Physical fitness and throwing speed in U13 versus U15 male handball players

Table 5 Relative weight analysis with the handball throw from the 7 m and 9 m as the dependent variables and their significant (p < 0.05) predictive factors (PF) in male handball players of different ages

		Explained variance (%, adjusted R²)
		Total	1st PF	2nd PF	3rd PF	4th PF	5th PF	6th PF	7th PF	8th PF	9th PF	10th PF
All	HT7m	70.2	Height	OMB	Bmass	20 m	3H_ND	CMJ	H-ADD_ND	S-IR_D	S-ER_D	H-ABD_ND
	HT7m	70.2	14.4	11.0	9.3	7.2	6.3	5.7	4.8	4.6	4.1	3.0
	HT9m	66.1	Height	Bmass	OMB	CMJ	20 m	3H_ND	H-ADD_ND	S-IR_D	S-ER_D
	HT9m	66.1	14.9	10.0	9.2	7.0	6.7	6.7	4.5	4.0	3.2
U13	HT7m	69.9	Height	OMB	Bmass	S-ER_D	20 m	S-IR_D	H-ADD_ND	3H_ND
	HT7m	69.9	20.2	14.6	9.7	8.3	5.5	4.9	3.8	3.0
	HT9m	66.1	Height	Bmass	OMB	CMJ	20 m	3H_ND	H-ADD_ND	S-IR_D	S-ER_D
	HT9m	66.1	14.9	10.0	9.2	7.0	6.7	6.7	4.5	4.0	3.2
U15	HT7m	37.2	3H_ND	ROM-IR_D	20 m	OMB
	HT7m	37.2	12.4	8.4	8.3	8.1
	HT9m	11.7	3H_ND
	HT9m	11.7	11.7

D: dominant leg; ND: non-dominant leg; CMJ: countermovement jump (cm); 3H: triple leg hop test (m); 10-m: 10 m sprint (s); 20-m: 20 m sprint (s); OMB: overhead medicine ball throw (m); HT7m: 7 m handball throw (km/h); HT9m: 9-m handball throw (km/h); S-IR: Shoulder internal rotation strength (N); S-ER: shoulder external rotation strength (N); H-ADD: hip adduction strength (N), H-ABD: hip abduction strength (N)

ISSN: 2052-1847