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The weight of terminal actions in Volleyball. Contributions of the spike, serve and block for the teams’ rankings in the World League 2005

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  • Rui Marcelino
  • Isabel Mesquita
  • José Afonso

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The purpose of this paper was to study performance levels in scoring skills in the Volleyball World League 2005, and to relate the results to the teams’ final ranking in the tournament. The sample consisted in 33745 actions, distributed by serve (n=12434), block (n=7200), and spike (n=14111), having been recorded during 72 World League 2005 matches. Both absolute (number of successful and unsuccessful executions) and relative (coefficient of performance, percentage of successful executions and percentage of unsuccessful executions) variables have been considered for the three dimensions (spike, serve, and block). Team ranking has been calculated for each variable. Also, each team’s final ranking in the tournament has been considered. The results permit us to conclude that the spike is the best indicator of success in high level volleyball, but only when considering relative measures. Simultaneously, the number of block points per game proved to be a good indicator of success in volleyball. Finally, the number of serve errors and the percentage of serve points are associated with the team’s tournament ranking. That is, the best teams fail a higher number of serves, but also win more points with this action.

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  • Rui Marcelino & Isabel Mesquita & José Afonso, 2008. "The weight of terminal actions in Volleyball. Contributions of the spike, serve and block for the teams’ rankings in the World League 2005," International Journal of Performance Analysis in Sport, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 8(2), pages 1-7, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:rpanxx:v:8:y:2008:i:2:p:1-7
    DOI: 10.1080/24748668.2008.11868430
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    1. Araújo Rui Manuel & Castro José & Marcelino Rui & Mesquita Isabel R, 2010. "Relationship between the Opponent Block and the Hitter in Elite Male Volleyball," Journal of Quantitative Analysis in Sports, De Gruyter, vol. 6(4), pages 1-12, October.
    2. Rodriguez-Ruiz David & Quiroga Miriam E. & Miralles Jose A. & Sarmiento Samuel & de Saá Yves & García-Manso Juan M., 2011. "Study of the Technical and Tactical Variables Determining Set Win or Loss in Top-Level European Men's Volleyball," Journal of Quantitative Analysis in Sports, De Gruyter, vol. 7(1), pages 1-15, January.
    3. Quiroga Miriam E. & Rodriguez-Ruiz David & Sarmiento Samuel & Muchaga Luis Fernando & Da Silva Grigoletto Marzo & García-Manso Juan M., 2012. "Characterisation of the Main Playing Variables Affecting the Service in High-Level Women's Volleyball," Journal of Quantitative Analysis in Sports, De Gruyter, vol. 8(1), pages 1-13, March.

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