STATURE AND JUMPING HEIGHT ARE REQUIRED IN FEMALE VOLLEYBALL, BUT MOTOR COORDINATION IS A KEY FACTOR FOR FUTURE ELITE SUCCESS.

The article presents a study which suggests that jumping height and stature are required in female volleyball, but motor coordination is an important factor in determining inclusion into the elite level. The study used multivariate analyses of variance, which revealed significant multivariate effects between playing levels for motor coordination, as well as Mann-Whitney U test and sequential discriminant analysis.