The aim of the study was to analyze anthropometric characteristics in female youth volleyball players of different situational efficacy. On a sample of 204 youth players from all parts of Croatia, whose mean body height was 170.10±7.41 cm. body mass 58.92±9.28 kg. body mass index 20.31±2.67 kg/m2, chronological age 14.11±0.84 years, and training age 42.14±16.76 months. 10 anthropometric characteristics were measured following the ISAK protocol, on the dominant side of the body. The players were divided based on the criterion of team placement and individual player quality within a team on less successful (N=119). and more successful (N=85). All the anthropometric characteristics measured had high level of relative and absolute reliability and good homogeneity, and their distribution did not deviate significantly from normal distribution. By discriminant analysis, it was determined that more successful volleyball players had higher values of body height and body mass, and somewhat lower values of subcutaneous fat tissue. It can be assumed that such body build makes the performance of all volleyball elements easier, especially spike and block, which are executed above the net.
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