Six Volleyball Skill Tests as a Predictor of Game Performance

Purpose: The first purpose of the study was to find out correlation between Independent Variables (selected Anthropometric Parameters) and Dependent Variable (Volleyball Playing Ability). The second purpose of the research was to study the joint contribution of Independent Variables in estimating Dependent Variable and the third purpose was to establish regression equation for predicting Dependent Variable on the basis of Independent Variables. Selected Variables were Height, Weight, Arm Length, Upper Arm Circumference, Leg Length, Thigh Circumference (Independent Variables). Methodology: Total of 48 male Inter-university level Volleyball players were selected from different colleges of R.M.L.A.U Faizabad during inter collegiate tournament. Age of the subjects was ranging between 18 to 25 years. Selected Variables were Height, Weight, Arm Length, Upper Arm Circumference, Leg Length, Thigh Circumference (Independent Variables). Volleyball Performance was considered as Dependant Variable. The selected physical fitness variables were measured by different tests and performance was measured through subjective rating with the help of three experts of volleyball game, at the time of match. To find out correlation between Independent Variables (Height, Weight, Arm Length, Upper Arm Circumference, Leg Length and Thigh Circumference) and Dependent Variable (Volleyball Performance), Product Moment Method of correlation was used. To study the joint contribution of Independent Variables in estimating Dependent Variable, Multiple correlation method was used. Regression equation was established for predicting Dependent Variable on the basis of Independent Variables. Findings: There exists a significant relationship between Volleyball Performance and Weight (r = -.268, p < .05), Height (r = .638, p <.05), Arm length (r = .492, p < .05) and Thigh Circumference (r = .262, p < .05). There exists an insignificant relationship between Volleyball Performance and Upper Arm Circumference (r = .107, p > .05) and Leg Length (r = .182, p > .05). Regression equation (Volleyball Performance = 28.032 - 0.104(Weight) + 0.227 (Height) + 0.057(Arm Length) + 0.064(Thigh Circumference) was found fructiferous in estimating Volleyball Performance on the basis of selected Anthropometric Variables (Height, Weight, Leg Length, Thigh Circumference). Keywords: Volleyball Playing Ability, Anthropometric variables, Arm Length, Upper Arm Circumference, Leg Length and Thigh Circumference.

isara solutions, 2016

Volleyball being a highly explosive sport, involves a unique movement technique and strength over a relatively small court area. The match is won normally by a perfect amalgam of physical condition, mental attitude, courage, intelligence and the player's technical skill and tactical efficiency. This study was undertaken to find the relationship of arm strength, leg strength, cordinative ability and flexibility with the performance of Volleyball Player. 20 male Volleyball Player were selected as a subject for the study from Saharanpur District. Zero order correlation was used to compute correlation between Volleyball performance and selected variables i.e. arm strength, leg strength, cordinative ability and flexibility and findings reveals that leg strength, shoulder wrist flexibility and cordinative ability were found significant at 0.05 level of confidence. The finding indicates that shoulder-Leg strength, shoulder & wrist flexibility and cordinative ability of the subjects were important variables for better performance in Volleyball.

Retos

Introduction: Motor coordination is an underlying capacity to successful performs sport-specific skills. However, it is unknown whether motor coordination level can predict performance on volleyball skills. The main aim of this study was to verify whether motor coordination level, assessed using a generic test, can predict performance on volleyball skill sin youth. Material and methods: A total of 34 adolescent students (mean 14.4± 0.3 years) were recruited. The KörperkoordinationtestFür Kinder (KTK), a generic, non-sport specific test, composed by four tasks (i.e. dynamic balance, hopping, agility and moving sideways skills) was used to assess motor coordination level. Motor performance on volleyball skills was assessed on the basis of two product-oriented tasks: underhand volleyball serve and volleyball serve receiving. A single measure representing the volleyball skills of the participants was adopted. Linear regression models were executed. Results: Regression analysis revealed ...

Comprehensive Psychology, 2015

This study compares the differences in effectiveness of the five volleyball skills (serve, reception, attack, block, and dig) between men and women in highlevel tournament games played at the last four consecutive Olympics. Results showed that men's and women's volleyball games are completely differentiated by two outcome measures. The first one is the higher proportion of faulty serves performed by men which is essentially attributable to the 19 cm difference in net height, while the second one derives from the fact that men outperform women at the execution of the attack.

Purpose: The authors conducted a study to develop a repeated-effort test for international men's volleyball. The test involved jumping and movement activity that was specific to volleyball, using durations and rest periods that replicated the demands of a match. Methods: A time–motion analysis was performed on a national team and development national team during international matches to determine the demands of competition and thereby form the basis of the rationale in designing the repeated-effort test. An evaluation of the test for reliability and validity in discriminating between elite and sub-elite players was performed. Results: The test jump height and movement-speed test parameters were highly reliable, with findings of high intraclass correlations (ICCs) and low typical errors of measurement (TE; ICC .93 to .95 and %TE 0.54 to 2.44). The national team's ideal and actual jump height and ideal and actual speeds, mean ± SD, were 336.88 ± 8.31 cm, 329.91 ± 6.70 cm, 6.83 ± 0.34 s, and 7.14 ± 0.34 s, respectively. The development national team's ideal and actual jump heights and ideal and actual speeds were 330.88 ± 9.09 cm, 323.80 ± 7.74 cm, 7.41 ± 0.56 s, and 7.66 ± 0.56 s, respectively. Probabilities of differences between groups for ideal jump, actual jump, ideal time, and actual time were 82%, 95%, 92%, and 96%, respectively, with a Cohen effect-size statistic supporting large magnitudes (0.69, 0.84, 1.34, and 1.13, respectively). Conclusion: The results of this study demonstrate that the developed test offers a reliable and valid method of assessing repeated-effort ability in volleyball players.

Studying the role of individual differences in team sports performance is a challenge. The main problem is having an available measure of individual performance of each member of the team. In particular, in youth sports, where the level of specialization is reactively low, it appears appropriate that this measure takes the entire performance of the athlete into consideration (i.e., that it assesses all of the athlete's gestures), while maintaining an ecological validity criterion. Therefore, we devised and calculated an individual assessment measure in volleyball following the subsequent steps: Firstly, we video-recorded at least three volleyball games for each of the 114 youth volleyball players who participated in the study. Then, two independent expert observers evaluated each individual performance by attributing a score to every single gesture performed by the athletes during the games. The derived individual score was adjusted and controlled for the team performance measure, namely the result of each Set the athlete participated in (and for the amount of participation of the athlete to each game). The final measure of individual performance in volleyball proved to be reliable, showing a high level of interrater agreement (r = .841, p < .001) and a significant correlation with the amount of experience in volleyball (r = .173, p < .05).

Introduction: " Motor fitness is one's richest possession; it cannot be purchased, it has to be earned through a daily routine of motor exercises. " It is self-evident that the fit citizens are a nation's best assets and weak ones its liabilities. It is therefore the responsibility of every country to promote motor fitness of its citizens because motor fitness is the basic requirement for most of the tasks to be undertaken by an individual in his daily life. If a person's body is underdeveloped or inactive and if he fails to develop motor prowess, he is undermining his capacity for thought and for work, which are of vital importance to one's own life and society in a welfare state. The American Alliance for Health, Motor Education and Recreation emphasizes the necessity for individualized instruction, aimed at assisting students to find themselves motorly Motor fitness. Purpose: The purpose of the study was to know the role of selected Motor Fitness in Skill performance among Intercollegiate Volleyball Players. Methodology: In order to achieve the purpose of the study forty (40) inter-collegiate volleyball male players were selected as the subjects. During inter collegiate tournament of Kuvempu University from the data pertaining to the motor performances such as flexibility was assessed with the help of modified sit and reach test, speed was assessed with the help of 30 meter fly start, endurance was assessed with the help of 30 second Burpee test, strength was assessed with the help of medicine ball throw test, leg power was assessed with the help of standing broad jump, skill performance was assessed with volleying test, Service test, passing test, setup test. The data collected was tested with coefficient of correlation statistical technique to test the hypothesis of the study. Results: The statistical analysis shows coefficient of correlation in role of selected Motor Fitness in Skill performance among Intercollegiate Volleyball Players. Conclusion: In view of the finding and limitation of the study, the physical qualities such as flexibility, speed, endurance, strength, and leg power are positively correlated with volleyball playing ability. The result of the study shows that the selected physical qualities contribute in performance of volleyball players.

ISR Publishing Group, 2023

The purpose of the study was to identify the skill self-esteem level of the research sample's players, their physical and motor needs, and the nature of the correlation between each variable (skill self, physical requirements, and motor requirements) for volleyball applicants. The research was undertaken on a primary sample of 99 players. The researcher used the descriptive method in my survey and correlational studies because it is one of the most appropriate methods for the nature of the research problem to be solved, which was presented and discussed with experts in the field of sports training in general and volleyball in particular, who gave their approval. Based on their findings, the researcher stated that there was a statistical difference between the self-measure and the physical and motor requirements of outdoor and futsal players. It is also possible to utilize the research's scale of self-skill and physical conditions to assess players' physical and psychological preparation. The researcher concluded the following based on the study findings: The formula for the advanced volleyball players' skill self-esteem scale has been identified. And the existence of a statistical difference between the researches physical and motor needs and the scale of self-esteem skills among advanced volleyball players. The study's material and engine conditions, as well as the skill self-esteem scale, can be utilized to evaluate the psychological and social preparedness of the participants. Volleyball players have a statistically significant association between self-esteem skills and all physical-motor needs under investigation. The following are the researcher's recommendations based on his findings. Possibility of applying the existing scale to measure volleyball players' self-evaluations of their skill. In addition, there is a need to pay attention to the physical and motor abilities of advanced volleyball players and undertake similar research for different age groups, incorporating features of the current study.

2016

In recent years, an approach called game-based training has been developed. The aim of our research is to determine the effects of game-based training on accuracy in adolescent volleyball players. Forty two adolescent volleyball players (16,26±1,01 years) participated in this study. Players were randomly allocated into a small-sided games group (n = 22) and a control group (n = 20). Each player participated in a 8-week training program that included 3 organized court training sessions per week. Participants were tested for passing, setting, serving and serving under fatigue accuracy. Both groups made significant increases in serving accuracy (p &lt; 0.05) after 8 weeks of training. However, significant interaction effect between the groups was not found for all variables. Control group was involved in traditional instructional training induced significant improvements in forearm passing, setting and serving accuracy. To conclude, game-based training appears to have similar effects w...

European Physical Education Review, 2017

The purpose of this study was to analyse 18 Portuguese high school students’ game play performance improvements across three hybrid Sport Education-Step-Game-Approach volleyball seasons. Students’ play performance at the entry and exit points of each season was evaluated using the Game Performance Assessment Instrument during 2 vs2 games. A series of hierarchical linear models was then constructed in order to quantify the impact of gender, skill and time on the students’ Game Performance Index scores over the three seasons. The best predictive model showed a nonlinear effect of time on student performance such that all participants’ levels improved from their first experience at the seventh-grade through to the end of the ninth-grade season. This study has shown the value of implementing multiple seasons of the same sport within Sport Education, as the implementation of three seasons seemed to produce a fading in the gaps between skill levels.