The aims of this study were to compare the Setter’s action range with availability of first tempo (SARA) between male and female volleyball; and to determine the relationship between several spatial and offensive variables and their influence in the success of the side-out in male and female volleyball. A total of 1302 side-outs (639 male, 663 female) were registered (2019 European Championship). The ranking, reception efficacy, position and trajectory of the setter between reception and set, first tempo availability, side-out result, rotation, and attack lane were analyzed through Recursive Partitioning for classification, regression and survival tree models and classification and regression trees algorithms. Our results present female teams with more reduced SARAs than male teams, meaning female setters tend to play closer to the net. The correlation between the ranking and the distance from the average position of the setter to the ideal setting zone was not significant. A movement of the setter of 30° or less and more than 1 m in distance might improve the performance of the side-out. Depending on the spatial usage of the setter, some rotations might be more successful than others. When assessing performance, the teams should consider the ability to play quick attacks when their reception is not as precise as they would expect.

Introduction: This study aimed to study the relationships between emotional regulation and impulsivity on sports performance, according to the gender and competition level in national-level volleyball players.Methods: In total, 77 players from the 2018–2019 top two Spanish divisions completed the ERQ (emotion regulation) and the UPPS-P (impulsivity). Statistics (serve, reception, and attack) were retrieved from the Spanish Volleyball Federation. A Mann–Whitney test was conducted to determine differences between gender and competition level in impulsivity and emotion regulation. A Kruskal–Wallis test (Mann–Whitney post-hoc) was carried out for playing positions analysis. Spearman's correlation was performed between the performance and the variables of impulsivity and emotional regulation.Results: The results obtained, with differences according to playing position, gender, and competition level, show that players differ in certain psychological aspects that might influence how they approach their game.Discussion: The results point in a promising direction: the sports practice analyzed can serve as a regulation context, for both the emotional response and the level of impulsivity of the players. The importance of these results for future research on this topic is discussed.

The objective of this study was to determine the probability of success of the different players who execute the terminal actions according to their role and location on the court at that time, differentiating between the 2010 World Championship and the 2011 European Championship. 23 matches of the World Championship (n=5790) and 29 of the European Championship (n=7640) were analysed, differentiating by the roles of the players (setter, receiver, middle blocker, opposite and libero), type of terminal action (serve#, serve=, attack#, attack=, block#, block=, reception=, set=, defence= and others) and location at the time of the action (front court and back court). The descriptive analysis showed greater participation in final actions by the receiver (39%) and the opposite (25%), with no differences between the two championships being found Logistic regression analysis carried out by the player’s role and location at the time gave highly significant results (p<0.001). The opposite was the player with greater probability of success in his actions in both championships (World Championship; European Championship), followed by the receiver (OR: 0.723; 0.662), middle blocker (OR: 0.553; 0.612) and setter (OR: 0.250; 0.242). Execution from the front court showed greater success than from the back court, both for the World Championship (OR: 3.271) and the European Championship (OR: 2.809).

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