Predicting Volleyball Serve-reception

Serve and serve-reception performance have predicted success in volleyball. Given the impact of serve-reception on the game, we aimed at understanding what it is in the serve and receiver’s actions that determines the selection of the type of pass used in serve-reception and its efficacy. Four high-...

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Main Authors: Ana Paulo, Frank TJM Zaal, Sofia Fonseca, Duarte Araújo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2016-11-01
Series:Frontiers in Psychology
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fpsyg.2016.01694/full
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description Serve and serve-reception performance have predicted success in volleyball. Given the impact of serve-reception on the game, we aimed at understanding what it is in the serve and receiver’s actions that determines the selection of the type of pass used in serve-reception and its efficacy. Four high-level players received jump-float serves from four servers in two reception zones – zone 1 and 5. The ball and the receiver’s head were tracked with two video cameras, allowing 3D world-coordinates reconstruction. Logistic-regression models were used to predict the type of pass used (overhand or underhand) and serve-reception efficacy (error, out, or effective) from variables related with the serve kinematics and related with the receiver’s on-court positioning and movement. Receivers’ initial position was different when in zone 1 and 5. This influenced the serve-related variables as well as the type of pass used. Strong predictors of using an underhand rather than overhand pass were higher ball contact of the server, reception in zone 1, receiver’s initial position more to the back of the court and backward receiver movement. Receiver’s larger longitudinal displacements and an initial position more to the back of the court had a strong relationship with the decreasing of the serve-reception efficacy. Receivers’ positioning and movement were the factors with the largest impact on the type of pass used and the efficacy of the reception. Reception zone affected the variance in the ball’s kinematics (with the exception of the ball’s lateral displacement), as well as in the receivers’ positioning (distances from the net and from the target). Also the reception zone was associated with the type of pass used by the receiver but not with reception efficacy. Given volleyball’s rotation rule, the receiver needs to master receiving in the different reception zones; he/she needs to adapt to the diverse constraints of each zone to maintain performance efficacy. Thus, being able to flexibly vary positioning and passing, given local (zone) constraints, can yield an advantage in high-level volleyball serve-reception. Further research needs to consider other serve modes (e.g., power-jump serve) and a full-court context of performance to support the present study’s findings.
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spelling doaj.art-946a68bc4c744fdb8d01bbe9ee296cfb2022-12-21T18:32:04ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Psychology1664-10782016-11-01710.3389/fpsyg.2016.01694213849Predicting Volleyball Serve-receptionAna Paulo0Frank TJM Zaal1Sofia Fonseca2Duarte Araújo3CIPER, Faculdade de Motricidade Humana, Universidade de LisboaCenter for Human Movement Sciences, University Medical Center Groningen, University of GroningenFaculdade de Educação Física e Desporto, Universidade Lusófona de Humanidades e TecnologiasCIPER, Faculdade de Motricidade Humana, Universidade de LisboaServe and serve-reception performance have predicted success in volleyball. Given the impact of serve-reception on the game, we aimed at understanding what it is in the serve and receiver’s actions that determines the selection of the type of pass used in serve-reception and its efficacy. Four high-level players received jump-float serves from four servers in two reception zones – zone 1 and 5. The ball and the receiver’s head were tracked with two video cameras, allowing 3D world-coordinates reconstruction. Logistic-regression models were used to predict the type of pass used (overhand or underhand) and serve-reception efficacy (error, out, or effective) from variables related with the serve kinematics and related with the receiver’s on-court positioning and movement. Receivers’ initial position was different when in zone 1 and 5. This influenced the serve-related variables as well as the type of pass used. Strong predictors of using an underhand rather than overhand pass were higher ball contact of the server, reception in zone 1, receiver’s initial position more to the back of the court and backward receiver movement. Receiver’s larger longitudinal displacements and an initial position more to the back of the court had a strong relationship with the decreasing of the serve-reception efficacy. Receivers’ positioning and movement were the factors with the largest impact on the type of pass used and the efficacy of the reception. Reception zone affected the variance in the ball’s kinematics (with the exception of the ball’s lateral displacement), as well as in the receivers’ positioning (distances from the net and from the target). Also the reception zone was associated with the type of pass used by the receiver but not with reception efficacy. Given volleyball’s rotation rule, the receiver needs to master receiving in the different reception zones; he/she needs to adapt to the diverse constraints of each zone to maintain performance efficacy. Thus, being able to flexibly vary positioning and passing, given local (zone) constraints, can yield an advantage in high-level volleyball serve-reception. Further research needs to consider other serve modes (e.g., power-jump serve) and a full-court context of performance to support the present study’s findings.http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fpsyg.2016.01694/fullDecision MakingSportsLogistic regressionExpertisePASSinterceptive action
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Decision Making
Sports
Logistic regression
Expertise
PASS
interceptive action
title Predicting Volleyball Serve-reception
title_full Predicting Volleyball Serve-reception
title_fullStr Predicting Volleyball Serve-reception
title_full_unstemmed Predicting Volleyball Serve-reception
title_short Predicting Volleyball Serve-reception
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topic Decision Making
Sports
Logistic regression
Expertise
PASS
interceptive action
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