Association between effect of reception and game procedures in high-level Brazilian volleyball: the case of the women’s “Superliga” champion team

Abstract

The present study aimed to analyze the association between effect of reception and game procedures practiced by the women’s “superliga” champion team in the side-out, as well as the behavior of the opposing central blocker, according to the performance level of the opposing team. The sample was composed of the observation of 21 games of the 2015-2016 Women’s “Superliga” champion team. Data were analyzed using the Chi-square test, SPSS software version 20.0 for Windows and significance of p?0.05. The results showed that there was an association between performance level of the opposing team with the effect of reception (?2=12.96 and ? =0,14, p=0,01), as well the effect of reception with the central blocker disposal (?2=13.70 and ? =0.14, p=0.01), with the attack tempo (?2=353.27 and ? =0.72, p<0.001), with the attack site (?2=91.05 and ? =0.36, p<0.001) and the attack effect (?2=30.11 and ? =0.21, p<0.001) according to the performance level of the opposing team. Together, the results showed that there were differences in the game procedures according to the opposing team classification, contributing to a better understanding of the game played in high-level women’s volleyball.