THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN MOTOR SKILLS AND TECHNICAL SKILLS SPECIFIC TO VOLLEYBALL IN ADOLESCENT VOLLEYBALL PLAYERS

The aim of the study was to examine the relationship between motor skills and technical skills specific to volleyball in adolescent volleyball players. Eighty volleyball players (age=16,70 +/- 1,09) (male n=40, and female n=40) participated in this study voluntarily. Motoric performance tests (dynamic balance, claw strength, back strength, leg strength, vertical jump, flexibility, agility, medicine ball throw, nelson hand reaction, nelson movement speed) and volleyball skill tests (service, bump and finger passing hit rate) were enforced to voleyball players. Spearman correlation test was used to determine the relationship between the data obtained from the study with the help of the SPSS 23 package program. Results indicate a positive correlation between the volleyball skill tests of male and female volleyball players and the averages of shoulder ankle flexibility, right and left foot dynamic balance, claw strength (right-left), vertical jump, medicine ball throw, back and leg strength (p<0,05), a highly significant negative correlation was found between agility, hand reaction and arm movement speed rates (p<0,05). However, no significant relationship was found between bump passing hit rates and vertical jump, claw strength, right-left and hand reaction speed rates (p> 0.05). Obtained results of this study indicate that there is a highly significant relationship between selected motor skills and technical skills specific to volleyball in male and female volleyball players.