I had a funny experience at the Monument City Classic Tournament. My Carolina Juniors 16s Team played the early match on Sunday morning. Our team arrived first at the court, chose the bench, and I sat down to sip my tea. On the adjacent court, a father turned around and stared at me awkwardly.  He exclaimed, “You’re Coach Rey!”. I said, “Last I checked.” I was taken aback. He went on, “I couldn’t sleep last night. Our team was playing well yesterday, but we just couldn’t buy a win. I thought, maybe some statistical information would help. So, I started looking up volleyball statistical software online in the middle of the night and came across your blog. And POOF, now you’re here!”. He said it was a bit surreal

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. At the University of Minnesota, I used the Data Project line of software, both Data Volley and Data Video.   I loved that software, but it can be quite complex and take quite a bit of time to enter all match information.  The University of Minnesota had a great Director of Volleyball Operations that would key the match live (where I would receive the information on a computer at the bench) and key incoming opponent match video when it arrived at their office. Its easy to do as a volleyball program if you have a Director Continue Reading