Elit Hentbolcularda Üst Ekstremite Nöromuskuler Kontrol ve Kavrama Kuvvetinin Atış İsabeti Üzerine Etkisinin İncelenmesi

Abstract

In sports such as handball, where the overhead throw is commonly used, athletes must be physically fit to fulfil the requirements of the throw. This fitness includes parameters such as neuromuscular control, muscle strength, power, flexibility, balance, and agility. The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of upper extremity neuromuscular control and grip strength on shooting accuracy of elite handball players. The study was conducted with the participation of 26 male handball players with an average age of 20.23 ± 2.47 years, average body weight of 72.34 ± 8.01 kg, average height of 180.5 ± 5.90 cm, average playing experience of 8.65 ± 2.92 years, and average BMI of 22.1 ± 2.13 kg/m2. Data collection tools contained a “Personal Information Form”, a “Closed Kinetic Chain Upper Extremity Stability Test”, a “Shooting Accuracy Test”, and a “Grip Strength Test”; and data were collected with the Pearson correlation tests from descriptive statistics in the SPSS package program. In all analyses, p