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  • Sports Science
  • Biomechanics
  • Motor Control

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  • Serve-reception is a critical skill in volleyball.
  • Understanding factors influencing action selection is key to improving performance.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To identify who receives the ball during serve-reception.
  • To determine task-related variables predicting action mode selection.
  • To assess the association between action mode and reception efficacy.

Main Methods:

  • Analyzed 182 serve-receptions using 3D motion capture.
  • Tracked ball and receiver head movements.
  • Defined receiver reception areas using Voronoi diagrams (VD).

Main Results:

  • Accurately identified receivers in 95.05% of cases using VD.
  • Higher serve velocity and height favored overhand passes.
  • Poor receiver-ball-target alignment increased underhand-lateral pass use.
  • Underhand-lateral passes correlated with lower reception quality.

Conclusions:

  • Serve kinematics and player positioning significantly predict action mode.
  • Underhand-lateral passes may indicate less effective reception strategies.
  • Findings offer insights for optimizing serve-reception training.