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Towards a Personalized Recovery in Handball? Effects of Playing Positions and Player Role on Internal Match-Load and Well-Being Responses in Female Players
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: Received: 29 October 2024 / Approved: 30 October 2024 / Online: 31 October 2024 (10:40:13 CET)
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García-Sánchez, C.; Nieto-Acevedo, R.; Lorenzo-Calvo, J.; Nieto, M. M.; Navarro, R. M.; Rubia, A. D. L. Towards a Personalized Recovery in Handball? Effects of Playing Positions and Player Role on Internal Match-Load and Well-Being Responses in Female Players. Preprints2024, 2024102460. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202410.2460.v1
García-Sánchez, C.; Nieto-Acevedo, R.; Lorenzo-Calvo, J.; Nieto, M. M.; Navarro, R. M.; Rubia, A. D. L. Towards a Personalized Recovery in Handball? Effects of Playing Positions and Player Role on Internal Match-Load and Well-Being Responses in Female Players. Preprints 2024, 2024102460. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202410.2460.v1
García-Sánchez, C.; Nieto-Acevedo, R.; Lorenzo-Calvo, J.; Nieto, M. M.; Navarro, R. M.; Rubia, A. D. L. Towards a Personalized Recovery in Handball? Effects of Playing Positions and Player Role on Internal Match-Load and Well-Being Responses in Female Players. Preprints2024, 2024102460. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202410.2460.v1
APA Style
García-Sánchez, C., Nieto-Acevedo, R., Lorenzo-Calvo, J., Nieto, M. M., Navarro, R. M., & Rubia, A. D. L. (2024). Towards a Personalized Recovery in Handball? Effects of Playing Positions and Player Role on Internal Match-Load and Well-Being Responses in Female Players. Preprints. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202410.2460.v1
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García-Sánchez, C., Rafael Manuel Navarro and Alfonso de la Rubia. 2024 "Towards a Personalized Recovery in Handball? Effects of Playing Positions and Player Role on Internal Match-Load and Well-Being Responses in Female Players" Preprints. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202410.2460.v1
Abstract
The aim of this study was to analyze the effects of the playing position (backs vs. pivots vs. wings) and the player role (starter vs. non-starter) on internal match-load and well-being status of female handball players after official matches. Fourteen female handball players from the Spanish 2nd Division were monitored during a half-season (13 matches, n = 102 individual observations) using rate of perceived exertion (match-RPE) and the Hooper questionnaire in MD+1 and MD+2. Differences between playing positions and player role were determined by Kruskal-Wallis and Mann-Whitney U test, respectively. Furthermore, epsilon-squared (ε²) and Cohen's d (ES) were calculated and interpreted using Hopkins' categorization criteria. The results reveal that backs registered moderately more match-RPE compared to pivots (p < 0.05, ES = 0.84). In contrast, wings experienced the highest values of fatigue and muscle soreness in MD+1 and MD+2 compared to all other playing positions (p < 0.05, ES = 0.66-0.93). Also, wings reported moderately more Hooper index in MD+1 and MD+2 than backs (p < 0.01, ES = 0.73-0.77). Furthermore, starters reported higher absolute values of match-RPE, fatigue, muscle soreness and Hooper index in MD+1 compared to non-starters (p < 0.05, ES = 0.25-0.29). However, no differences were found in MD+2. Therefore, handball coaches and practitioners should consider the internal match-load and the well-being status of the players to implement different training stimulus (e.g., recovery or compensatory strategies) in MD+1 according to playing positions and player role to equalize the total weekly load of the players.
Keywords
load monitoring; workload; fatigue; sleep; muscle soreness; team sport; women
Subject
Public Health and Healthcare, Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation
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