of performance are characterized by the ideal body
build for this sport. The study on somatotype of 163
female volleyball players of the Greek National
League revealed the mean somatotype of these players
at 3.4-2.7-2.9 level [6]. Similar results were reported
in the work of Gualdi-Russo and Zaccagni [4], who
investigated the physique of 244 Italian elite female
volleyball players and estimated the mean somatotype
3.0-3.3-2.9. The somatotypes of female volleyball
players (in the above two studies) were significantly
different in players at different level of performance
(A1 vs. A2 leagues). The Greek and Italian female
volleyball players from the A1 league were characterized
by higher ectomorphy and lower endomorphy
and mesomorphy in relation to their counterparts from
A2 leaque [4], [6]. Together with the decreasing sport