Thankfully, it is USUALLY the setter who set the ball, but it’s worth having a stat buddy sitting nearby whom you can confirm this with. For coaches in charge of tracking the whole match, this can also be difficult because after the dig, we look down to write who passed the attack, and then back up in time to see the attack, but we miss who set the ball. This is probably the toughest stat to track, because you have to wait for another touch or two to happen before you can track this statistic. NUMBER OF ASSISTSĪre you sensing a theme here? Many of the REPORTED stats are just numbers, plain and simple.Īn assist would be any time a players sets the ball to another player who attacks the ball, resulting in a kill (which we’ll get to next). As long as the ball remains in play, we count it!Īgain, no need to do anything fancier than tally marks on your stat sheet to track this one, as the number of digs is the most common way to report this stat. Of course, this is what we’d LIKE to see happen, but even a pass off an attack which flies back over the net is considered a dig. A pass in serve receive would not count either.Ī dig does NOT need to go directly to the setter to be counted. The ATTACK part is critical to effectively determining this stat, because a ball which is passed over the net by the opponent would not result in a dig for your team/player. The number of aces is often reported, so no need to do fancy calculations (although you can find ace and serving percentages if you’d like).Ī dig is anytime a player passes up a ball which has been attacked by the opponent. The number of aces a player gets is often a stat that’s a) super easy to track, and b) often gets reported when players enter higher levels of competition (think large club tournaments and for high school varsity teams).Īn ace is simply a serve that goes directly to the floor inbounds on the opponents side immediately following the service contact, OR, a serve which the opposing team is not able to control (like a touch on the ball but it flies behind the passer and no one else on the team can get to it, or a ball which is passed directly into the net). There are a handful of stats that are more or less universally tracked, and (thankfully) they’re pretty easy to understand! NUMBER OF ACES Some teams have players who are able to track stats reliably on the bench, others have to rely on the one and only coach being able to stat and coach at the same time, and sometimes 2-3 assistant coaches track different stats throughout the match.ĭO NOT GET OVERWHELMED! I’m going to make things super simple for you. its OK if your method is different than how you see others taking stats! Some teams track only how points were scored at the end of a rally, others keep track of every single touch and then some even go BEYOND stats with percentages and feedback provided using apps (they can see realtime stats like sideout percentage, etc). FIRST THINGS FIRST: NOT EVERYONE KEEPS STATS THE SAME I’m going to break down some of the more basic statistics for you, so you can feel more confident coaching volleyball, watching volleyball, and talking volleyball. Looking at individual stats can help players understand their strengths and weaknesses, analyze match performance, and in some instances, even help them get recruited.Īlthough stats SEEM intimidating… they don’t have to be! Coaches and parents new to volleyball should not be intimidated by the overwhelming spreadsheets, computations, and volleyball jargon common when discussing volleyball stats. Volleyball stats offer a (mostly) objective look at player and team performance, and can be vital to helping determine appropriate areas of focus for future training, determining optimal rotations, and providing a broad look at team performance overall.
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |