Tag: volleyball statistics

Hitter attack angles

Wherein I go waffling on about hitting angles and when decisions get made, with some help from Mark Lebedew and Team USA coaches.

Serve first or receive first?

Should you take serve or receive if your team wins the coin toss? Turn to the statistics to know what call to make at your…

Coaching Log – Sep 24, 2014

The first training session of the year focused on blocking movement, serving and passing - and on starting to develop the gym atmosphere I want.

How important is blocking?

How important is blocking in determining a volleyball team's success? It depends on how you define blocking and the level of play your team is…

Considering a set rating system

Rating sets, and by extension setters, is one of the more problematic issues in volleyball statistics. In this post I consider proposed a rating system.

Volleyball player efficiency ratings

Seemingly every time we turn around someone proposes a way to measure our volleyball players statistically. How many are actually meaningful, though?

Thinking about my use of stats

I had considerably less access to volleyball statistics when I coached in England, and I honestly think it helped me become a better coach as…