Attacking 7: 6 in the German DKB Handball-Bundesliga: An empirical analysis

by Julian Bauer

The aim of the study is to investigate the effect an implementation of a 7th court player has on the efficiency to score for teams of the German DKB Handball-Bundesliga. The study will fill the gap in analyzing the changes following the amendment of rule 4:1 with the highest number of cases (n= 2,336) of all studies published yet with a qualitative as well as quantitative, mixed-methods design. Moreover, practical training and coaching implications will be discussed. A measurement theoretical approach will be performed together with interference statistical connections. The variable, goal or no goal, will be the dichotomous variable in a cross sectional design. The sample consists of all DKB Handball-Bundesliga teams that were part of the first league during the last 2 years since the amendment of rule 4:1. This led to 15 teams having 2 years and 6 teams having 1 year of analysis due to relegation. Change of ball possession was the category, which defined a finished attack. An exception was made for 7m penalties awarded in the respective player constellation.

92 pages, Paperback

Published June 21, 2019

About the author

Julian Bauer was born in Chicago, but lived most of his life in Maryland. He was an executive in the Federal Government, owned his own world-wide touring business, served as President of the American Volkssport Association and Liaison to the International Federation of Popular Sports, and acted as the 2nd Vice Commander of the Catholic War Veterans of the United States. He attended Florida State, Baylor, Illinois, DePaul, Northwestern, George Washington Graduate School of Finance, Maryland School of Law. He has been married for 63 years to Carmen Espinosa. Author of six published books, he also published four YouTube slide shows on Faith and Reason.