Kinesiology, Vol. 44. No. 1., 2012.
Original scientific paper
Differences in game patterns between male and female youth volleyball
Gustavo Costa
; Minas Tênis Clube, Nucleus for Integration in Sports Sciences, Belo Horizonte, Brazil
José Afonso
; University of Porto, Faculty of Sport, Portugal
Erica Brant
; University of Itaúna, Faculty of Physical Education, Brazil
Isabel Mesquita
; University of Porto, Faculty of Sport, Portugal
Abstract
Volleyball presents diversified competitive demands according to age group and sex, namely concerning the efficacy of game actions, but few studies have compared male and female volleyball. Also, a great body of research has been conducted with adult teams, but only a few studies have been conducted with younger age groups. Hence, it is the purpose of this paper to analyze the differences between male and female youth volleyball, considering game complex, serve type, attack tempo, attack type, and attack effectiveness, as literature has suggested the existence of differences in these parameters. Nineteen volleyball matches of the Youth World Championships of 2007 were analyzed (11 male, 8 female), totaling 1,816 serve actions and 1,914 attack actions. Multinomial logistic regression was applied to analyze the game actions that could differentiate male and female game profiles. Three variables showed significant differences between male
and female volleyball: serve type, attack tempo, and attack type. There was a predominance of ground serves, placed attacks and slower attack plays in women’s volleyball, therefore promoting a higher occurrence of counterattacks. Future research should consider additional variables, such as match status and the opponents’ level, both possibly influencing the attack tactics used by the teams, as well as their performance.
Keywords
performance; notational analysis; gender specificity
Hrčak ID:
83587
URI
Publication date:
30.6.2012.
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