ABSTRACT
Performance in volleyball is constrained by the characteristics of the game, such as the opposing goals of each team, and the collaboration imposed by the rules of the game within each team. The game is seen as a complex system, where behaviour and performance emerge based on the interaction of the system’s components at different levels in time (Davids et al., 2014). In this chapter we start by addressing the volleyballrelated research from the last 50 years, and then we explore the implications of a complex systems view on volleyball’s coaching, practice environments, performance analysis and research. The aim of this chapter is to identify the key results from research about the constraints that influence individual and team performance in a volleyball match, and provide supported consequences for coaching.
