Somatic Characteristics of the Wing Female Player from the Romanian Handball League

The modern handball game is characterized by heterogeneity and differences regarding somatic biotypes between players, according to their position on the handball court. Taking into consideration that men are more endowed in terms of motor abilities, the relationship between anthropometric characteristics and demands of athletic performance may have a bigger importance in female than in male handball players. Based on this statement, we chose, as the main aim of this research, to determine the somatotypes of 48 female players-all the wing players registered in the best handball league for seniors, in Romania. We used Heath and Carter Method (1967) to calculate somatotypes for all the female players who were involved in this study. The obtained results helped us identify the differences between the subjects participating in the study and create the somatic profile of the female wing player from the best Romanian handball league. Identified data were also compared to those measured in the Spanish elite female handball players.