MEN’S HIGHT LEVEL VOLLEYBALL: ASSOCIATION BETWEEN GAME ACTIONS ON THE SIDE-OUT

VOLEIBOL MASCULINO DE ALTO NÍVEL: ASSOCIAÇÃO ENTRE AS AÇÕES DE JOGO NO SIDE-OUT

ABSTRACT

The aim of this study was to analze the game practiced in the side-out Men’s Volleyball Superliga 2014/2015. The sample was composed by 12 teams, and we analyzed142 games, totaling 19,545 reception, setting and attack actions. The results showed associations between the reception result X the attack location; the reception X the attack tempo; the reception X attack result; the attack location X the attack tempo; the attack location X attack result, and the attack tempo and attack result. It showed that in the high level Brazilian Men’s Volleyball, the reception quality influences the attack organization, the setting location and the game strategy. Also, the point of attack was the most frequent on the game analisys, with higher indices of attack from position 3.

Keywords:
Game analysis; Volleyball; Side-out.