This is a great tool in a timeout to show where a team is, and often it reflects exactly how the team is feeling. It’s really easy for the athletes to see the swings and runs in points. While the game is happening, the game graph becomes a very graphic representation of MOMENTUM and MOMENTUM SHIFTS. ace, block, communication, passing error, serving error, kill, hitting error, tip, free ball, court coverage, in/out ball are the standard ones that we use, but you could add anything.” DURING THE GAME “What we try to do is track what and who caused the point. If we score the point the line goes up, if they score the point the line goes down.

Once you have recorded who's serving first, it’s a matter of tracking who scored the point and how. Sometimes referred to as a “trend line,” the game graph might just be your next favorite coaching tool.Ĭoach Tim Gilchrist was kind enough to share examples of his own game graphs, explain how he uses them, how it benefits his team, and sent in a FREE download for coaches interested in trying it out for themselves. Volleyball matches can be determined by a simple run of points at just the right time, and those critical moments are impossible to track simply by looking back through your stat sheets. However, one of the disadvantages to tracking stats during a game (particularly handwritten ones) is that you don’t get the see the MOMENTUM of the game. Tracking volleyball stats is one of those tasks which feels overwhelming to start, but once you get the hang of it, you find that you can actually learn a lot from the numbers. The information in this post was written by Tim Gilchrist, Head Coach of the 16u Viking Vanguard team with the Ottawa Valley Vikings, and organized by Whitney Bartiuk of Get The Pancake.

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