Montenegrin Journal of Sports Science and Medicine

5-9

Authors: Nejc Sarabon, Karmen Hirsch, Ziva Majcen

The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of unilateral hip abductor fatigue on body sway in ipsilateral and contralateral single legged stance. Acute effects repeated measurements design. Thirteen recreationally active middle aged subjects participated in the study. All subjects performed two 30s repetitions of unilateral stance on each leg. The first measurement was obtained at baseline, the second followed a control protocol of active hip abduction in supine position without additional resistance and the third measurement was conducted as aforementioned second protocol, only against elastic resistance. The center of pressure (CoP) movement characteristics during single-leg quiet stance (i.e. body sway) were analyzed by calculating the average velocity of the CoP movement and direction specific (medial-lateral and anterior-posterior) average velocity, amplitude and frequency of the CoP mo¬ve¬ment. The results of this study indicate that fatigue significantly affected body sway in both single leg stances (p < 0.05) and in both medial-lateral and anterior-posterior direction. However, medial-lateral body sway tended to be increased more than in anterior-posterior direction. A significant crossover effect of increased body sway on the opposing limb suggests that in addition to local muscle fatigue, changes in central nervous system might have taken place. The above findings are of greater importance as they allow a more thorough insight into the mechanisms responsible for controlling balance that could have an important implication on designing training programs.

17-28

Authors: Joško Sindik, Zlatka Kozjak Mikić, Lucija Dodigović, Sanda Čorak

Goals of this research were to determine the correlations among the dimensions of relevant factors about engagement of women in sports, as well as to determine the differences in the dimensions of relevant factors about engagement of women in sports, according to several independent variables: type of sport, educational level, marital status and place of living. A total of 342 female athletes and other sport practitioners are examined, with the average age of 31.53±13.92 years (M±SD) from several Croatian sport federations: judo, badminton, gymnastics, bowling, acrobatic rock’n roll, handball, sport fishing, Association of the deaf athletes, archery, chess and basketball. The results revealed that according to the type of sport, the differences are statistically significant for: negative environment, relaxation/fun and ambition/self-esteem motives; environmental, obligation and financial/traffic/rules barriers; indirect strategies and already present initiatives for including women in sports. According to the education level, the differences are statistically significant for: positive personal, negative environmental motives and ambition/self-esteem motives; obligations as the barriers; organization out-of-sport commitments and specific strategies for media. The differences in the marital status of participants are statistically significant for the variables: positive personal, negative environmental and ambition/self-esteem motives; environmental and obligation barriers; organization of out-of-sport commitments. At last, only two statistically significant differences are found according to the place of living: for indirect strategies for including women in sports and for the programs created only for women. The results provide the platform for developing programs and strategies for retaining and engaging women in particular sports in Croatia.

35-46

Authors: Miguel Silva, Rui Marcelino, Daniel Lacerda, Paulo Vicente João

The present article aims to review the available literature on match analysis in adult male Volleyball. Specific key words "performance analysis", "match analysis", "game analysis", "notational analysis", "tactical analysis", "technical analysis", "outcome" and "skills" were used to search relevant databases (PubMed, Web of Science, SportDiscus, Academic Search Complete and the International Journal of Performance Analysis in Sport). The research was conducted according to PRISMA (Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic reviews and Meta analyses) guidelines. Of 3407 studies initially identified, only 34 were fully reviewed, and their outcome measures extracted and analyzed. Studies that fit all inclusion criteria were organized into two levels of analysis, according to their research design (comparative or predictive) and depending on the type of variables analyzed (skills and their relationship with success, play position and match phase). Results show that from a methodological point of view, comparative studies where currently complemented with some predictive studies. This predictive approach emerged with the aim to identify the relationship between variables, considering their possible interactions and consequently its effect on team performance, contributing to a better understanding of Volleyball game performance through match analysis. Taking into account the limitations of the reviewed studies, future research should provide comprehensive operational definitions for the studied variables, using more recent samples, and consider integrating the player positions and match phase contexts into the analysis of Volleyball.