Situational Performance of Volleyball Players on Different Competitive Levels : Masters Thesis

Glavni cilj ovog istraživanja bio je analizirati razlike u situacijskoj uspješnosti odbojkašica, na različitim razinama natjecanja. Izvršena je usporedba dvije ekipe iz istog kluba koje se natječu u, Superligi (najviša razina natjecanja) i Prvoj B ligi (treća razina natjecanja). Usporedba je provedena analizirajući podatke dobivene Data Volley softverom za notacijsku analizu odbojkaške igre. Ukupno je analizirano 11 Superligaških utakmica i 9 utakmica Prve B lige odigranih u drugom dijelu sezone 2021/2022. Iz dobivenih podataka od ukupno 64 odigrana seta, pomoću Fisherovog testa razlika u proporcijama, uspoređena je situacijska uspješnost dvije ekipe. Varijable su uključivale efikasnost prijema, servisa i napada tijekom izgubljenih i dobivenih setova u Prvoj B i Superligi. Dobiveni podatci ne rezultiraju višom efikasnosti Superligaške ekipe koja je bila predviđena za sve faze igre. Jedina značajna razlika utvrđena je u povećanoj efikasnosti napada u dobivenim setovima Superligaške ekipe naspram izgubljenim setovima iste.The main goal of this research is to determine the success of a volleyball player in the given moment, across different levels of competition. We accomplished this by comparing two teams from the same club competing on two different levels, the higher one being the best league in the country. We did the comparison by looking at analytical data from 64 sets played in second part of both teams' seasons in the year 2021/2022. The analytical data was then put through the Fisher's test of differences in proportions, and the situational performance between the two teams was compared. Variables included serve reception, serving, and attacking efficiency during lost and won sets in the First B and Superliga. The obtained data did not result in higher efficiency of the Superliga team that was foreseen for all phases of the game. One significant difference was found in the increased efficiency of the attack in the sets won of the Superliga team versus the sets lost of the same team