VARIABILITY IN PERFORMANCE INDICATORS OF THE NETHERLANDS WOMEN’S NATIONAL HANDBALL TEAM AT THE 2019 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP

The primary objective of this study was to discover the positional attack performance indicators of the winning Netherlands women’s national handball team during the 2019 World Championship in Japan. An ideographic, follow-up and multidimensional observational design was used to record and analyse positional attacks disputed in equal numbers of players (6v6) excluding attacks with an empty goal. Polar coordinates allowed us to determine behaviour patterns as well as performance indicators related to attack continuity, situations used to destabilise the opponents’ defence, and actions involved... Mehr ...