Sex-related external and internal load indicators during a congested youth handball tournament in Costa Rica
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| Formato: | artículo original |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de Publicación: | 2024 |
| Descripción: | The purpose of this research was to identify external and internal load indicators in youth handball, during a congested tournament held in Costa Rica, and to determine whether there are sex-related differences. Variables were selected through the Principal Components Analysis (PCA) as a data reduction technique. The data were obtained from 73 youth handball players (33 women and 38 men) from eight local clubs, during a three-day congested tournament. Twelve games were analyzed (six male and six female games) using PCA and an independent t-Student test for sex-related differences. Six major load indicators were identified—six for external load (relative distance [RD], relative acceleration [RAcc], maximum acceleration [MaxAcc], maximum speed [MS] and difference between acceleration a deceleration [DfAcc-Dec]) and one for internal load (average heart rate [AvHR]). In the men, the most representative indicators were RD, AvHR and MaxAcc, which accounted for 39.6% of the variance. In the women, these were MS and MaxAcc, accounting for 44.4% of the variance. RAcc (p < .01), MaxAcc (p < .01) and MS (p < .01) were higher in men, whereas AvHR (p = .02) was higher in women. The conclusion is that external and internal load showed differences between male and female players. Men can be characterized by volume-related variables, whereas intensity-related indicators were more frequent for women. For congested tournaments, it is important to separate training loads according to sex, as well as to prioritize the physical qualities for training. |
| País: | Portal de Revistas UCR |
| Institución: | Universidad de Costa Rica |
| Repositorio: | Portal de Revistas UCR |
| Lenguaje: | Español |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:portal.ucr.ac.cr:article/53767 |
| Acceso en línea: | https://revistas.ucr.ac.cr/index.php/pem/article/view/53767 |
| Palabra clave: | handball handball players physical activity measurement locomotion balonmano jugadores de balonmano medición de la actividad física locomoción handebol jogadores de handebol medição da atividade física locomoção |