Abstract
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.
Highlights
Performance analysis in sport can be done from different points of view (Trecroci et al, 2018; Araújo et al, 2019; Formenti et al, 2019), among which we highlight performance analysis through match analysis as a fundamental tool to obtain information for the process of preparing for team sports (Butterworth et al, 2013; Filetti et al, 2017)
The results indicated that the athletes perceived that their coach was more efficient, than the previous season, in the preparation and development of training and competition from the use of Match analysis information based on Constraint-led Approach (CLA)
The players perceived changes in training preparation and development, compared to the previous season: (1) in greater involvement and organisation in preparing the training; (2) in an increase in the specificity of training tasks; (3) in an increase in the suitability of training tasks according to individual training needs; (4) in the representativeness of the restrictions of the game in the training task; (5) in a more variability of tasks; (6) in the accountability to achieve the objective proposed by the coach and complete the tasks
Summary
Performance analysis in sport can be done from different points of view (biomechanical, physiological, psychological, etc.) (Trecroci et al, 2018; Araújo et al, 2019; Formenti et al, 2019), among which we highlight performance analysis through match analysis as a fundamental tool to obtain information for the process of preparing for team sports (Butterworth et al, 2013; Filetti et al, 2017). These analyses were conducted with the aim to obtain a general overview of competitions, but more recently they have been used to evaluate different aspects of the game and to be able to obtain the keys that guide our athletes to success. As a result, they have become more meticulous in their attention to the various game and situational variables (Fernández-Echeverria et al, 2017). Due to recent technological advances, there are multiple statistical programmes that facilitate the analysis of the competition (Palao and Hernández-Hernández, 2014)
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