Differences in anthropometry, somatotype, body composition and physiological characteristics of female volleyball players by competition level

摘要

During the training process, volleyball coaches and trainers often make decisions on their players' selection and training considering the physical and physiological characteristics. For the selection of players at a given competitive level, it is necessary to examine whether a player has the proper profile (e.g. stature), whereas the knowledge of the optimal physiological profile (e.g. jumping ability) is important to set proper training goals.Actually, profiling female players has been the subject of several research papers, whose common methodology was the comparison of teams and players of different competitive level [1-7]. Martin-Matillas et al. [1] have examined morphological differences among players of teams with different ranking in the first Spanish league and between players selected or non-selected for their national team. Schaal et al.