Abstract :
The purpose of the study was to analyse the selected physical variables of the Junior Volleyball men teams in the World Championships during the year 2011. To achieve the purpose of the study, top eight teams of Junior World Championships during the year 2011 were selected. The top eight teams were from Russia, Argentina, Serbia, USA, Brazil, Iran, Spain and India. Spike jump reach and block jump reach were selected as skill related variables and tested during the tournament. To test the significance of the mean difference among the top eight teams, analysis of variance (ANOVA) was used. In case of any significance of mean difference on the criterion measure, to find out which pair of group was better among the others, the Scheffe’s post – hoc test was applied. The level of significance was fixed at 0.05 level. The results reveal that the Indian volleyball players were having better spike Jump Reach followed by USA, Spain, Russia, Brazil, Argentina, Serbia and Iran. The results reveal that the Russian volleyball players recorded high in the block jump reach followed by Spain, India, USA, Brazil, Iran, Serbia and Argentina. From the analysis it was concluded that in spike jump reach significant differences were found between Iran and India and there was no differences between other countries. From the analysis it was concluded that in the block jump reach significant differences were found between Russia and Argentina, Russia and Serbia, Argentina and Spain, Serbia and Spain and there were no differences between other countries.
Author Name : M.H.Kumara & Dr. M. Govindaraj
Keywords: Spike Jump Reach, Block Jump Reach, Volleyball, Countries, Analysis.
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