Technical and tactical preparation of elite athletes in team sports (volleyball)

Abstract

In modern volleyball, the success of competitive activity depends on many factors, the main of which, by definition of experts, is an athletes’ technical and tactical preparation, which integrates key components of preparedness and directly affects the decision of problems of increasing efficiency of elite volleyball players’ competitive activities. The characteristic feature of modern volleyball is the significant increase in the intensity variation of tactics, the universalization of players and their narrow specialization, which is caused by the functions of certain roles. Along with this, there are changes in the structure of the competitive activities of elite volleyball players, resulting the game in attack and defense. This necessitates the search for new approaches regarding improving technical and tactical preparation of players in various roles in volleyball. Material. The study involved 128 elite volleyball players of the leading teams in the world at the age of 18-30 years. We analyzed the performance of technical-tactical actions in the attack of elite players in the world according to performances at major international competitions: the 2012 Olympic Games. The 2010-2015 World Championships, the 2010-2015 European Championships, the 2010-2015 World League (60 analyzed games). Results. The formula and scale for evaluating players’ technical-tactical preparedness in terms of their competitive activities (efficiency of attacking actions, pass efficiency, effectiveness of technical-tactic actions in attack). The proposed program of improving technical-tactical actions in the attack of elite volleyball players of different playing roles based on pedagogical analysis and interpreting indicators of competitive activities. Key words: volleyball, technical and tactical actions, evaluation, performance