Trends of the serve skill in top-level male volleyball
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to highlight the trends in the serve skill in top-level male volleyball with the investigation of the areas from which the serves performed were carried out, the zones into where they were directed and their performance in connection to the serve type. Inferential analysis was applied to analyze 3593 serves from the final phases of the Olympic Games 2012 (N=1939) and World Championship 2018 (N=1654) in Men. The results showed that in 2018 (a) the frequency of power jump Serve (PJS) was increased instead of the frequency of float jump serve which was decreased, (b) irrespective of the serve type the frequency of serves from areas behind the baseline in positions 1 (SA1) and 5 (SA5) were increased, while from the area behind position 6 (SA 6) was reduced, (c) the frequency of serves directed in the left part of the court were increased, on the contrary, the frequency of serves that directed in the middle part of the back lane of the court was decreased and (d) the frequency of moderate level PJS was higher in comparison to 2012, while the frequency of good level FJS was lower.References
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