Libero role testing in volleyball as monitoring of physic level drills

Abstract

Testing is used to measure performance and, therefore, check for improvements resulting from training activities. More and more frequently, coaches require checks even during the current sporting season to measure the status of the athletes' performance and to eventually change their training plans in order to make them more productive. Therefore, more and more often testing has a monitoring function and, for this reason, an adaptation to ordinary training activities is required to allow it. The purpose of this study is to monitor the state of some physical abilities of a 21-year-old volleyball player who plays in the role of libero in B1 series. The method is experimental longitudinal and it consists in detecting the initial and the final data in a period of time of 8 months (racing season duration) for the following skills: articolar mobility and flexibility, moving speed and reaction speed to a stimulus.The tests used are the following: Squat Test; StraightLegRaises Test; AdductorFlexibility Test; Reactivity Test; Rapidity Test. From the results, it comes out that the physical abilities (resulting from the training activities) were optimally monitored. The goal is therefore achieved, because the coach has verified the athlete's performance status and he has specifically noted an improvement. At the end, the study was useful for the purpose but it is necessary to improve the evaluation tools and to adapt them to the training plans.