CONCLUSION
The prevalence of overweight among adolescent participants was higher than what is observed in general population. On the other hand, it seems that the participation in volleyball during adulthood plays a beneficial role in the weight and body fat control. Therefore, the development of exercise interventions targeting overweight adolescent players is recommended. The statistically significant relationship between BF and BMI, and the acceptable standard error of estimate of the former based on the latter, suggests the further use of BMI in volleyball players. BMI and BF were negatively associated with most of the physical and physiological characteristics under examination. These findings confirmed the previous observations on general population about the negative effect of overweight on physical fitness.