Towards a More Efficient Training Process in High-Level Female Volleyball From a Match Analysis Intervention Program Based on the Constraint-Led Approach: The Voice of the Players
The aim of the research was to know the perception of high-level volleyball players
of the changes produced (in relation to the previous season) in the efficiency of the
training process, after a match analysis intervention program based on the Constraint-led
Approach (CLA). The sample consisted of 11 players from a women’s volleyball team.
The protocol of the intervention program consisted of providing objective, contextualised
and systematic information to the coach (adapted to his needs) that would allow
understanding the different real game contexts. We used semi-structured interviews to
assess players’ perceptions. The athletes perceived changes in training, both in their
preparation and development, specifically in greater involvement and organisation in
preparing the training; in an increase in the specificity and suitability of training tasks
according to individual needs; in the representativeness of the restrictions of the game; in
a more tactical approach; in the variability of task and in the accountability to achieve the
objective proposed. In addition, in the preparation and development for competition, the
players detected more game planning; a deeper analysis of the opponents; an objective
selection of the most relevant data, an increase in the depth of match analysis and
the inclusion of the weekly meeting with the use of video compared to the previous
season. These results expose the benefits of coaches incorporate programmes to obtain
objective information about the game in their training process.Foundation Tatiana Pérez de Guzmán el BuenoConsejeria de Economia e Infraestructuras de la Junta de Extremadura (Spain) through the European Regional Development fund: A way to make Europe
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