Differences in the success of the attack between outside and opposite hitters in high level men’s volleyball

  1. Antonio Millán Sánchez 1
  2. Juan Carlos Morante Rábago 2
  3. Aurelio Ureña Espá 1
  1. 1 Universidad de Granada
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    Universidad de Granada

    Granada, España

    ROR https://ror.org/04njjy449

  2. 2 Universidad de León
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    Universidad de León

    León, España

    ROR https://ror.org/02tzt0b78

Journal:
Journal of Human Sport and Exercise: JHSE

ISSN: 1988-5202

Year of publication: 2017

Volume: 12

Issue: 2

Pages: 251-256

Type: Article

DOI: 10.14198/JHSE.2017.122.01 DIALNET GOOGLE SCHOLAR lock_openRUA editor

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Abstract

The objective was to determine the success of the three most frequent attackers in elite men’s volleyball, according to their location on-court when attacking. 2925 attacks (terminal actions) were registered from 23 matches of the 2010 Men’s World Championship, registering the player role (1st receiver, 2nd receiver and opposite), the location on the court when the attack took place (front and back court) and the result of the attack (positive (#) and negative (=)). The Chi-square test presented significant results (p<0.000) for the variables. The effect of the association showed a Cramer’s V = 0.152. The adjusted residual analysis showed higher values than expected for the opposite between the back-court location and the attack= and for the front-court location and the attack#. The decision tree analysis performed set the result of the attack as the dependent variable and the player role and the location on the court as independent variables. The model split the sample into two groups: opposite and 1st and 2nd receiver. The receivers presented a probability of success of 72.5% in their attacks, whereas for the opposite it was 55.1%. Additionally, the likelihood of success of the opposite when performing definitive attacks was 48.4% from the back court and 62% from the front court. The lack of significance regarding the location on the court for the receivers means there was no statistical difference in the attack# probability between the front and back court location for them. Hence, all tests performed indicate an increasing relevance of the outside hitters from the back court, contrasting with the use of the opposite in male volleyball as an specialist in back-court attack rather than any of the receivers.

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This work was supported by the Spanish Science and Innovation Ministry (DEP2011-27503) and carried out in the framework of a predoctoral scholarship (FPU14/02234) by the Spanish Education, Science and Sport Ministry.

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