TITLE:
Impact of Specific Periodization and Foster’s Scale on Technical and Emotional Development of Young Volleyball Athletes (13 - 16 Years Old)
AUTHORS:
Guilherme Sanches de Araujo
KEYWORDS:
Volleyball, Periodization, Foster’s Scale, Adolescents, Emotional Development
JOURNAL NAME:
Advances in Physical Education,
Vol.15 No.4,
September
24,
2025
ABSTRACT: This study examined the impact of a volleyball-specific periodization program monitored with sRPE on adolescent female athletes (13 - 16 years). Across three cohorts (n = 58), internal load increased progressively during preparatory and pre-competitive phases (p p ≤ 0.05. The results showed progressive increases in training load during preparatory and pre-competitive phases followed by tapering in competition, soreness peaks that later stabilized, modest positive trends in enjoyment and motivation with weak correlations to load, and significant improvements in technical performance across all cohorts. These findings indicate that volleyball-specific periodization combined with sRPE is a feasible and low-cost approach that aligns physical workload with technical development while fostering emotional awareness and engagement in adolescent athletes.