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Effects of Arm Dominance and Decision Demands on Change of Direction Performance in Handball Players

This field study investigated the effect of unilateral dominance (handedness of players) on the change of direction speed in a specific cutting manoeuvre with a ball (in the direction of the throwing arm vs. against the direction of the throwing arm) in team handball. In addition, the effect of a cu...

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Autores principales: Fasold, Frowin, Braun, Alexander, Klatt, Stefanie
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Sciendo 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9808804/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36643833
http://dx.doi.org/10.2478/hukin-2022-0116
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description This field study investigated the effect of unilateral dominance (handedness of players) on the change of direction speed in a specific cutting manoeuvre with a ball (in the direction of the throwing arm vs. against the direction of the throwing arm) in team handball. In addition, the effect of a cutting manoeuvre in response to an immediate stimulus compared to one planned in advance on the movement speed was analysed. Forty participants (22 male, 18 female, M(age) 23 years) performed change of direction actions to the left and the right side (the direction of the throwing arm vs. against the direction of the throwing arm) under planned and reactive (light as visual stimuli) conditions. Change of direction speed was measured post-hoc by video-analyses. The results showed two effects. First, the decision demand in reaction to a visual stimulus reduced the speed in the change of direction compared to the planned action. Second, participants performed their action faster in the direction of the throwing arm than against it. The results replicate the effects of decision demands of previous studies and regardless of the reaction to the stimuli being unspecific, further studies could investigate if specific training can reduce the speed loss due to decision demands. The lateral speed differences of cutting manoeuvres of handball players have been analysed for the first time in this study. This effect could have several causes (e.g., coordination, power, motivation) which should be investigated in future studies in more detail.
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spelling pubmed-98088042023-01-13 Effects of Arm Dominance and Decision Demands on Change of Direction Performance in Handball Players Fasold, Frowin Braun, Alexander Klatt, Stefanie J Hum Kinet Change of Direction Ability This field study investigated the effect of unilateral dominance (handedness of players) on the change of direction speed in a specific cutting manoeuvre with a ball (in the direction of the throwing arm vs. against the direction of the throwing arm) in team handball. In addition, the effect of a cutting manoeuvre in response to an immediate stimulus compared to one planned in advance on the movement speed was analysed. Forty participants (22 male, 18 female, M(age) 23 years) performed change of direction actions to the left and the right side (the direction of the throwing arm vs. against the direction of the throwing arm) under planned and reactive (light as visual stimuli) conditions. Change of direction speed was measured post-hoc by video-analyses. The results showed two effects. First, the decision demand in reaction to a visual stimulus reduced the speed in the change of direction compared to the planned action. Second, participants performed their action faster in the direction of the throwing arm than against it. The results replicate the effects of decision demands of previous studies and regardless of the reaction to the stimuli being unspecific, further studies could investigate if specific training can reduce the speed loss due to decision demands. The lateral speed differences of cutting manoeuvres of handball players have been analysed for the first time in this study. This effect could have several causes (e.g., coordination, power, motivation) which should be investigated in future studies in more detail. Sciendo 2023-01-04 /pmc/articles/PMC9808804/ /pubmed/36643833 http://dx.doi.org/10.2478/hukin-2022-0116 Text en © 2022 Frowin Fasold, Alexander Braun, Stefanie Klatt, published by Sciendo https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.
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Effects of Arm Dominance and Decision Demands on Change of Direction Performance in Handball Players
title Effects of Arm Dominance and Decision Demands on Change of Direction Performance in Handball Players
title_full Effects of Arm Dominance and Decision Demands on Change of Direction Performance in Handball Players
title_fullStr Effects of Arm Dominance and Decision Demands on Change of Direction Performance in Handball Players
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title_short Effects of Arm Dominance and Decision Demands on Change of Direction Performance in Handball Players
title_sort effects of arm dominance and decision demands on change of direction performance in handball players
topic Change of Direction Ability
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9808804/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36643833
http://dx.doi.org/10.2478/hukin-2022-0116
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