ABSTRACT Introduction: Volleyball is a competitive sport demanding the athlete's excellent physical fitness because execution of its movements requires flexibility and agility. Objective: Analyze effects specific training protocol on at level volleyball players. Methods: This paper selects 12 female players as volunteers for research subjects. The athletes’ agility quality was examined intellec...

The paper considers that playing volleyball requires maximum manifestation of physical capabilities, willpower and the ability to use acquired skills from athletes. Physical training is one most important components athletes specializing in volleyball. It aimed at development such motor qualities, namely: strength, speed, endurance, flexibility coordination abilities. usually divided into gener...

the aim of this investigation was to compare the level and the pattern of attention demands of a volleyball jumping serve using a probe reaction time (rt) technique. 14 junior elite volleyball players performed 60 jumping serves (js) with their preferred hand. jumping serve was performance as the primary task and verbal rt that was administered in four probe positions (pp) as secondary task. re...

The purpose of this paper was to study the ranges in height, weight, age, spike reach, and block reach of volleyball players in relation to the player position and the level of their respective teams in peak performance. The analysed sample included 1454 male and 1452 female players who participated in the volleyball competitions of the Olympic Games and World Championships in the 2000-2012 per...

the aim of this study was to investigate the effect of different sport fields, different training levels and their interactive effects on indicators of growth and sexual maturation of adolescent female athletes. the population consisted of all adolescent female athletes (aged 17-9) in gymnastics, volleyball and table tennis in arak city and the sample included 49 gymnasts, 82 volleyball players...

the purpose of this research was to compare the effect of an exhaustive exercise session on the concentration of serum testosterone and cortisol and cortisol/testosterone ratio in the morning and the evening in female volleyball players. for this purpose, 12 female volleyball players (mean age 23.26 years, mean weight 58.8 kg, mean height 166.49 cm and at least four years of activity) participa...

The goal of this study was to identify and compare body composition (BC) variables in elite female athletes (age ± years): volleyball (27.4 ± 4.1), softball (23.6 ± 4.9), basketball (25.9 ± 4.2), soccer (23.2 ± 4.2) and handball (24.0 ± 3.5) players. Fat-free mass (FFM), fat mass, percentage of fat mass (FMP), body cell mass (BCM), extracellular mass (ECM), their ratio, the percentage of BCM in...