Volleyball technical skills as winning and qualification factors during the Olympic Games 2008

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to examine the technical skills that emerged as round, semi-final and final in the Beijing Olympic Games of 2008. Collection of data included the use of the statistical recording program Data Volley 2 Professional (2005) for games evaluated. Additional statistical analyses included the use of SPSS 15.0. Kruskal-Wallis nonparametric test use revealed er Mann - Whitney U test showed statistically important differences between the teams playing in each semi-final and the final with the qualification round between qualification round teams and teams playing in the final (Brazil-USA)