Kinesiology, Vol. 35. No. 2., 2003.
Original scientific paper
Relations among variables of shooting for a goal and outcomes of the 2000 men’s european handball championship matches
Dinko Vuleta
; Faculty of Kinesiology, University of Zagreb, Croatia
Dragan Milanović
; Faculty of Kinesiology, University of Zagreb, Croatia
Hrvoje Sertić
; Faculty of Kinesiology, University of Zagreb, Croatia
Abstract
The goal of the research was to determine the relationships between variables of shooting for a goal and the final outcome of a handball match. The data were collected from 38 games of the 2000 Men’s European Championship, played in Zagreb and Rijeka. Twelve indicators of the scoring efficiency, registered for each national team, constituted the sample of manifest variables, whereas the criterion variable was a binary outcome of a match - victory or defeat. The basic statistical procedures and regression analysis were used. Almost half of all the shots performed (44.61%) were executed from the back-court players’ positions (field shots). The winning teams were considerably more efficient in field shots and in 7m throws than the defeated ones - (43.20%) and (76.53%) as compared to (32.52%) and (65.76%), respectively. The statistically significant multiple correlation of .71 means that the predictor variables share 50% of common variance with the final results of the observed matches. The winning teams had more successful field shots, 6m-centre shots and wing shots, and fewer unsuccessful 6m-centre and field shots and 7m throws. Scoring efficiency from a distance and from the 6m line differentiates the successful teams (winners) from the unsuccessful (defeated) ones.
Keywords
handball; scoring efficiency; match outcome; men
Hrčak ID:
226884
URI
Publication date:
28.10.2003.
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