Mankind
Quarterly, Vol. 44, Nos. 3 & 4(Spring-Summer
2004)
pp.
253-273
Body Build Structure
of Young Female Volleyballers (Aged 13 - 16) and their
Performance in Competitions.
Raini Stamm
The present paper studies the anthropometric
structure of 46 young female volleyballers (aged 13
- 16 years) - 49 basic measurements, including 11
skinfolds, and the significance of the anthropometric
factor in predicting proficiency in the game The proficiency
of 32 players at competitions was assessed by an original
volleyball recording computer program Game. The regularity
of the body as a whole, interconnections between all
the characteristics, and the fact that all the characteristics
could be determined by height, weight and age (within
20-90%) gave reason to believe that, in principle,
all the body characteristics measured could be applied
to describe the players' peculiarities of body build
necessary for accomplishing volleyball tasks. The
index of proficiency that was used to describe players'
proficiency in the game correlated statistically significantly
with 14 basic measurements. The linear models composed
of these enabled us to predict the efficiency of serve
within 32%, efficiency of reception within 50% and,
very reliably, the efficiency of block, feint and
attack within 80%, 83% and 71% respectively.
