| dc.description.abstract | Nowadays, physical fitness is directly linked to people's health. For this reason, it is essential to
develop it in adolescence in order to prevent non-communicable diseases in adulthood.
Therefore, it is important to consider a dynamic, fast, cooperative and easy-to-learn sport such
as handball, since it can favor physical, cognitive or social aspects. The purpose of the study
was to implement a handball program as a strategy to improve the physical condition of high
school students of the Herlinda Toral Educational Unit. Regarding the methodology, a
quantitative approach was used, convenience sampling; the participation of 36 women and 27
men, pre-experimental design; a handball program (treatment) was applied for 14 weeks in an
intervention group (without control group) with the purpose of evaluating physical condition
through the Alpha Fitness extended version battery. With respect to the statistical analysis,
descriptive and inferential statistics were used. Excel 2019 and SPSS Statics 20 were used for
data recording and analysis. In turn, the results of the study were the decrease in
anthropometric measurements, in the case of the long jump the increase of 7 cm, in the manual
pressure the improvement of 2.06 kg, in the motor capacity the reduction of 1s 81ms and the
prolongation in cardiovascular endurance. However, the men presented a significant superiority
in the manual pressure and motor capacity tests. In conclusion, the application of the handball
program has positive effects on the physical condition of high school students of the Herlinda
Toral Educational Unit. | |
