Jump performance in Volleyball: type and intensity of the jumps of the outside hitter and middle blocker

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INTRODUCTION
CONCLUSION
Jump performance in Volleyball: type
and intensity of the jumps of the outside
hitter and middle blocker
Sample
4 MALE ELITE
VOLLEYBALL
PLAYERS (2
OUTSIDE HITTER
+ 2 MIDDLE
BLOCKERS)
VERT – INERTIAL
MEASUREMENT
DEVICE
5 GAMES WITH
A TOTAL OF 15
SETS ANALYZED
1021 JUMPS
The purpose of this pilot study was to assess the
types and intensity of the jumps of outside hitters
and middle blockers in the senior 1st division of
volleyball in Portugal.The results confirm the need
to individualize the practice and training of
volleyball players according to the players’ roles.
More studies are needed to provide more
information about repeated jump ability in
volleyball players.
METHODS
RESULTS
Ricardo.lima@esdl.ipvc.pt
Ricardo Lima1,3, Miguel Camões1, Bruno Silva1,3, Filipe Clemente1,2
1Instituto Politécnico de Viana do Castelo – Escola Superior de Desporto e Lazer de Melgaço, Portugal.
2Instituto de Telecomunicações – Departamento da Covilhã, Portugal
3CIDESD – Research Center in Sports Science, Health Sciences and Human Development
Volleyball is anon-invasive net sport.Teams perform
alternative high-intensity actions of passing a ball
and trying to send it to the opponent’s court.
Traditionally, monitoring players’ jumping ability in a
competition involves the assessment of the types and
the number of jumps that the players perform.
Previous studies showed that players’ game demands
changed according to the players positions and their
specificity.
The purpose of this pilot study was to assess the
types and intensities of the jumps that professional
male volleyball players executed according to
particular playing positions.
Middle blocker Outside hitter
Number of jumps Jump height Number of jumps Jump height
Type
of jump Average % M SD Average % M SD
Serve
1.6 7.89 0.41 0.14 4.9 18.3 0.52 0.16
Reception
0.0 0.16 0.63 01.1 4.25 0.32 0.09
Set
0.0 0.16 0.31 00.4 1.5 0.38 0.15
Simulation
2.6 12.4 0.59 0.13 0.0 0 0 0
Attack
4.3 20.6 0.65 0.12 8.9 33.5 0.68 0.12
Block
11.0 53.3 0.53 0.12 10.3 38.7 0.58 0.12
Celebration
0.0 0.16 0.22 00.2 0.75 0.17 0.02
Null
1.1 5.31 0.37 0.16 0.8 30.39 0.18
Tot al s
20.7 100 0.55 0.15 13.3 100 0.58 0.12
Middle blockers Outside hitter
Type
of jump Highest
(m)
Av.
(m)
Av.
(%)
SD
(%)
Highest
(m)
Av.
(m)
Av.
(%)
SD
(%)
Serve
0.69 0.40 57.5 20.6 0.67 0.49 73.5 18
Reception
0.63 - - - 0.39 0.29 74.8 19.5
Set
0.49 - - - 0.48 - - -
Simulation
0.80 0.57 71.2 16.3 - - - -
Attack
0.92 0.66 71.7 13.8 0.83 0.65 78.1 12.5
Block
0.80 0.54 67 15.5 0.80 0.57 71.3 27.2
Celebration
0.22 - - - 0.18 - - -
Null
0.62 0.39 63.6 20.8 0.54 - - -
Average
0.65 0.47 74.8 13.5 0.56 0.41 76.2 19.5
FIG. 1 - Jumps performed per set and relative jump heights for the different types of jumps (values expressed in numbers of jumps and percentages). Note: Data
related to relative jump heights include only information for actions with more than one jump per set of occurrence.
TABLE 1 - Average and proportion of jumps per set and jump heights (height values expressed in m).
TABLE 2 - Maximal and relative height per player’s position for the different types of jumps (height values expressed in meters and
percentages).