Analysis of the differentiation of fitness elements for handball players

The research aims at : 1. Obtaining the function of discrimination for the elements of physical fitness for the handball players. 2. The research community consists of advanced elite Iraqi clubs of handball for the sport term (2011-2012 ) . While , the sample of the research includes the players of ( Al-Karkh, Al-Jaish ,and Al-Futwah clubs ) representing (42) players , (14) players for each club after excluding the goal keepers . The researcher adopts a questionnaire , tests , and content analysis as tools of research. The physical tests are which were used : 400mr. run, barrow, set up with extended legs (10 seconds) , 40mr. run , vertical jump, and throwing medical ball (800gr.) with one hand . The following statistical means were used : the arithmetic mean , the standard deviation , the simple correlation coefficient , regression analysis by the method of (Enter ) and discrimination analysis , the standard degree (6 sigma) . The researcher has concluded a number of results like : Obtaining the test that differentiates the players represented by (400mr. run) test .He also recommended to adopt the discrimination function in prediction and classification among the handball players.