Abstract
This study interviewed a college women’s volleyball coach (the author), who excelled at block out of the sideline to score a point. The interview was based on the research question, “How do left players make situational judgments and choose to block out in the period between preparing to receive and spiking the ball?” The aim was to partially elucidate the subject’s movement-based practical knowledge. The results are as follows. When preparing to receive the ball, the subject tended to selectively pay attention to subjective elements including the game situation up to that point and the tendencies of the opposing blocker. Meanwhile, when checking the quality of a toss, the subject tended to selectively pay attention to objective elements like “herself and the opposing team,” “herself and her own team,” and “herself, the net, and the position of the ball.” The information collected while reviewing the quality of the toss was an important factor in deciding whether to block out. Particularly, she would determine whether the toss reached the vicinity of the antenna and whether the ball was between the net and herself before deciding whether to block out.
