North Americans’ Guide To European Sport
Once and for all, can we not call it ‘professional’ sport. In Europe, there is no such thing as professional
Tag: Volleyball
Olympics 2024 – Serving: Leon v Anderson?
I have a lot of Olympic data with nowhere to go, so I have written a few posts looking at
Olympic Analysis – Defensive Rating
Traditional volleyball statistics are boring, uninteresting (yes, I know that is redundant) and conceptually restricting. Moneyball and the data revolution
Major Volleyball Statistics Explanations
The two first points of reference for analysis of performance are the sideout percentange (SO%) and breakpoint percentage (BP%). These
Tokyo v Paris : A Comparison – Part 2 Attack
So the Olympics are finished. And what a tournament it was. Every day of competition it seemed like there was
Tokyo v Paris : A Comparison – Part 1
So the Olympics are finished. And what a tournament it was. Every day of competition it seemed like there was
What Makes This Play Great? – The Pascual Effect
For more explanations of what is really happening in the game click What Just Happened and for explanations of great
Reading And Timing : A Discussion
A couple of things have come up on social media recently that forced me to start thinking. Forced me to
Errors As Missed Opportunities
Maybe you are getting bored with reading my never ending rantings on errors, but then again if you’ve stuck around
What Just Happened? – Piacenza 2009
Yesterday I wrote about the 3 receiver lineup that Trentino Volley has used to great effect in the current Italian
At Home On The Court 