Der Feldtest im Hallenhandball

Fourteen members of the Austrian national handball team as well as 34 handball players from two first division teams underwent ergospirometric tests to evaluate their aerobic endurance and aerobic-anaerobic threshold. In addition field tests were conducted twice, constituting of a defined run of about 50 seconds (sprints, side-steps) and blood lactate analysis before the run, immediately after the run and at 3, 6, 10 and 15 minutes at rest afterwards.