EFFECTS OF GAME-BASED CONDITIONING TRAINING ON VOLLEYBALL SKILL ACCURACY IN JUNIOR PLAYERS

In recent years, an approach called game-based training has been developed. The aim of our research is to determine the effects of game-based training on accuracy in adolescent volleyball players. Forty two adolescent volleyball players (16,26+ or -1,01 years) participated in this study. Players were randomly allocated into a small-sided games group (n = 22) and a control group (n = 20). Each player participated in a 8-week training program that included 3 organized court training sessions per week. Participants were tested for passing, setting, serving and serving under fatigue accuracy. Both groups made significant increases in serving accuracy (p < 0.05) after 8 weeks of training. However, significant interaction effect between the groups was not found for all variables. Control group was involved in traditional instructional training induced significant improvements in forearm passing, setting and serving accuracy. To conclude, game-based training appears to have similar effects with instructional training in improving skill accuracy in junior volleyball players.Original Abstract: Cilj istrazivanja je utvrdivanje efekata osmotjednog situacijsko-kondicijskog treninga na preciznost kod adolescenata uzrasta (16,26+ or -1,01godina). Ispitanici eksperimentalne grupe (n=22) su bili podvrgnuti eksperimentalnom tretmanu u trajanju od osam tjedana. Situacijsko-kondicijski trening je sproveden u sportskim dvoranama. Kontrolna grupa (n=20) je sudjelovala samo u redovitom, tradicionalnom tehnickotaktickom trenaznom programu. Preciznost je procijenjena testovima koji su koristeni u ranijim istrazivanjima, kao i modifikacijama istih. Kod preciznosti serviranja doslo je do podjednakog poboljsanja kod obje grupe. Nije doslo do znacajne interakcije izmedu grupa. Kontrolna grupa, koja je izvodila tehnickotakticki trening, doprinijela je poboljsanju u varijablama: prijem cekicem, dizanje i servis. Dobijeni rezultati ukazuju na slicni efekt kod situacijsko-kondicijskog treninga i tradicionalnog treninga tehnike preciznosti izvodenja tehnickih elemenata kod odbojkasa adolescenata.