Setting Decision Making in male high- level volleyballa study from ecological theory and social network analysis perspective

  1. Gustavo De Conti Teixeira Costa 1
  2. Marcos Henrique Nascimento 2
  3. Lorenzo Laporta 3
  4. Augusto Cezar Rodrigues Rocha 1
  5. Claudio Andre Barbosa de Lira 1
  6. Mario Hebling Campos 1
  7. Gustavo Ferreira Pedrosa 3
  8. Juracy da Silva Guimarães 1
  9. Filipe Clemente 4
  10. Ricardo Franco Lima 4
  11. Thiago José Leonardi 5
  12. Marcelo Couto Jorge Rodrigues 1
  13. Henrique de Oliveira Castro 6
  1. 1 Universidade Federal de Goiás
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    Universidade Federal de Goiás

    Goiânia, Brasil

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  2. 2 Universidade Federal de Goiá
  3. 3 Universidade Federal de Santa Maria (Braz
  4. 4 Instituto Politécnico de Viana do Castelo (Portugal)
  5. 5 niversidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (Brazi
  6. 6 niversidade Federal do Mato Grosso (Brazil
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Retos: nuevas tendencias en educación física, deporte y recreación

ISSN: 1579-1726,  1988-2041

Year of publication: 2023

Issue: 50

Pages: 1098-1107

Type: Article

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Abstract

The objective of the present study was to analyze and compare the setter's decision-making (DM) in the offensive construction of the side-out (attack from the reception) in high-level men's volleyball. The sample consisted of the analysis of 132 games of the Brazilian men's volleyball Super-League 2021/2022, with 22 games for each team. The results showed that the eigenvector values were higher for setting to position 3, central attacker next to the setter, simple block, and obtaining the attack point. In addition, the setter's DM was similar between teams, suggesting that the game strategies aim to provide subsidies for the setter to make the decisions according to the game context in a flexible way and generate benefits for the attackers about the number of blockers, being that under ideal conditions and due to the lifter's correct choices in distribution, central blockers avoid anticipating the setting, and this fact allows the conditions of a single block or double-broken blocks in most cases. As a practical application, setting for the central attacker in position 3 becomes an interesting option for point acquisition and is capable of influencing the number of blockers, as well as the optimal blocking condition. Another application would be for the central attacker to position themselves close to the setter, a strategy that would enable the use of the "pipe" attack in other areas of the court with lower defensive blocking power.

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