Decision making in beach volleyball defense: Crucial factors derived from interviews with top-level experts

Fatores associados à eficácia no desempenho das ações técnico-táticas do voleibol

“…The abilities of observation and rapid analysis, as well as of decision about the best response to be given in certain situations when one is in possession of the ball 27 , have been emphasized in different studies, mainly due to its association with success in games 6,21.28 . One aspect that deserves attention is that decision-making capacity depends not only on the objective contextual factors of the game, but also on the athlete's perception of these situations 29 and on elements related to attention and emotion 21,22 . More experienced volleyball players usually act based on the familiarity they perceive between the problem situation presented by the game and certain situations previously experienced in the sport, performing the action typically more adequate to solve the present problem 30 .…”

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“…First and in structured offensives, attacker has a range of attack possibilities ( Schläppi-Lienhard & Hossner, 2015), having to surpass the first defensive line offered by blocker. This may be due to several circumstances, which depend o attacker's placement (Palao & Ahrabi-Fard., 2011) as well as the place from which to attack (Kao, Sellens, & Stevenson, 1994).…”

“…The combination and coordination between both make up the defensive tactics (Jimenez-Olmedo & . Specifically, the goal of digger, is to defend a field zones that blockers leave free in their defensive actions in net ( Schläppi-Lienhard & Hossner, 2015).…”

“…This fact has led researchers to evaluate strategies of control and management of emotions used by players (Belem, Caruzzo, Nascimento Junior, Vieira, & Vieira, 2014), being techniques of regulation based on thoughts, memories and verbal communication with partner are the most used antistress techniques (Stefanello, 2007). It is already known that anxiety has a negative influence on game technique as well as decision making (Schläppi-Lienhard & Hossner, 2015). Since greater stress there are worse strategies of problem solving are raised during the matches (Vieira, Carruzo, Nayara, Malheiros, Aizava, & Rigoni, 2013).…”

“…Since greater stress there are worse strategies of problem solving are raised during the matches (Vieira, Carruzo, Nayara, Malheiros, Aizava, & Rigoni, 2013). This is the reason why programs have been developed that help strengthen beach volleyball players (Stefanello, 2009) because self-confidence correlates positively with overall performance ( Schläppi-Lienhard & Hossner, 2015).…”