THE CORRELATIONS BETWEEN ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS AND MOTOR SKILLS AMONG FEMALE VOLLEYBALL PLAYERS AT AGE 11–13 YEARS OLD IN ALBANIA

ABSTRACT This study aims to identify a correlation between anthropometric characteristics and motor skills in female volleyball players aged 11–13. Methodology: The study examined the anthropometric characteristics and indicators of a special performance in volleyball of 20 volleyball players from Albania. Height, weight, BMI, and standing reach with one and both arms (blockade), indicators that are important for volleyball athletes, were measured when determining the anthropometric indicators. The special performance of volleyball players was determined by a test battery that included eight tests. The Pearson correlation coefficient (p-value) was used in the data calculation to find the relationship between the variables. Conclusions: The results obtained from statistical data processing through the Anova platform show no correlations between anthropometric parameters and the T-test. Otherwise, they show a significant relationship between speed endurance and height (r = -.47, p = .03) and between speed endurance and the standing reach test (r = -.48, p = .02). The results indicate that there are no significant correlations between height with blocking jump and running vertical jump (p more than .05), among standing reach with blocking jump and running vertical jump (p more than .05), and also among blockade with blocking jump and running vertical jump (p more than .05). It is noted that there is a significant relationship between BMI and vertical jump (r = -.5, p = .01) and also between some anthropometric parameters and medicine ball throwing (p less than .05).