Volleyball Athlete

Authors

Affiliations

Nate Yomogida, B.S., SPT

Doctor of Physical Therapy

B.S. in Kinesiology

Chloë Kerstein, B.S., SPT

Doctor of Physical Therapy

B.A. in Neuroscience

Reading list

• The volleyball drill book¹
• Volleyball Fundamentals²
• Developmental To Division I: Strength And Conditioning For The Volleyball Athlete³
• Complete Conditioning for Volleyball (Complete Conditioning for Sports)⁴

“One of the most important technical parts of the game is the spike attack, which was identified as a major performance indicator (Drikos and Vagenas, 2011)”^{challoumasVolleyballAthleteShoulder2017?}

Positions

The development of the game has led to anthropometric differences between attacking players (middle blockers, outside hitters, and opposites) compared to non-attacking players (setters and liberos) in females and males (Gualdi-Russo and Zaccagni, 2001; Palao et al., 2014)^{challoumasVolleyballAthleteShoulder2017?}

Shoulder Mechanics

Readings

• Chapter 2: Mechanics of the Shoulder⁵

Injuries & Adaptations

See: The volleyball athlete’s shoulder: biomechanical adaptations and injury associations^{challoumasVolleyballAthleteShoulder2017?}

“since shoulder injuries in indoor volleyball, like other overhead sports, are very common (16-19% of all overuse injuries, Seminati and Minetti, 2013) due to the high amount of more than 40000 attacks/year (Kugler et al., 1996)”^{challoumasVolleyballAthleteShoulder2017?}

References

1.

Clemens T, McDowell J, American Volleyball Coaches Association, eds. The Volleyball Drill Book. Human Kinetics; 2012.

2.

Dearing J. Volleyball Fundamentals. 2nd ed. Human Kinetics; 2019.

3.

Mitchell-McBeth M. Developmental To Division I: Strength And Conditioning For The Volleyball Athlete. 1st ed. Independently published; 2024.

4.

Oldenberg S, Hambly K. Complete Conditioning for Volleyball (Complete Conditioning for Sports). 1st ed. Human Kinetics; 2014.

5.

Ellenbecker TS, Wilk KE. Sport Therapy for the Shoulder: Evaluation, Rehabilitation, and Return to Sport. Human Kinetics; 2017.