COMBINED ASSESSMENT OF PROFICIENCY IN THE GAME, ANTHROPOMETRIC VARIABLES AND HIGHEST REACH TESTS RESULTS IN A BODY BUILD CLASSIFICATION AT GIRLS' YOUTH EUROPEAN VOLLEYBALL CHAMPIONSHIP 2005 IN TALLINN.

The paper analyses, based on registration sheets, the height, weight, BMI, results of spike test and two-hand block tests of the teams of 12 countries (ages 14-17 years, n=144) who participated in Girls' Youth European Volleyball Championship in Tallinn from 29 March to 3 April 2005. The data were analyzed in a body build classification that divided the girls into types based on height and weight: (1) small, (2) medium, (3) big, (4) pycnomorphous, (5) leptomorphous. Height and weight differed significantly between the classes; the results of the spike test and two-hand block tests were the best in classes 3 (big) and 5 (leptomorphous). The teams' ranking depended most significantly on how many members belonged to class 3 and, thereafter, to classes 4 and 5. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]