Estudio de la fuerza explosiva del tren inferior en los voleibolistas de la categoría superior varones del torneo intercolegial del cantón Cuenca

Abstract

The project’s main objective was the development of a rating chart that accounts for the lower body’s explosive force of the players who were part of the interschool volleyball tournament at Cuenca. In addition, an analysis of the state of the aforementioned physical ability was developed, which compared the obtained results with those of other populations, and presented a description by each player’s field position. The study was carried out among a group of young varsity (16 – 17 years of age) volleyball players, and the employed methodology was a non-experimental one, with a descriptive focus and transversal cut. The population was one of 33 sportsmen who belonged to the participating high-schools’ teams. The measuring tolos were physical tests, which revealed the studied physical ability’s values, so that a comparison chart was generated, which will become a source of reference for future training. Likewise, an analysis per field position was carried out, which shows the average values of each test, according to position: hitter, middle blocker, opposite, setter, and libero.