Assessment of the physical condition of senior handball players

Abstract

The objective of the research was to obtain useful information on physical training for senior handball players, for this purpose we developed and applied a training plan designed to achieve a high level of physical training. Each test applied to athletes was relevant, in order to obtain useful information on physical training, for senior handball players. Specialization and differentiated treatment of players during training is a fundamental methodological orientation in modern sports training, required by the heterogeneous composition of groups of players in terms of somato-functional development and motor skills qualities. The research conclusions, obtained after applying the initial and final tests, indicate the need to apply training programs specific to the sport played, customized according to the specifics of the game, age and motor experience, to improve the physical training of senior handball players. A good physical condition and specific to the handball game is essential in the current handball game and offers the optimal conditions for obtaining sports performance. A contribution to the development of the training process has the training plan which establishes the objective, the share of specific training factors for each training stage. The means and methods exposed in the training program of the experiment group were successful, and its effect materialized through a real increase in motor skill indices. At the final test, the athletes included in the control group reported a relative and insignificant evolution of the specific physical condition, at the final tests for the evaluation of the specific physical condition obtaining a significant improvement of the results.