Dr. Hab., Professor V.P. Guba^{1, 3}
PhD, Associate Professor L.V. Bulykina¹
PhD, Associate Professor P.V. Pustoshilo²
Dr. Hab., Associate Professor A.V. Rodin³
PhD A.A. Pleshakov^4
1The Russian University of Sport «GTSOLIFK», Moscow
²Moscow State University of Sport and Tourism, Moscow
³Smolensk State University of Sports, Smolensk
⁴Moscow Polytechnic University, Moscow

Objective of the study was to based on a comparative analysis of publications of foreign and domestic scientists, to identify the main directions of scientific research in the field of volleyball.
Methods and structure of the study. To achieve this goal, the authors selected the following databases: Elibrary - a Russian scientific electronic library integrated with the Russian Science Citation Index (RSCI), as the most popular scientific electronic library in the Russian Federation, and Sciencedirect - an extensive foreign world database of peer-reviewed full-text scientific literature. The search term was volleyball. The authors did not narrow the search in order to maximize the quantitative coverage of publications in the specified area.
Results and conclusions. The educational and training process in sports games in many countries has some features, but to a large extent it is identical. The exchange of traditions and innovations between different countries was previously quite slow, but in the modern world of digital technology this process is carried out very quickly, as is the introduction of major achievements in various scientific fields that constantly accompany sports. The article presented below is a comparative analysis of current trends in domestic and foreign sports science in the field of volleyball.

Keywords: sports games, volleyball, sports science, research abroad, databases.

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