TY - JOUR
TI - The Importance of Certain Performance Indicators on Specific Set Types in Volleyball
AU - Drikos, Sotirios
AU - Kountouris, Panagiotis
JO - Inquiries in Sport & Physical Education
PY - 2014
VL - 12
TODO - 1
SP - 17--25
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SN - null
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TODO - 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
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