BRAZILIAN HIGH-LEVEL MEN'S VOLLEYBALL: CHARACTERIZATION OF THE ATTACK PERFORMED BY THE OPPOSITE PLAYER

The present study aimed to characterize and differentiate between the predictive factors of the attacks performed by the opposite player from positions 1 and 2. The sample consisted of the observation records of 142 volleyball games of the Brazilian Men's Super-League, season 2014/2015, totaling in 8,010 actions of reception, setting and attack, with 5,965 actions from position 2 and 2,045 from position 1. The analysis of the predictive factors of the opposite player's attack, according to the position of the attack, showed that the attacks from position 2 were more likely to occur after reception B (OR: 1.317), in either diagonal (OR: 1.302) or parallel (OR: 1.548), and to result in blocking of the attack (OR: 1.496). On the other hand, attacks performed from position 1 were more likely to occur after receiving A (OR: 0.458) resulting in a point (OR: 0.709). Thus, situational constraints influenced the predictive factors of the opposite player's attack, according to the attacking position.