@article{2930729,
    title = "The Importance of Certain Performance Indicators on Specific Set Types in Volleyball",
    author = "Drikos, Sotirios and Kountouris, Panagiotis",
    journal = "Inquiries in Sport & Physical Education",
    year = "2014",
    volume = "12",
    number = "1",
    pages = "17--25",
    abstract = "The  aim  of  this  study  was  to  identify  volleyball  performance  indicators  that  best  discriminate  between winning  and  losing  teams  in  a  set  according  to  set  final  score  differences. The  data  were  collected  from teams’ performances (N=175) in all sets played during the 2009 Men’s European Volleyball Championship in Turkey.  Clusters analysis established three  different  groups  of sets according to  set final score difference: 2 points  (ambivalent),  3-5  points  (safe),  >5  points  (unbalanced).  A  Wilcoxon  signed  rank  test  was  performed on  10  performance  indicators  and  4  match  indicators.  The  analysis  revealed  11  important  indicators  for  all sets have been played and for unbalanced set too, 7 important indicators for safe sets and 1 indicator for a m-bivalent sets. The analysis of ambivalent sets showed that the winning teams had a statistically significant (p <0.001)  percentage  of  points  from  direct  attack  compared  to  the  defeated  teams.  The  resu lts  confirm  that coaches of men’s volleyball team should attach importance to improving offensive capacities of athletes"
}