Kinesiology, Vol. 29 No. 1, 1997.
Original scientific paper
The predictive value of variables for the evaluation of technical-tactical elements in handball
Branka Brčić
; Faculty of Chemical Engineering and Technology, University of Zagreb, Croatia
Nataša Viskić-Štalec
; Faculty of Physical Education, University of Zagreb, Croatia
Željka Jaklinović Fressl
; Faculty of Physical Education, University of Zagreb, Croatia
Abstract
The predictive value of the set of 43 variables, designed for the evaluation of handball technical-tactical elements, was tested on a sample of 91 handball matches of the Croatian Championship 1st League for women of the 1995/96 competition season. Twelve teams were categorized in three qualitative groups according to the final rank at the end of the season. The basic parameters of the variables within each qualitative group of teams were determined, as well as the parameters for the entire sample of teams. A three-way factor analysis of variance (MANOVA) was applied in order to determine the predictive power of the game indicators to discriminate between the teams according to the following criteria: the team's pertaining to different qualitative groups, the opposing team's membership to different qualitative groups and the play of domestic/visiting teams. It was established that the constructed battery of 43 variables successfully discriminated between matches of the teams pertaining to different qualitative categories of the teams, matches of the opposing teams pertaining to different qualitative categories of the opponents, and matches played at home and away. However, the differences in play among the teams of different qualitative categories and the opposing teams of different qualitative categories were not established. No difference in play was found among teams of different qualitative categories when playing matches at home or away, neither were the differences proved among the opposing teams differently categorized when playing at home or away. No interaction among all three classification variables were established.
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255939
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Publication date:
15.4.1997.
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