I fought the good fight. I’ve tried to find a DataVolley substitute. Not because DataVolley isn’t good, because DataVolley is complicated to learn. I was always a big fan of StatEasy, but that didn’t pan out. Kyle Mashima has a ...
Read More »Volleyball Setter Rating Chart
Setters are often considered the most important position player on the court. The position requires as much mental tenacity as technical precision. But I don’t think setters are graded as equally, or as often, as other positions. Passers are continually ...
Read More »Winning without Stats
Dismissed stats and embraced failure - and broke the team's three decade slump.
Read More »Perfect 10 Stat Spreadsheets
After many requests for Perfect 10 Spreadsheets, here they are! :)
Read More »Perfect 10 Statistics
Something to chew on. Your opinions are greatly appreciated.
Read More »Proactive & Reactive Volleyball Statistics
Great coaches are proactive; those that provide information to a player prior to something happening.
Read More »iVolleyStats vs SoloStats 123 for iPad
A comparison of iVolleyStats and SoloStats 123 from NC Volleyball Academy, Coach Jim Crossett
Read More »Volleyball Statistics Beyond ‘Moneyball’
Laptops, iPads, and SmartPhones have all contributed to the deluge of statistical information available in the volleyball world. How can we sort it all out?
Read More »The Competitive Cauldron: The Goal is Improvement by Tom Black
There is no improvement without intensity. This is what draws us to the cauldron.
Read More »The State Championship Standard – How Statistics Can Get You There
How to manipulate information contained in a basic box score to make it more meaningful.
Read More »IPE and iVolleyStats
Who'd a thunk that a brainstorming session with Mike Hebert at Minnesota would turn into a new statistic for volleyball?
Read More »StatEasy Volleyball Software
StatEasy is the next generation volleyball statistical software!
Read More »Rotate 123 – Volleyball Rotation Software
A great volleyball rotation coaching tool that allows you to input numerous line-ups.
Read More »Why Penn State Beat Texas in the National Championship – A Statistical Analysis
Statistics tell us why Penn State beat Texas and won an unprecedented third National Championship - in a row!
Read More »Volleyball Statistical Software
I have received quite a few questions on volleyball stat software and I can only offer my advice based on the software I have used.
Read More »College Volleyball Statistics – Final Four, Top 10, and Top 25
Following is a comparison of the Final Four Teams, Top 10 Teams, and Top 25 Teams from the 2008 season.
Read More »Comparing Penn State and Low Country Volleyball Club
The stats from the team's championship weekend (we have a parent keep stats), and just for fun ;) compared them with the offensive stats of the 2008 Final Four Teams: Penn State, Stanford, Nebraska, and Texas.
Read More »What is IPE?
I.P.E. is an acronym for In Play Efficiency. It is very simply the antonym or opposite of hitting error percentage (IPE = 1 - error %). It's putting a positive spin on hitting errors. Many coaches tell players, "Don't make hitting errors"; this focuses on the negative.
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