Research on NCAA 2nd contact rule change

After the 2023 season, the NCAA implemented a rule change around 2nd contact in Women’s Volleyball. Basically, it eliminated double calls, unless the ball goes over the net. So if you set a teammate, you can’t be called for a double. They talked this about for a while, and experimented with it in Spring play previously, so it wasn’t a surprise.

Following the conclusion of the 2024 season, I completed an analysis of ball-handling errors (BHE) called over the last two seasons. I turned that into a short report titled The Impact of the 2nd Contact Rule Change on Ball-Handling Errors Called in NCAA Women’s Volleyball. Follow the link to either read online or download the PDF.

Don’t worry. It’s not long (only 7 pages with a large font and good spacing). And there are visuals. 🙂

The quick and dirty is that BHE dropped massively in the 2024 season. Shocker, right?

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John Forman

John is currently the Strategic Manager for Talent (oversees the national teams) and Indoor Performance Director for Volleyball England. His 20+ years of volleyball coaching experience includes all three NCAA divisions, plus Junior College, in the US; university and club teams in the UK; professional coaching in Sweden; and both coaching and club management at the Juniors level. He's also been a visiting coach at national team, professional club, and juniors programs in several countries.

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