Abstract
"Beach handball is a branch of sports that was born on the beaches of Italy in the early 1990s and it was designed to help players under go their physical training in a more dynamic training during the summer. Objectives. The main goal of this study is to describe the physiological state of the athletes that underwent a series of beach handball training sessions and to determine the effects of such training sessions on junior level beach handball athletes. Materials and methods. We have suggested that the evaluation of the athletes’ condition be determined via invasive methods, such as the analysis of their urinary value. Results. The numerical data obtained from our analysis were computed using Student’s t-test for unpaired samples associated with Welch’s unequal variance t-test. The statistical significance was determined for an associated P <0.05 (probability > 95%). The comparison was made between the mean of the initial values and the mean of the final value for all the dosed biochemical markers. The data are expressed as mean ± SD (standard deviation). The statistical processing was done using the GraphPad Prism software. Conclusions. Including beach handball practice sessions in the training program of indoor handball players has no significant effect on their physiological state. Keywords: beach handball, juniors, physiological status. "