physical requirements for different roles during a volleyball
game [4]–[6]. For example, centers require
endurance to oppose the attack, while setters need
more speed and agility to organize the attack [5]. It is
necessary to take the body type of volleyball player
into consideration when designing individualized,
position specific training programs. In our study, we
have also found large diversity of players’ somatotype
associated with different playing positions in the
game. Somatotypes of volleyball players on somatochart
seemed to divide players in relation to function
in the game. The most divergent groups were libero
and hitters. These latter showed a considerable similarity
of body build, while the centers proved to be the
most diverse group. Somatotypes of centers were located
between liberos and setters on somatochart.
Those three were forming one group, and hitters and
opposites created the other one. Liberos and setters
had the lowest ectomorphy and the highest endomorphy,
while the hitters and opposites had the highest
ectomorphy and the lowest endomorphy and mesomorphy.