INTRODUCTION OF A TEST BATTERY FOR IDENTIFICATION OF TALENT IN FEMALE VOLLEYBALL PLAYERS

Authors

  • Brajanath Kundu Professor, Department of Physical Education and Sport Science, Visva-Bharati, Santiniketan, West Bengal, India
  • Sangita Bose Ex-Assistant Professor, Department of Physical Education, Mugberia Gangadhar Mahavidyalaya, Medinipur, West Bengal, India
  • Santwana Mondal SACT, Department of Physical Education, Kandra R.K.K. Mahavidyalaya, Kandra, Burdwan, West Bengal, India
  • Sukanta Saha Assistant Professor, Department of Physical Education, Memari College, Memari, Burdwan, West Bengal, India
  • Muhammad Shahidul Islam Assistant Director, Office of Physical Education, Shahjalal University of Science and Technology, Sylhet, Bangladesh

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.46827/ejpe.v6i7.3337

Keywords:

anthropometric, physical fitness, vertical jump, service, spiking, blocking

Abstract

Purpose: To develop a standardized test battery for the selection and identification of talented female volleyball players. Methods: Two hundred (N=200) junior national level female volleyball players (Mage=15.5 years & SDage=± 1.0) from five states in India have voluntarily participated in this study. Total 22 test items comprise of eight anthropometric measurements, eight physical fitness and six volleyball skills were administered on the subject according to standard procedure. Results: After administering item analysis, residual correlation matrix, and factor analysis eight test items i.e. weight, height, vertical jump, spiking, setting, service, service reception & passing and blocking were finally elicited to constitute the test battery for identification of talent in female volleyball players. The reliability coefficient using split-half was 0.82 and for validity index item-sum correlation coefficients were 0.73 to 0.79 (p<0.01). The 5-point gradation criteria and cut-off value for selection principle in each test were developed. Percentile and T-scale norms for each test item in the battery were also developed. Conclusions: These findings demonstrate that the measurements of the above mention anthropometric characteristics, physical fitness, and volleyball skill tests may assist coaches in the early phases of talent identification in volleyball games for the female players.

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Author Biographies

  • Brajanath Kundu, Professor, Department of Physical Education and Sport Science, Visva-Bharati, Santiniketan, West Bengal, India
    Prof. (Dr.) Brajanath Kundu, Professor, Department of Physical Education and Sport Science, Visva-Bharati, Santiniketan is the senior teacher. He has been teaching and researching actively for over 32 years. He supervises a number of Ph.D students and also takes part in discovering fresh stuff about Physical Education and Sport Science.
  • Sangita Bose, Ex-Assistant Professor, Department of Physical Education, Mugberia Gangadhar Mahavidyalaya, Medinipur, West Bengal, India
    Dr. Sangita Bose, Ex-Assistant Professor, Department of Physical Education, Mugberia Gangadhar Mahavidyalaya, Medinipur, West Bengal, India and qualified official in volleyball game. She completed her Ph.D degree from the Department of Physical Education and Sport Science, Visva-Bharati, Santiniketan under Prof. Brajanath Kundu and associated with research works.
  • Santwana Mondal, SACT, Department of Physical Education, Kandra R.K.K. Mahavidyalaya, Kandra, Burdwan, West Bengal, India
    Dr. Santwana Mondal, working as SACT, Department of Physical Education, Kandra R.K.K. Mahavidyalaya, Kandra, Burdwan, West Bengal, India since 2010. She completed her Ph.D degree from the Department of Physical Education and Sport Science, Visva-Bharati, Santiniketan under Prof. Brajanath Kundu.
  • Sukanta Saha, Assistant Professor, Department of Physical Education, Memari College, Memari, Burdwan, West Bengal, India
    Dr. Sukanta Saha, working as Assistant Professor, Department of Physical Education, Memari College, Memari, Burdwan, West Bengal, India since 2005. He completed his Ph.D degree from the Department of Physical Education and Sport Science, Visva-Bharati, Santiniketan under Prof. Brajanath Kundu. Dr. Saha published a good number of valued research papers in the international and national journals and author of two text books useful in the field of Physical Education and Sports.
  • Muhammad Shahidul Islam, Assistant Director, Office of Physical Education, Shahjalal University of Science and Technology, Sylhet, Bangladesh
    Mr. Muhammad Shahidul Islam, Assistant Director, Office of the Physical Education, Shahjalal University of Science and Technology, Sylhet, Bangladesh currently pursuing PhD research in Department of Physical Education and Sport Science, Visva Bharati, Santiniketan, West Bengal, India under Prof. Brajanath Kundu. He completed Master of Physical Education (M.P.Ed) degree from the renowned Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India under Indian government’s ICCR scholarship and also did his Diploma in Sports Management Degree from ITK, Leipzig University, Germany on a scholarship scheme from German Federal Foreign Office. He also obtained ‘A’ licence on coaching from Asian Football Confederation (AFC), and Club Manager Licence from German Olympic Sports Confederation (DOSB), Germany.

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2020-09-24

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Vol. 6 No. 7 (2020)

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