The influence of technical skills on decision making of novice volleyball players

Abstract The aim of this study was to verify the influence of the technical skills level on the decision making of novice volleyball players on service, reception and set actions. The sample was composed of 80 novice athletes of school volleyball teams of both sexes. Based on the results from the Volleyball Skills Test Battery, the sample was divided into three groups: low, intermediate and high technical level, by means of One-Way ANOVA. The intermediate group was excluded from further analyses. Decision making was assessed with the Game Performance Assessment Instrument (GPAI). For data analysis purposes, the independent student-t test was used, adopting significance level of p≤0.05. The results showed that players with low skill level in service and set actions also had lower performance on the decision-making test when compared to players with high technical level. On the other hand, in the reception action, no differences were found among groups. It was therefore concluded that the technical level seems to influence the decision making in service and set actions in novice volleyball players.摘要 本研究旨在探究技术技能水平对新手排球运动员在发球、接发球与传球动作中的决策表现的影响。研究样本由80名来自男女校排球队的新手运动员构成。基于排球技能综合测试（Volleyball Skills Test Battery）的测试结果，通过单因素方差分析（One-Way ANOVA）将样本划分为低、中、高三个技术水平组别，其中中级技术组被排除于后续分析流程之外。决策表现采用比赛表现评估工具（Game Performance Assessment Instrument, GPAI）进行评定。本次研究采用独立样本t检验开展数据分析，将显著性水平设定为p≤0.05。研究结果显示，相较于高水平技术组运动员，低技术水平组在发球与传球动作的决策测试中表现更差；而在接发球动作中，各组间未观测到显著差异。综上可得出结论：技术水平似乎会对新手排球运动员在发球与传球动作中的决策表现产生影响。