Analysis of the performance of the skills, of the physical profile and of the physical performance of the male master volleyball of the Rio de Janeiro – 2016 and 2017

Abstract

Objective: The review article was to present the performance of the skills, the physical profile of the match (rally and pause, duration of the game, skills practiced, attack ball time, serve ball time and setter time) and the performance of some conditioning motor capacities (block reach, attack reach and the percentage of the jump fatigue) of the male master volleyball in Rio de Janeiro of the category 35 years old or more of the years 2016 and 2017.

Method: Observational study about the of the male master volleyball of the category 35 years old or more of the 2016 and 2017 are of 15 matches during the Carioca Championship of 2016 and 2017. All the matches were filmed behind of the court at a distance and height of two meters. The data were collected with the camera Sony_® Handycam model DCR-SX20 on the tripod Mirage_®. Skills performance analysis of chapter 1 was with the performance coefficient and the data were collected with a scout prepared in the Excel_®. Physical profile analysis of chapter 2 and the physical performance of chapter 3 was with the Kinovea_® software.

Results: Performance coefficient was used to measure the performance of the skills. The skills with the best performances were the attack (1^st set: 2.37, 2^nd set: 2.24 and 3^rd set: 2.13) and the reception (1^st set: 2.29, 2^nd set: 2.39 and 3^rd set: 2.65). The 1st and 2nd place teams in the Carioca Championship had better performance in the three most decisive volleyball skills in the victory (2.73 of the attack, 1.86 of the block and 1.85 of the serve) than the teams 3^rd to the last place (2.19 of the attack, 1.68 of the block and 1.82 of the serve). The physical profile was measured, being of 1 to 10 seconds of the rally and the pause of 11 to 29 seconds (ratio effort and pause of 1:2.2 to 1:2.6). The physical performance during the game was detected a decrease of the block (1^st set: 2.77 meters, 2^nd set: 2.74 m and 3^rd set: 2.74 m) and the attack (1^st set: 2.83 meters, 2^nd set: 2.82 m and 3^rd set: 2.77 m).

Conclusion: The review presented the results of the first studies on male master volleyball in Rio de Janeiro of the category 35 years old or more. This information is important for the trainer to structure and prescribe the training. The analysis of the master volleyball is an important task for the evolution of this category of the volleyball.