The (Block) Type — Quality as a Technical Element that Distinguished in Women’s Volleyball

Abstract: The purpose of this work was to compare technical and tactical elements (Block type, Block quality) of teams that participated in the 2022–2023 women’s volleyball league A1 category (play off). The sample consisted of the matches (8 matches) played by the teams ranked in the first 4 places. The elements evaluated were the type of block and the quality of the block in complex 2. The recording of the above technical elements became a means of observing and recording each event (2,817 racing episodes) in a protocol that was structured with a separate scale (five/grade) for each variable. The statistical analysis performed was the χ2 (chi-square) mean of the SPSS program. After processing the data it appeared that there was a significant difference of the single block type and the triple block type as well as the quality of the single block. These results can be used as coaching guidelines to create drills in high block defense training.

Key words: volleyball, observation, block, data analysis, complex 2