Abstract
The subject of the research in this paper is the motor abilities of volleyball players and tests for their assessment. Under the term general motor abilities we imply the motor abilities which can be found in other kinds of sport according to their general characteristics: coordination, strength, speed, endurance, flexibility, balance, and precision. Specific motor abilities are the motor abilities that are specifically developed in each sports branch, taking into account that they are not completely new motor abilities, but the abilities that are "built" out of the general motor abilities by specific training or they are combined into specific motor abilities for each individual sport. On the basis of consulted works, the majority of volleyball experts under the term of specific motor abilities imply the following: explosive strength and agility, flexibility, body coordination, alternative movements speed, limbs coordination. In the concluding part of the work there are tests that are most often used for estimation of general and specific motor abilities of volleyball players.