Jimenez-Olmedo JM, Penichet-Tomas A, Saiz-Colomina S, Martinez-Carbonell JA, Jove-Tossi MA. Serve analysis of professional players in beach volleyball.

Chinchilla-Mira JJ, Perez-Turpin JA, Martinez-Carbonell JA, Jove-Tossi MA. Offensive zones in beach volleyball: differences by gender. J. Hum. Sport Exerc. Vol. 7, No. 3, pp. 727-732, 2012. Gender differences in anthropometric and athletic properties (e.g. strength) as well as the different net heights (2.24 vs. 2.43 m) on the same field size (8x16 m) would be reflected in the game. The literature about differences between male and female playing characteristics in beach volleyball is scarce. Therefore, the aim of this study was to analyse the differences by gender in the use of offensive zones. Study participants were 20 players (10 female and 10 male) who took part in the European Beach Volleyball Championship 2005 and 2006. Video recordings were made of the 659 points in eight matches played. The beach volleyball court was divided into six zones (z1 to z6). The results showed that men and women use different offensive zones and also were different in the percentages of ball out (15.53 and 27.38% respectively). Concretely, men players used more 1, 2, 4 and 5 zones and women 1 and 5 zones. A few differences were observed in the percentage the ball to the net (7.73 and 5.35% respectively). An understanding of the use of offensive zones is relevant to establish specific tactical training patterns for beach volleyball.

Penichet-Tomás A, Jiménez-Olmedo JM, Saiz-Colomina S, Jove-Tossi M, Martínez-Carbonell JA, Silvestre-García M. Incidence injury analysis on rowers in the spanish mediterranean fixed bench championship 2012. J. Hum. Sport Exerc. Vol. 7, No. 3, pp. 648-657, 2012. The standardized assessment of sports injuries provides important epidemiological information and instructions to prevent them. The aim of this study was to determine if the pattern detrimental impact on fixed seat rowing agreed with the literature review of the Olympic rowing modality. A retrospective questionnaire was administer to 79 male rowers, with an age mean of 27.66 ± 7.15, belonging to the male in the senior category VIII Rowing Spanish Mediterranean Bank Fixed Championship that took place in Torrevieja during the 25th, 26th and 27th of May. The anatomical regions that were damage the most were the ankle (15.4%) and lower back (13.2%). These injuries have occurred with higher incidence in training (55.1%) as the most recidivist injury, the ankle, which has occurred for 73% of the time during this moment. The most common injury is the overuse (44.2%) and the most repeated diagnosis was sprain (23.1%).