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Volleyball stats guides for coaches

Practical, no-fluff guides on measuring and improving serve receive, serving, hitting and defense: what the numbers mean, how to track them without a clipboard, and how to move them. New: how to run a testing day.

How to Run a Volleyball Testing Day
Which six measures to take, how to measure a vertical jump properly, how to run it by station with several coaches, and how to read the results.
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Your First Match with Tally
Set the starting six, answer who serves first, log every rally in one tap, start the next set, and read the Board at a timeout.
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How to Track Volleyball Serving: The Five-Point Serve Scale
Rate every serve 0 to 4, and read serving with made percentage, tough percentage, aces and break points instead of aces and errors alone.
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How to Calculate Hitting Percentage in Volleyball
Kills minus errors, divided by attempts: worked examples, realistic benchmarks by level, and how kill and error rates explain a low number.
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Volleyball Digs: What Counts, and How to Track Dig Percentage
What counts as a dig, what a dig error is, how to calculate dig percentage, and how to pair it with where their kills land.
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What is a good serve-receive passing average?
Passer-rating benchmarks by level on the 0 to 3 scale, why the scale you pick matters, and how in-system percentage fits in.
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The 3-2-1-0 serve-receive rating system, explained
What each rating means with real examples, in-system vs. out-of-system, common scale variations, and how to grade consistently.
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How to track serve-receive stats during a live practice
Why post-practice spreadsheets fail, the one-tap-per-pass method, handling multiple courts, and sharing results with parents.
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7 serve-receive drills to improve team passing
Seven drills with setup, coaching points, and how to measure each one, plus a sample session that builds from base to game-context reps.
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How to improve your team's serve receive
A step-by-step plan: measure a baseline, fix the fundamentals, drill against real serves, tighten your seams, cut free points, and hold it accountable.
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How to read your team's passing trends
Turn pass ratings into decisions: the season trend line, in-system percentage, per-player and per-rotation views, and practice vs. match.
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