Napovedna veljavnost selekcijskega postopka za izbor športnikov in napoved uspešnosti v odbojkarskih ekipah

Gadža, Tjaša (author), Bajec, Boštjan (mentor)

V delovnih organizacijah se že vrsto let uporabljajo sistematizirani izbirni postopki, ki pomagajo pri izbiri kandidatov z ustreznimi lastnostmi in kompetencami za določeno delovno mesto, pomagajo ugotoviti ujemanje kandidatov z organizacijsko kulturo in napovedujejo delovno uspešnost kandidata v prihodnosti. Podobno kot v poslovnem okolju je tudi v športu eno ključnih področij izbira ustreznih kandidatov, vendar pa v športnem okolju sistematični izbirni postopki niso vsesplošno razširjeni. Tudi v odbojki na splošno prevladuje nesistematična in nestrukturirana selekcija. Izbor igralcev v ekipo običajno poteka tako, da trenerji izbirajo športnike na podlagi svoje intuicije, znanja in izkušenj, ne pa glede na objektivne kriterije. Kriteriji, po katerih trenerji pogosto izbirajo igralce, so telesna višina, višina skoka in igralna uspešnost. V magistrskem delu sem zato želela preučiti, katere psihološke lastnosti in sposobnosti pripomorejo k večji uspešnosti odbojkarjev. Z rezultati sem želela pridobiti vpogled v to, katere lastnosti bi bilo smiselno vključiti v izbirni postopek pri izbiranju novih igralcev odbojke v ekipo. V raziskavi, v kateri sem preverjala povezavo med nekaterimi psihološkimi konstrukti in igralno uspešnostjo odbojkarjev, je sodelovalo 50 odbojkarjev in odbojkaric iz prve slovenske odbojkarske lige. Kot edini statistično pomemben napovednik uspešnosti odbojkarjev v regresijski analizi se je pokazala splošna umska sposobnost, poleg tega pa so imele pomembno povezavo z uspešnostjo še tekmovalnost ter nadzor in rigidnost kot dimenziji osebnostne čvrstosti. Ostali preučevani konstrukti (osebnostne lastnosti, koncentracija, motivacija, samozavest in prostorske sposobnosti) se niso pomembno povezovali z uspešnostjo odbojkarjev. Čeprav bi za oblikovanje ustreznega izbirnega postopka potrebovali še več raziskav, pa bi bilo vseeno smiselno, da se začne v odbojki urejati področje sistematične selekcije, saj lahko ustrezen izbirni postopek ekipi prinese številne koristi. Prav tako se poraja vprašanje o smiselnosti uvedbe izbirnega postopka v slovenskem prostoru, saj v slovenskih klubih ni velikega nabora visokih igralcev odbojke z dobrimi motoričnimi sposobnostmi in tehničnimi veščinami.

• Language: Slovenian
• Keywords: izbirni postopek, odbojka, psihološki dejavniki, športna psihologija, napoved uspešnosti
• Work type: Master's thesis/paper
• Typology: 2.09 - Master's Thesis
• Organization: FF - Faculty of Arts
• Place of publishing: Ljubljana
• Publisher: [T. Gadža]
• Year: 2024
• Number of pages: 54 str.
• PID: 20.500.12556/RUL-163883
• UDC: 159.9:796.325(043.2)
• COBISS.SI-ID: 215182595
• Publication date in RUL: 14.10.2024

Secondary language

• Language: English
• Title: The appropriateness of the selection procedure for the selection of athletes and predicting performance in volleyball teams

Abstract

For many years, work organisations have used systematic selection procedures to help select candidates with the right skills and competences for a job, to help identify if a candidate fits with the organisational culture and to predict candidate’s future performance. Similarly to the business environment, one of the key areas in sport is the selection of suitable candidates. However, systematic selection procedures are not often used in the sport environment. Unsystematic and unstructured selection generally prevails in volleyball as well. The selection of players for a team is usually done by coaches, who select athletes on the basis of their intuition, knowledge and experience, rather than on the basis of objective criteria. The criteria on which coaches often select players are body height, jump height and playing performance. Therefore, in my master thesis I wanted to investigate which psychological characteristics and abilities contribute to a higher performance of volleyball players. With the results, I wanted to identify which characteristics should be included in the selection process of new volleyball players. The study, in which I examined the relationship between some psychological constructs and the playing performance of volleyball players, involved 50 male and female volleyball players from the first Slovenian volleyball league. The only statistically significant predictor of volleyball players' performance in the regression analysis was general mental ability, while competitiveness and control and rigidity as dimensions of resilience also had a significant correlation with performance. The other constructs studied (personality traits, concentration, motivation, self-confidence and spatial ability) did not significantly correlate with volleyball players' performance. Although more research would be needed to design an appropriate selection procedure, it would nevertheless be worthwhile to start to address the area of systematic selection in volleyball, as an appropriate selection procedure can bring many benefits to a team. It also raises the question if introducing a selection procedure in Slovenia is reasonable, as Slovenian clubs do not have a large pool of tall volleyball players with good motor and technical skills.

• Keywords: selection process, volleyball, psychological characteristics, sport psychology, performance prediction