The purpose of this study was to analyse the developmental pathway of skilled and less skilled volleyball players by focusing on the quantity and type of sporting activities, as well as their age and height in comparison to peers in those experiences. Retrospective interviews were conducted to provide a longitudinal and detailed account of sport involvement of 30 skilled and 30 less skilled vol...

With the aim of validating the Competitive State Anxiety Inventory on a population of young Croatian volleyball players, 286 examinees, 106 male and 180 female volleyball players (average age of 16.09+/-1.83), filled out the CSAI-2, constructed by Martens, Vealey, Burton, Bump and Smith (1990)1. Given the fact that all scales of the Competitive State Anxiety Inventory have good homogeneity, rel...

After the 2000 Olympic Games, the Fédération Internationale de Volleyball (FIVB) modified the scoring system used in beach volleyball from side-out to a rally point system. The goal was to facilitate the comprehension of the game and to stabilize match duration. The purpose of this study was to assess the duration and number of rallies in men's and women's beach volleyball matches (2000-2010 FI...

The purpose of this study was to examine beach volleyball players' experience regarding shoulder injury and how it affects their return to play. To achieve the research aims a qualitative design with semi-structured interviews had been conducted, five elite beach volleyball players, four men and one woman aged 27-42 participated in the study. All participants had suffered a severe shoulder inju...

Purpose – Integrating several streams of theoretical reasoning such as social identity theory, congruity theory and the customer gratitude approach, the purpose of this paper is to develop a model of the antecedents and consequences of sponsor-stadium fit and examine the hypothesised relationships. Design/methodology/approach – Data were collected from professional football spectators in a non-...

The aim of the study was to identify differences in morphological variables and variables for quality assessment of volleyball techniques in young female volleyball players according to age and situation efficacy, and to estimate the effect of technique quality on situation efficacy. A set of 13 morphological measures and 6 technique elements were used in a sample of 246 female volleyball playe...

Manna I, Lal-Khanna GL, Chandra-Dhara PC. Effect of training on anthropometric, physiological and biochemical variables of U-19 volleyball players. J. Hum. Sport Exerc. Vol. 7, No. 1, pp. 263-274, 2012. The effect of training on anthropometric, physiological and biochemical variables of U-19 volleyball players was aimed in the present study. A total of 30 Indian under 19 years (U-19) male volle...

Injuries are, regrettably, an unavoidable hazard of sports participation. Although volleyball and beach volleyball are by most estimates relatively safe sports – particularly in comparison to other sports such as football (soccer) – epidemiologic research has revealed that volleyball athletes are at risk for certain types of injuries. Serious injuries which interfere with the athlete’s ability ...

BACKGROUND A scientific research project has started in the Netherlands with the aim of developing and implementing an evidence-based intervention to prevent the occurrence of musculoskeletal injuries among young and adult recreational volleyball players. This article describes (i) the systematic development of the intervention; and (ii) the assessment of its feasibility in terms of relevancy, ...

The purpose of this study was to determine relationship between prevalence and types of injuries with anthropometric properties of male elite volleyball players of Iran. 91 male volleyball players in 1388 premier volleyball league of Iran (27.53±2.89 years old, 7.88±1.04 year’s volleyball background) participated in this study. To collect data, Australian standard sport injury questionnaire was...