ArticleBiology of sport2023
The effect of training schedule and playing positions on training loads and game demands in professional handball players.
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- Anthropometric and Physical Performance Reference Values in Young Handball Players Aged 9-15 Years: A Cross-Sectional Study Using Percentile Profiling and Factorial ANOVA.Journal of functional morphology and kinesiology · 2026Article
- Analysis of sleep quality and quantity during a half-season in world-class handball players.Biology of sport · 2025Article
- Athlete monitoring in handball (ATHMON HB): a survey of current practice in professional women's and men's handball.BMC sports science, medicine & rehabilitation · 2025Article
- Evaluating external load responses to cumulative playing time and position in the European Handball Federation Women's Euro 2022 through an IoT and Big Data architecture approach.Biology of sport · 2025Article
- Athlete monitoring in handball (ATHMON HB): a systematic review protocol.Systematic reviews · 2025Article
- External Load Variability in Elite Futsal: Positional Demands and Microcycle Structuring for Player Well-Being and Performance.Sports (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Inter-individual differences in weekly training load in international-level handball: the effect of congested match schedules.Frontiers in sports and active living · 2025Article
- Do all matches require the same effort? Influence of contextual factors on physical demands during official female handball competitions.Biology of sport · 2024Article
- Unraveling athletic performance: Transcriptomics and external load monitoring in handball competition.PloS one · 2024Article
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Abstract
In this research, we aimed to (1) describe the differences in internal and external load between playing positions and (2) characterize the training demands of the days before competitive events for professional handball players. Fifteen players (5 wings, 2 centre backs, 4 backs, and 2 pivots) were equipped with a local positioning system device during training and 11 official matches. External (total distance, high-speed running, player load) and internal loads (rating of perceived exertion) were computed. Substantial differences were recorded between the external load variables depending on each playing position and depending on whether it was a training day (high-speed running: effect size (ES) ≥ 2.07; player load: ES ≥ 1.89) or a match (total distance: ES ≥ 1.27; high-speed running: ES ≥ 1.42; player load: ES ≥ 1.33). Differences in internal load were not substantial. The rating of perceived exertion, at this competitive level, does not seem to discriminate the differences registered in the external load, probably due to the degree of adaptation to the specific effort of these players. The large differences observed in external load variables should be used to tailor practices and better adjust the training demands in professional handball settings.
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