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The aim of our study is to find out which performance indicators predict a successful placing of a team in the tournament of top level in the category of men and women in volleyball. There were 16 teams of men and women like an object of investigation who took part in the final tournament of European Championship 2017. We have analysed all matches in both categories this was for 36 matches in every tournament. There were played-off 131 sets in category of men and 142 sets in category of women. We have registered 6079 serves, 6942 attack hits, 5002 serve receptions and 637 kill-blocks in our statistical analysis. In the category of women there were 6077 serves, 8814 attack hits, 5529 serve receptions and 708 kill-blocks. In the statistical analysis we correlated the overall team placing in the tournament with nine performance indicators which have been various qualitative characteristics of serve, attack hit, block and serve reception. We found out that the kill-blocks per set (R = 0.846, p = 4E-05) and the number of aces per set (R = 0.608, p = 0.01232) were the predictors of successful placing in the tournament at men. In the category of women the excellent attack (R = 0.761, p = 0.00061) and attack efficiency (R = 0.688, p = 0.0032) were these predictors. We were finding out the significantness of relations at 5% of statistical significance. The study results enable to the coaches to attain a higher objectivity of their decision-making at searching for the most suitable strategies and procedures at team preparation and guiding in the competition in concrete match also at organizing the training process. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
