Sánchez Sáez, Juan AntonioSánchez Sánchez, JavierMartínez Rodríguez, AlejandroFelipe Hernández, José LuisGarcía Unanue, Jorge FernandoLara Cobos, Daniel2021-02-042021-02-042021Sánchez-Sáez, J. A., Sánchez-Sánchez, J., Martínez-Rodríguez, A., Felipe, J. L., García-Unanue, J., & Lara-Cobos, D. (2021). Global Positioning System Analysis of Physical Demands in Elite Women’s Beach Handball Players in an Official Spanish Championship. Sensors, 21(3), 850. https://doi.org/10.3390/s210308501424-32101424-8220http://hdl.handle.net/11268/9811This cross-sectional study aims to analyze the physical demands of elite beach handball players during an official competition. Nine elite female (mean age: 24.6 ± 4.0 years; body weight: 62.4 ± 4.6 kg; body height: 1.68 ± 0.059 m; training experience: 5 years; training: 6 h/week) beach handball players of the Spanish National Team were recruited for this study. A Global Positioning System was incorporated on each player’s back to analyze their movement patterns. Speed and distance were recorded at a sampling frequency of 15 Hz, whereas acceleration was recorded at 100 Hz by means of a built-in triaxial accelerometer. The main finding of the study is that 53% of the distance travelled is done at speeds between 1.5 and 5 km/h and 30% of the distance is between 9 and 13 km/h (83% of the total distance covered), which shows the intermittent efforts that beach handball involves at high intensity, as reflected in the analysis of the internal load with 62.82 ± 14.73% of the game time above 80% of the maximum heart rate. These data help to orientate training objectives to the physical demands required by the competition in order to optimize the players’ performance.engAttribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 Internacionalhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/Sistemas de información geográficaRendimiento atléticojournal article10.3390/s21030850open accessDeporteTecnología médicaEfectos fisiológicos