Intra and Interzone Differences of Attack and Counterattack Efficiency in Elite Male Volleyball.

J Hum Kinet · 2018 · PMC6341958 · PMID 30687432

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almost significantp = 0.051so close (0.05 < p ≤ 0.1)

Differences between zone 3 and zone 6 were almost significant ( p = 0.051).

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tendency towards significancep = .064so close (0.05 < p ≤ 0.1)

Table 1 disclosed no significant differences between proportions through zones, both for winners and defeated teams, for the attack and counterattack, but a tendency towards significance in zone 3 ( p = .064) and zone 4 ( p = .074) for the attack and in zone 4 ( p = .091) for the counterattack is visible.

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borderline significantno p-value reported

Although these differences are not statistically significant (they are borderline significant), a spiking frequency from zone 3, which is higher by a few percentage points in the tournament, may represent a difference that can produce a small, but sometimes decisive advantage towards winning the volleyball set.

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