Physical demands and physiological aspects in elite team handball in Germany and Switzerland: an analysis of the game

Team handball is one of the fastest indoor Olympic sports, played in over 150 countries all over the world, but especially in Europe and northern Africa. Players must be athletic, flamboyant, and inventive and, above all, must work together as a team. A team consists of seven players in the field and substitution of players is unlimited. The tasks of the individual players in the team are very specific, depending on their position in the field, but all act both as an attacker and a defender. The goal of this study was to detect the physical demands and physiological aspects of this sport.