


Volleyball is an intermittent sport that often includes short bouts of high-intensity activity followed by periods of low-intensity activity 1, 2, 3. These current results can be used by coaches to determine a specific training load based on the heart rate and blood lactate differences between playing positions. All subjects have a heart rate 50–60% and below 50% of their heart rate maximum during more than half of the match duration. The setters have the lowest heart rate and the libero players have the highest during the match. The blood lactate levels between the groups were not statistically different. Heart rate was statistically different between all playing positions except middle blockers vs. The mean heart rate and blood lactate level of volleyball players were determined 117.2 ± 13.9 bpm, 2.7 ± 1.2 mmol/L during the match.

A total of 24 senior female volleyball players (middle blocker (n = 6), setter (n = 6), spiker (n = 6), and libero (n = 6)) were monitored for heart rate and blood lactate before, during and after a volleyball match. This study aimed to examine the heart rate and blood lactate responses of female volleyball players during the match according to the player positions.
