Evaluates video-based coaching strategies in volleyball athletes, suggesting enhanced training outcomes.
Volleyball training increasingly requires objective information about how players move, coordinate, and execute technical actions during live practice. This study evaluated an integrated video-based system combining YOLOv5 player detection, DeepSORT trajectory tracking, and convolutional neural-network keypoint analysis to support individualized training prescriptions. Fifty-six competitive volleyball athletes were assigned to a six-week parallel-group intervention comparing standard coaching with coaching supported by real-time tactical and biomechanical feedback. The system translated player movement, court positioning, jump mechanics, approach angles, arm-swing timing, and block timing into drill recommendations during training sessions. Compared with standard coaching, the video-supported condition showed greater improvements in transition speed, serve-receive accuracy, rotation latency, out-of-system play reduction, defensive coverage, jump height, take-off time, approach mechanics, arm-swing sequencing, and block timing consistency. Scrimmage indicators, including side-out rate, point differential, and attack efficiency, also improved more in the video-supported group, and several tactical and biomechanical gains were better retained after one to two weeks. The findings indicate that combining real-time trajectory and keypoint information with structured drill selection can support more precise volleyball training decisions. The approach may help coaches identify performance deficits, individualize practice content, and monitor short-term learning, while further validation across venues, hardware conditions, and competition settings remains necessary.
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L H Zhao (2026) studied this question.
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