatigue Index (IF), in weeks 1, 8 and 16. The results for the female team were: a) MB: 3.75 ± 0.30 m, 3.82 ± 0.41 m, and 3.86 ± 0.31 m; b) SH, 1.60 ± 0.20m, 1.65 ± 0.20m, and 1.67 ± 0.20m (p<0.05); c) MS: 7.28 ± 0.27s, 7.16 ± 0.37s, and 7.30 ± 0.36s, and d) IF: 8.4 ± 2%, 6.6 ± 1%, and 6, 6 ± 2%. And for the male team: a) MB: 5.23 ± 0.57m, 5.18 ± 0.64m, and 5.38 ± 0.66m; b) SH: 1.96 ± 0.20m, 2.05 ± 0.18m, and 2.00 ± 0.15m; c) MS: 7.16 ± 0.34, 6.89 ± 0.22s, and 6.78 ± 0.24s (p<0.05), and d) IF: 7 ± 3%, 2 ± 3%, and 8 ± 3%. The practices were efficient for the development of the players' MS and IF.