The influence of athletic exercises on speed and jumping abilities of handball players aged 11 to 13

Title: Impact athletic exercises on speed and jump abilities of 11-13 years old handball players. Objectives: The aim of this work is to find out whether it is possible to improve the performance of speed and jump skills of handball players aged from 11 to 13 by using athletic exercises in the preparatory part of the training unit, by creating an athletic intervention program. Methods: This work, based on the type of experimental study, uses methods of measurement, intervention and comparison between two groups - control and experimental. It was done 2 total measurements of exercises included in test battery of Czech handball association. The first measurement of both groups was done before the intervention program, which was applied only on the experimental group. The second measurement of both groups was done after the end of the intervention program. The resulting measurement data were finally averaged, compared and evaluated between the control and experimental groups. Results: It was found the positive effect of intervention program based on athletic exercises on development of speed skills. Jump abilities has been only little significantly improved. Keywords: Handball, fitness, condition, training, athletics, youth training, special running exercises