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The impact of anthropometric characteristics and playing experience on the success of African women’s volleyball teams

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dc.contributor.authorAsrat, Berhanie
dc.contributor.departmentSin departamento asociado
dc.date.accessioned2025-10-31T15:43:55Z
dc.date.available2025-10-31T15:43:55Z
dc.date.issued2025
dc.description.abstractThis study aimed to evaluate the influence of anthropometric characteristics and playing experience on the success of African women's volleyball teams. The researcher purposively included all 12 teams that participated in the 2019 World Women's Volleyball Championship. Among these, two national women's volleyball teams were from Africa (Cameroon and Kenya), while the other ten teams were from different continents. Each team consisted of 14 players, with an average age of 25.95±4.296) years. Anthropometric characteristics such as height, weight, BMI, spike height, and block height of players, as well as their playing experience (calculated as the total number of World Championships, Olympic Games, and other international competitions), and the teams’ success rank data were collected via electronic sources from the official FIVB website for comparison purposes. The results showed that the two African women's volleyball teams (Cameroon and Kenya) had players with below-average values in height, spike height, and block height compared to other world teams. A significant difference was also observed in BMI results compared to other world volleyball team players (p < 0.05). They also showed an extremely lower average value in playing experience than other world team players. Similarly, they ranked last among all teams, and their success was influenced by their anthropometric characteristics and game experience. Therefore, for the success of African women's volleyball teams, the anthropometric characteristics and playing experience of players should be considered among the selection criteria.
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dc.identifier.citationSport TK Vol. 14, 2025es
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.6018/sportk.571571
dc.identifier.eissn2340-8812
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10201/170189
dc.languageeng
dc.publisherServicio de Publicaciones. Universidad de Murcia
dc.relationSin financiación externa a la Universidad
dc.rightsAttribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International*
dc.rights.accessRightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/*
dc.subjectPlaying Experience
dc.subjectWomen
dc.subjectVolleyball
dc.subjectSuccess
dc.subjectAnthropometric Characteristics
dc.subject.odsNo relacionado con ningún objetivo de desarrollo sostenible
dc.titleThe impact of anthropometric characteristics and playing experience on the success of African women’s volleyball teams
dc.typeinfo:eu-repo/semantics/article
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