Asimenia Gioftsidou, Paraskevi Malliou, Polina Sofokleous, George Pafis, Anastasia Beneka, and George Godolias
Department of Physical Education and Sports Science, Democritus University of Thrace, Komotini, Greece
Abstract
The purpose of the present study was to investigate, the effectiveness of a balance
training program in male professional handball players. Thirty professional handball players
were randomly divided into experimental and control group. The experimental group (N=15),
additional to the training program, followed an intervention balance program for 12 weeks. All
subjects performed a static balance test (deviations from the horizontal plane). The results
revealed that the 12-week balance training program improved (p<0.01) all balance performance
indicators in the experimental group. Thus, a balance training program can increase balance
ability of handball players, and could used as a prevent tool for lower limbs muscular skeletal
injuries.
Keywords: handball players, proprioception, balance training
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