Evaluation of tactical-technical skills development in volleyball teams male infant

Abstract

The aim of this study was to evaluate the development of technical and tactical skills resulting from the methodological approaches used for the teaching-learning-training process of male infant volleyball players. Thirty athletes and their coaches, responsible for two teams from Santa Catarina (Brazil) experienced in the formation of athletes, participated in the study. The groups analyzed were submitted to pre- and post-tests for the evaluation of technical and tactical skills. The procedures used were the evaluation of technical-tactical actions of the players in the games and systematic observation of typical weeks of technical-tactical training. Descriptive statistics (mean, percentage, frequency and standard deviation) was used applying the Mann-Whitney U test and Wilcoxon test, with the level of significance set at p<0.05. The methodological approaches used by the coaches were similar in terms of notion of refinement and appliance, and differed in terms of notion of progressions. The results indicate that the development of technical-tactical skills of the athletes seems to depend more on the time spent for training of actions than on the concepts and methodologies implemented in the training. The process of teaching-learning-training used by the teams was able to improve the level of technical-tactical skills of the athletes. However, no significant differences in the development of technical-tactical skills of the athletes were observed between the methodological approaches adopted by the coa¬ches during this process. Future studies are necessary to analyze the verbal behavior and specific strategies adopted by the coaches for the development of tactical skills in volleyball.