Original scientific paper
Integration of Technical and Situation Efficacy into the Morphological System in Young Female Volleyball Players
Zoran Grgantov
Dragan Nedović
Ratko Katić
Abstract
The aim of the study was to identify morphological structures of young female volleyball players according to age, and
to assess the impact of these morphological structures on technical and situation efficacy. A set of 13 morphological measures
as predictor variables, a set of 6 technique elements, and assessment of performance quality as criterion variables
were employed in a sample of 246 female volleyball players. The sample consisted of 32 players aged 12–13, 147 players
aged 14–15, 50 players aged 16–17, and 17 players aged 18–19. Analysis of variance showed the female volleyball players
of various age groups to differ significantly according to the variables assessing the longitudinal skeleton dimensionality,
and body mass and volume, as well as in all tests used on volleyball technique evaluation. Factor analysis of morphological
measures applied across all age groups generally yielded two morphological structures: the one determined by
skeleton development, i.e. longitudinal and transverse bone growth, and another one determined by soft tissue development,
i.e. muscle and adipose tissue growth. Results of regression analysis revealed the longitudinal skeleton dimensionality
to significantly determine the block technique performance across all age groups, and to a lesser extent performance
of the spike technique in the 14–15 and 16–17 age groups. Regression correlation analysis also showed the developed
skeleton based on the predominance of longitudinality to be a significant positive predictor of situation performance
in all age groups.
Keywords
female volleyball players; morphological structures; performance quality
Hrčak ID:
27295
URI
Publication date:
4.1.2007.
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