El balonmano como estrategia para mejorar la condición física de estudiantes de bachillerato de la Unidad Educativa Herlinda Toral.

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.