Authors :

B. Chittibabu,

Author Address :

Department of Physical Education and Sports Sciences, Annamalai University, Chidambaram – 608002, Tamilnadu, India

Abstract :

The study was proposed to investigate the changes observed on percentage of heart rate reserve  of male handball players during a small sided handball game. Sixteen (16) university represented male handball players from Department of Physical Education and Sports Sciences, Annamalai University, Tamilnadu. The Percentage of heart rate reserve was selected as criterion variables and assessed by following formula: (HRmean – HRrest) / (HRpeak – HRrest). The data were collected four minutes bout of small-sided handball game. For every bouts peak and mean heart rate was measured and prior to which resting heart rate was calculated. The data were collected for 4 bouts of 4 minute duration. The 4 minutes of  small sided game followed by 4 minutes of recovery. The results show that percentage of heart rate reserve of handball players was not significantly affected during the handball match as F = 0.253, p > 0.05, ω2 = 0.25. Handball players’ percentage of heart rate reserve was affected slightly during four bouts of  small sided handball games. It is concluded that present study reveals that small-sided games sufficient enough to stimulate maximal oxygen uptake in university male handball players. The time spent on a high proportion of percentage of heart rate reserve was greater with this small sided game.

Keywords :

Handball, heart rate, handball, male players and oxygen consumption