Kinesiology, Vol. 15. No. 2., 1983.
Original scientific paper
The Relationship between Cognitive Factors and Performance in Handball
Ksenija Bosnar
; Fakultet za fizičku kulturu Sveučilišta u Zagrebu
Krešimir Pavlin
; Fakultet za fizičku kulturu Sveučilišta u Zagrebu
Abstract
The relationship between cognitive factors, defined as the efficacy of perceptive (INPUT), parallel (PARAL) and serial (SERIJ) processing, and two sets of measures of performance was investigated in 53 males subjects positively selected for their cognitive abilities and judged as being below average handball players.
The first set of measures consisted of evaluations made by judges efficacy in the phase of defence (OBRANA), production of original solutions during play (STVARA), keeping in line with the agreed tactics (ODGOVO), range and motoric activity during play (ANGAZI), control of behaviour in accidental situations (PONASA) and the total contribution to the outcome of the match (OPCOCJ).
The second set of measures of performance in handball consisted f situational motoric factors extracted from objectve tests relatiing to individual elements of the game of handball and defined as precision of hitting a non-moving target (PRECIZ), manipulation with the ball (BARLOP), speed of movement with the ball (BKRSLO), speed of movement without the ball (BKBRLO) and ball-throwing power (SIZBLO).
A quasicanonical analysis using the QCR model established a significant first quasicanonical correlation between cognitive factors an the set of judges' evaluations (r=0.34) and between cognitive factors an the set of situational motoric factors of handball (r=0.40). A regression analysis using the SRA model, in which cognitive factors had the status of predictors, gave significant multiple correlations with judges' evaluations of the production of original solutions in the game (r=0.32), keeping in line with agreed tactics (0.33) and control of behaviour (r=0.32) and with situational motoric factors, manipulation with the ball (r=0.42) and speed of movement with the ball (r=0.35).
The observed correlations can mainly be assigned to the participation of cognitive functions, primarily the function of the parallel processor in the solution of problem situations in handball and in the analysis of feedback information required for adaptive regulation of movement.
Keywords
cognitive factors; performance; handball
Hrčak ID:
246582
URI
Publication date:
1.1.1983.
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