Contribution Percentages of certain Body Measurements and Physical Fitness Components on certain Handball Attack Skills for the students of Sport Education Institution in Akra

Abstract

The study aimed at being acquainted with the correlation among body measurements and certain handball attack skills for the students of Sport Education Institution in Akra; the correlation among physical fitness components and certain handball attack skills for the students of Sport Education Institution in Akra; the Contribution percentages of certain body measurements and physical fitness components on certain handball attack skills. The study also aimed at setting prediction formulas of certain handball attack skills depending upon body measurements and physical fitness components. The descriptive method with correlation style was used since it is convenient to the nature of the study. The sample included 67 students of institution of sport education in Akra. The tests of long jump from stability, throwing 3kg medicine ball, 30 m sprint, 300 m sprint, bending trunk forward-downward from standing position, zigzag running, accurate and fast passing, accuracy of distal 9m-line shooting, zigzag dribble, accuracy of long 25m passing, straight dribble and strength of the near passing from movement were used in this study in addition to certain body measurements.The statistical package SPSS was used to process data. The most important conclusions were a negative significant correlation of the skills of passing and straight dribble to the body weight abdomen circumference; a positive significant correlation of the skills of passing, straight dribble and strength of the near throwing to the upper arm circumference and cuff length as body measurements; a positive significant correlation of the skills of zigzag dribble, accuracy of long throwing and straight dribble as skills to the locomotive speed, flexibility and agility; no significant correlation of the skills of zigzag dribble, accuracy of long throwing and straight dribble as skills to the locomotive speed, flexibility and agility. Finally, body measurements and physical fitness components collectively did not contributed significantly to the handball attack skills. *Keywords: Contribution Percentages- Body Measurements- Physical Fitness Components- Attack Skills- Handball