A flexible professional master’s degree that will allow you to progress in the world of Professional Handball under the guidance of great personalities of this sport"

Since the middle of the 19th century, Handball has undergone an important evolution and popularity all over the world. The visibility of the Olympics, international sports broadcasts and the improvement of game tactics have made the sport much more attractive to fans and to the brands that sponsor clubs and competitions.

An increasingly professional environment that has gradually been integrating the latest scientific advances in the improvement of physical preparation, nutrition or the incorporation of new technologies to analyze team tactics and player technique. All this gives a higher level to this sport discipline, where those who wish to develop their career in it must have a deep and updated knowledge. In this sense, TECH has designed this 12-month professional master’s degree in Professional Handball .

A program that will lead students to delve into new approaches to training in the stages of initiation, the improvement of individual and group physical work, injury prevention and its approach in various game situations. A comprehensive syllabus that also includes the nutritional care of the athlete and the use of Big Data for the analysis of matches and athletes.

All this, with innovative multimedia didactic material, enriched by complementary readings with which to extend the extensive information provided. Also, thanks to the Relearning method, the graduates will be able to reduce the long hours of study, consolidating the most important concepts in a simple way.

Undoubtedly, a unique opportunity to progress in Handball at the highest level through a flexible and comfortable program. The graduates only need a digital device with Internet connection to be able to visualize, at any time, the content of this program.

The future professionals are faced with a university program that is at the forefront of the academic world.

Enrich your game tactics through the most advanced and practical knowledge provided by the elite professionals of this program"

This professional master’s degree in Professional Handball  contains the most complete and up-to-date scientific program on the market. The most important features include: 

• The development of practical cases presented by experts in Handball and Sports Sciences
• The graphic, schematic, and practical contents with which they are created, provide practical information on the disciplines that are essential for professional practice
• Practical exercises where self-assessment can be used to improve learning
• Its special emphasis on innovative methodologies
• Theoretical lessons, questions to the expert, debate forums on controversial topics, and individual reflection assignments
• Content that is accessible from any fixed or portable device with an Internet connection

Enroll in a program that will allow you to access its content, 24 hours a day, from any digital device with an Internet connection"

The program’s teaching staff includes professionals from the industry who contribute their work experience to this program, as well as renowned specialists from leading societies and prestigious universities.

Its multimedia content, developed with the latest educational technology, will provide the professional with situated and contextual learning, i.e., a simulated environment that will provide immersive education programmed to learn in real situations.

This program is designed around Problem-Based Learning, whereby professionals must try to solve the different professional practice situations that arise throughout the program. For this purpose, the students will be assisted by an innovative interactive video system created by renowned and experienced experts.

Stand out in the Professional Handball world thanks to the improvement of your defensive and offensive technical-tactical training"

Incorporate the latest scientific evidence on Nutrition and Hydration to help your players perform at a higher level"

The syllabus of this professional master’s degree has been designed to provide the professional Sports Science and Handball coach, the most advanced knowledge to integrate in their day to day, the best training planning, attending to the different formative stages of the players and boosting their performance through the incorporation of advances in Nutrition and Hydration. For this, TECH provides the graduates with the most advanced pedagogical tools of the current university academic panorama.

The case studies of this professional master’s degree will allow you to adapt the tactical variables to the different defensive systems in this sport"

General Objectives

• Master the design and control of training at different stages
• Improve the performance of athletes
• Interpret the analysis of data obtained through new technologies
• Incorporate the nutritional planning of the athlete according to their characteristics and playing position
• Know the evolution of the handball game and tactics up to nowadays
• Analyze the multiple factors involved in the training process and in high performance players

Specific Objectives

Module 1. Performance factors in Handball

• Have a deep knowledge of the historical background of Handball
• Master the current regulations of Handball
• Know in depth the different modalities of Handball
• Differentiate the stages of training
• Understand the role of the teacher and the role of the coach in handball training
• Learn the importance of anthropometric, technical, tactical, conditional and psychological factors of the handball player

Module 2. Fundamentals of training in formation

• Establish a categorization of the individual and collective technical-tactical elements according to the stage of development of the players
• Know the different aspects that can be modified in the tasks to create adherence to the practice of handball
• Train educators in the design of sessions for the improvement of motor control according to the development of the players
• Highlight the general characteristics that a handball player must have
• Provide theoretical and practical knowledge to both coaches and players for the understanding of the most common situations in Handball

Module 3. Methodology of training in improvement

• Know in depth the characteristics of High Performance in Handball
• Apply individual and collective technical-tactical means of training in specific positions
• Analyze the offensive and defensive systematics in equality, inferiority and numerical superiority
• Know how to act in special situations of the game
• Emphasize the importance of the current offensive and defensive transition phase
• Design tasks and a game model in High Performance
• Organize and plan adequately a match or competition

Module 4. Methodology of training in High Performance

• Know in depth the characteristics of High Performance in Handball
• Apply individual and collective technical-tactical means of training in specific positions
• Analyze the offensive and defensive systematics in equality, inferiority and numerical superiority
• Know how to act in special situations of the game
• Emphasize the importance of the current offensive and defensive transition phase
• Design tasks and a game model in High Performance
• Organize and plan adequately a match or competition

Module 5. Training planning in the different stages of training

• Know in depth the characteristics of the transitional and competitive period
• Analyze the programming of training objectives and by competitive objectives
• Study the different training planning models and analyze the pros and cons of each one of them
• Know in depth the control and the load for its adjustment and individualization

Module 6. Physical preparation of the handball player

• Analyze the demands of the different basic physical qualities of a handball player
• Approach physical preparation from a neuromuscular paradigm of training
• Know in depth the nature of muscular strength and power, specific resistance, mobility and coordination
• Structure physical preparation in training categories
• Master the planning, warm-up phase and off-season training (off-season period)

Module 7. Handball player injury prevention

• Know the concepts of sports injuries, treatment and readaptation
• Study the etiology and causes of handball injuries
• Handle injury emergencies produced in training or in competition
• Analyze the most frequent injuries of all parts of the body of the Handball player

Module 8. Nutrition of the Handball player

• Study the main concepts of sports nutrition
• Calculate the MB and the body composition of athletes
• Know in depth the demands and learn to plan the periodized intake of macro and micronutrients
• Master the variables of sweating and hydration rates
• Know about sports supplementation and prohibited supplements
• Analyze the latest trends in sports nutrition
• Apply software tools for the planning and control of nutritional intake and hydration of athletes

Module 9. Handball team management

• Know in depth the structure of the sports club and the Professional Handball club
• Structure the relationships with the players, the board, the media and the sponsors
• Set up a functional strategy for talent detection
• Take care of and promote good strategies of sporting life

Module 10. Data Analysis

• Learn the correct methodology for the collection and analysis of quantitative and qualitative conditional data
• Study the validation and analysis of descriptive observational data
• Propose strategies for the collection and analysis of Big Data
• Study what scientific evidence brings to Handball and the latest trends in research and data analysis

Delve into the etiology of the main injuries in Handball and act with the utmost rigor for their prevention thanks to this program"