Abstract
Purpose: In today's sport, and especially in high-performance sports where volleyball also belongs, continuous monitoring of Body Composition (BC) can significantly regulate the training process, which has a positive effect on the top form of athletes. Aim of the current study was to assess and analyze the body composition of a female volleyball players VC "Jahorina", by Bioelectric Impedance Analysis (BIA). Material and methods: In study the participants consist 18 female volleyball players, the members of the Volleyball Club ''Jahorina'' from Pale, East Sarajevo City (Body height = 173 ± 8.77 cm; Body weight = 66.04 ± 9.09kg; BMI = 22.03 ± 2.19 kg/m², decimal age 19.11 ± 2.63 years old) who competes in the Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina (B&H). Results: of the study showed that the body composition is within the healthy (allowed) values recommended for this population of volleyball players (Body Fat = 24.82%; Body Fat=11.44kg; Body Water = 53.68%; Body Muscle = 47.09 kg, BMR = 1538.08; DCI = 6435.38, etc.). Conclusion: Compared to the results of other authors, that Jahorina volleyball players do not lag far behind European clubs in terms of weaker BC (BF%, BFkg, BW%, BMkg, BMR, DCI, BMI, etc.). The only place where they are inferior is the body height of the volleyball player (height = 173 ± 8.77 cm), while the relative value of Body weight = 66.04 ± 9.09 kg is evident.
Highlights
Volleyball is nowadays one of the most popular team sports in the world, with more than 200 volleyball nations
The sample of participants consist 18 female volleyball players, the members of the Volleyball Club ''Jahorina'' from Pale, East Sarajevo city (Body height=173±8.77cm; Body weight=66.04± 9.09 kg; BMI=22.03±2.19kg/m2, decimal age 19.11± 2.63 years old) who competes in the Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina (B&H)
The results confirmed that body fat determines 24.82 ± 3.71% (18.10-34.60%) of body composition, which is 11.44±2.30 kg of fat mass (10.90-15.90 kg)
Summary
Volleyball is nowadays one of the most popular team sports in the world, with more than 200 volleyball nations. It is expanding and competing with high physical, technical and tactical performance [1]. It is an intermittent sport that requires high intensity and short-term activities intertwined with periods of low intensity [2, 3, 4]. Intensive activities such as jumps, steps, blocks, various landings, multidirectional movements, with short recovery periods are performed during the game [5]. The volleyball game is fast and dynamic, which requires good agility, fast and explosive movements on and off the volleyball court. Players should have good strength associated with the total amount of water in the body (hydration), because any loss of water in the muscles leads to a decrease in strength, which negatively manifests itself on the game and the result [6]
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