Kosta Goranovic; Jovica Petkovic; Marko Joksimovic; Sinisa Karisik & Nebahat Eler

The aim of this study was to determine influence of upper limbs on the ball throwing velocity. A total of 10 professional handball players (25.74±4.84 years) participated in this study. All of them were playing in the top Montenegrin professional handball league. The results obtained in this study shows that upper limbs have high influence on ball throwing velocity. This study provides normative data and performance standards for professional handball. Coaches can use this information to determine the type of anthropometric characteristics that are needed for handball. Anthropometric parameters such as arm length, wrist diameter, hand length and arm span are the most relevant aspects related to ball throwing speed, given that these parameters cannot be changed through training, they should be taken into account when discovering talents.

KEY WORDS: Upper limbs; Kinetic and kinematic chain; Ball speed; Anthropometrics characteristics.

GORANOVIC, K.; PETKOVIC, J.; JOKSIMOVIC, M.; KARISIK, S. & ELER, N. The influence of morphological characteristics on the ball throwing velocity in the professional handball players. Int. J. Morphol., 41(6):1881-1886, 2023.