In a recent bibliometric analysis by Millet et al,. 2021, it was found that 69% of the articles and 75% of the citations in the sports science field focused on 9 sports [football (soccer), cycling, athletics, swimming, distance & marathon running, basketball, baseball, tennis, and rowing]. Therefore, Frontiers in Sports and Active Living has organized a series of Research Topics aimed at increasing the scientific output in "underrepresented" sports, including handball.
Handball is a team sport in which two teams of seven players each pass a ball using their hands with the aim of throwing it into the goal of the other team. A standard match consists of two periods of 30 minutes. The game was codified at the end of the 19th century in Denmark, while the modern set of rules was published on 29 October 1917 in Berlin, which is recognized as the date of birth of the sport.
Indoor handball made its debut on the Olympic program for the first time at the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich. Since then, the sport is growing in popularity, however, further research is still needed in order to understand the factors underpinning performance. Further, more research is needed to support athletes and coaches with a greater understanding of the mechanisms of injury and nutritional support.
The aim of this Research Topic is to address the research practical challenges of the successful handball player, coaching science, sport performance optimisation and practice enhancement at both the amateur and elite levels. Specifically, we welcome papers that address:
- Factors determining performance, including technical, physiological, biomechanical, psychological and nutritional factors.
- Training interventions and testing in handball.
- Injury prevention and rehabilitation in handball.
- Acute and chronic effects of handball.
- Development pathways for handball.
- Recent developments within handball research.
In a recent bibliometric analysis by Millet et al,. 2021, it was found that 69% of the articles and 75% of the citations in the sports science field focused on 9 sports [football (soccer), cycling, athletics, swimming, distance & marathon running, basketball, baseball, tennis, and rowing]. Therefore, Frontiers in Sports and Active Living has organized a series of Research Topics aimed at increasing the scientific output in "underrepresented" sports, including handball.
Handball is a team sport in which two teams of seven players each pass a ball using their hands with the aim of throwing it into the goal of the other team. A standard match consists of two periods of 30 minutes. The game was codified at the end of the 19th century in Denmark, while the modern set of rules was published on 29 October 1917 in Berlin, which is recognized as the date of birth of the sport.
Indoor handball made its debut on the Olympic program for the first time at the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich. Since then, the sport is growing in popularity, however, further research is still needed in order to understand the factors underpinning performance. Further, more research is needed to support athletes and coaches with a greater understanding of the mechanisms of injury and nutritional support.
The aim of this Research Topic is to address the research practical challenges of the successful handball player, coaching science, sport performance optimisation and practice enhancement at both the amateur and elite levels. Specifically, we welcome papers that address:
- Factors determining performance, including technical, physiological, biomechanical, psychological and nutritional factors.
- Training interventions and testing in handball.
- Injury prevention and rehabilitation in handball.
- Acute and chronic effects of handball.
- Development pathways for handball.
- Recent developments within handball research.
