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- Title
WOMEN'S BEACH HANDBALL GAME STATISTICS: DIFFERENCES AND PREDICTIVE POWER FOR WINNING AND LOSING TEAMS.
- Authors
Þorgeirsson, Sveinn; Lozano, Demetrio; Zapardiel, Juan C.; Jimenez, Francisco; Sekulic, Damir; Saavedra, Jose M.
- Abstract
The objectives of the present study were: (i) to compare beach handball game-related statistics by match outcome (winning and losing teams), and (ii) to identify characteristics that discriminate performances in the match. The game-related statistics of the 72 women's matches played at the VIII Women's Beach Handball World Championship (2018) were analysed. The game-related statistics were taken from the official website. A validation of the data showed their reliability to be very good (the inter-observer mean reliability was a=0.82 and the intra-observer mean was a=0.86). For the differences between winning/losing teams a parametric (unpaired t-test) or non-parametric (Mann-Whitney U test) test was applied depending on whether the variable met or did not meet normality, respectively. A stepwise discriminant analysis was then performed to determine the variables that predicted performance (victory or defeat). Five variables showed differences between the winning and losing teams: total points (p<.001; ES=1.09), technical faults (p<.001; ES=-0.96), the number of players with either negative (p<.001; ES=-0.86) or positive (p<.001; ES=1.05) valuations and overall valuation (p<.001; ES=1.29). The predictive model correctly classified 80.6% of the matches using two variables (Wilks's=0.618; canonical correlation index=0.618): overall valuation and GK shots.
- Subjects
HANDBALL; MANN Whitney U Test; BEACHES; INTER-observer reliability; DISCRIMINANT analysis; STATISTICS; WORLD championships; TEAMS
- Publication
Kinesiology, 2022, Vol 54, Issue 1, p126
- ISSN
1331-1441
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.26582/k.54.1.12