The aim of this study consisted of the volleyball setter's (expert) declarative knowledge analysis. The sample counted on eighteen setters as volunteers. Two of them, each one of a different gender, distributed equally among categories of competition: 14 under division, 15 under division, 17 under division and 20 under division. All champions for the state of SP or MG. There was also a participation of two setters that were champions in the Adult category (Professional National Championship: Superliga), each one of a different gender. It was employed the Setter's Tactical Declarative Knowledge Test (MATIAS; GRECO, 2009). The results showed the setter's tactical declarative expertise, because all of them were capable of taking correct decisions and justified them with strictness. For this purpose, the Spearman correlation test was applied and it showed a significant association in all of the categories (p=0,00). Using the Kruskall-Wallis and Mann-Whitney tests the difference between the Adult and the other categories was verified, in both genders, it was due to the significance level of the tests lower than 0,005. The final results pointed that volleyball champion teams have setters as the responsible ones for the offensive organization in the game. These setters have declarative comprehension of the game's distribution intrinsic actions.
Knowledge; Decision; Volleyball
