Indicadores do talento esportivo em escolares do sexo feminino praticantes de voleibol
Thaynara Duarte Campos, Emerson Filipino Coelho, Luciano Miranda, Júlia Ribeiro de Oliveira, Dilson Borges Ribeiro, Francisco Zacaron Werneck · Caderno de Educação Física e Esporte · 2026
Background: Physical education in schools plays a fundamental role in the experience of sport, with volleyball being a relevant thematic unit for motor and social development and for the initiation of children and adolescents into sports. In this context, identifying sporting talent in schools through systematic assessments of motor potential is essential, especially given the scarcity of studies on talent in volleyball.
Objective: The
Aim: of the study was to compare the anthropometric, physical-motor, psychosocial, and maturational profiles of young female volleyball players at a military school.
Methods: The sample consisted of 895 female students aged 12-17.9 years, divided into two groups: Young Volleyball Athletes (n=128) and non-athletes (n=767). A battery of tests was applied to evaluate multidimensional indicators of sporting potential. Student's t-test and Chi-square test were used, and p ≤ 0.05 was adopted for statistical
Significance: .
Results: Young volleyball players had larger body size, better physical-motor performance, and were biologically advanced compared to non-athletes, and received better evaluations from the teacher-coach.
Conclusion: These
results can assist teachers and coaches in training and selecting young volleyball players at the school level.