Game-Related Volleyball Skills that Influence Victory

• Authors: Miguel Silva , Daniel Lacerda , Paulo Vicente João
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

The aim of the present study was to identify the volleyball skills that discriminate in favour of victory. Twenty-four games (n=24) from the Senior Men's Volleyball World Championship played in Italy in 2010 were chosen and analyzed with Data Volley software. The discriminating function was used to identify the discriminating variables, using a canonical structuring coefficient of |SC| >.30. The results suggest that service points, reception errors, and blocking errors were the discriminating variables that identify the final outcome of the match (victory/defeat). Moreover, successful service points were the major variable most likely associated with match success (victory). In this sense, increasing the effectiveness of service should be a top priority in coaching elite volleyball teams.

Keywords

EN

volleyball; games-related statistics; performance; results; skills

• Publisher: De Gruyter Open
• Journal: Journal of Human Kinetics
• Year: 2014
• Volume: 41
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 173-179

Dates

accepted

1 - 6 - 2014

online

8 - 7 - 2014

Contributors

author

Miguel Silva

• Department of Sports Sciences, University of Trás-os-Montes and Alto Douro (UTAD), Vila Real - Portugal.

author

Daniel Lacerda

• Department of Sports Sciences, University of Trás-os-Montes and Alto Douro (UTAD), Vila Real - Portugal.

author

Paulo Vicente João

• Department of Sports Sciences, University of Trás-os-Montes and Alto Douro (UTAD), Vila Real - Portugal.
• CIDESD - UTAD - Research Unit, Sport Sciences, Exercise and Health Department, University of Trás-os-Montes and Alto Douro, Vila Real - Portugal.

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Identifiers

DOI

10.2478/hukin-2014-0045