A study of the relationship of selected physical strength factors to success in executing a quality overhead pass in volleyball for seventh grade girls

UNCG Author/Contributor (non-UNCG co-authors, if there are any, appear on document)
Carol Ann Karps (Creator)
Institution
The University of North Carolina at Greensboro (UNCG )
Web Site: http://library.uncg.edu/
Advisor
Frank Pleasants

Abstract: The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship of twelve selected physical strength factors to the quality execution of the overhead volleyball pass. Sixty-seven seventh grade girls served as subjects. The selected physical strength factors included: wrist flexion, index finger extension, middle finger extension, thumb adduction, elbow extension, and shoulder flexion. Both the right and the left sides of the body were measured. The measurements were taken with a cable tensiometer. The strength measurements were correlated with execution scores which were based on the quality of the contact with the ball during the performances of the overhead pass. Skill scores, based upon the alignment of body parts and the timing of the movement to meet the ball, were also given for the performances of the overhead pass. The skill scores were "partialed out" using a first order partial correlation technique. This technique allowed for the relationship between the strength factors and the execution scores to be determined without being influenced by the skill scores. There was a slight degree of relationship found between the right and the left elbow extension strengths and the quality execution of the overhead volleyball pass. Index finger extension, middle finger extension, thumb adduction, wrist flexion, and shoulder flexion were not significantly related to the quality execution of the overhead pass.

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Language: English
Date: 1973

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