In this paper, a retrospective analysis of the volleyball players of the Women 's Volleyball Club Osijek is made through quantitative and qualitative analysis. Quantitative analysis was made in 2016 using anthropometric measurements and motor tests in ŽOK Osijek and volleyball players from Osijek-Baranja County. These results were compared with the results of three selected promising players of ŽOK Osijek, who achieved some of the best results of the club. Qualitative analysis was made through an interview in 2020, and three coaches of ŽOK Osijek were interviewed. All model players are better than the average of seniors in reach and have a higher body weight and higher height, as well as better results in the forward sitting and running at 5 meters. In other tests, some model players are better and some worse than the average of others. According to coaches, in addition to motoric abilities and height, the key to success are character, emotional stability, determination and perseverance in order to succeed, giving up other life experiences, love of sports, commitment, putting training, matches and tournaments in the foreground. As reasons why players give up volleyball, coaches cite indecision, lack of focus, life problems that prevent quality training process and sports performance, lability and the influence of parents who expect too much from their children, create too much pressure and children eventually give up sports. Motor skills have proven to be essential but not crucial. What is decisive are the psychological and emotional characteristics that give a volleyball player a key advantage in the development of sports excellence.