Journal of Physical Education and Sports Management

Cranial Limbs as a Predictor of Precision in Handball
Siniša Karišik, Slobodan Goranović, Ljubo Milićević, Danijel Božić

Abstract
The paper aims to examine how the dimensions of the cranial limbs, arm length and dimensions of the hand, affect the accuracy and strength of the ball throwing in handball. The sample of examinees consists of 75 handball players of the Premier League (30 examinees) and the First League of Republic of Srpska (45 examinees), aged between 17 and 37. To estimate the cranial extremities of handball players, we used a set of five variables (length of hands, wrist diameter, planimetric parameter of the fist, arm span and arm length) and for the assessment of precision and power of ball throwing we used three variables (precision from seven meters from the stand variable, precision from nine meters from the jump and throwing the ball from the seating position). Regression analysis showed that a planimetric parameter of the hand variable has a large influence on the accuracy of handball, with a statistical significance of p = .000, while the length of the arm reaches borderline statistical significance with the strength of throw at the level of p = .06. The results clearly show us that anthropometric measures of cranial extremity significantly affects the accuracy and power of throwing the ball at the level of statistical significance of p .01. The greatest impact was reached by the measures of arm length and planimetric parameter of the hand.

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