A great volleyball stat program for the rest of us
Collecting and reviewing statistics of your team and players have been stressed at every volleyball coaching clinic I have ever attended (CAP I, CAP II, Gold Medal Squared Advanced, Rick Butler Coaching Clinics, USAV, JVDA and AVCA webinars) and I agree with those recommendations.
So in my previous seasons of coaching club, I have utilized various assistant coaches, parents, and myself to tally mark on sheets of paper and then transfer those tallies to various spreadsheets I have received from others or built myself for further analysis and use. It is often late at night or very early in the morning that I have spent consolidating the tally marks during a 3 day tournament.
I have been an early tester of this software and my experience with SoloStats 123 has been excellent.
Once I got some practice under my belt using the program, I was able to simultaneously actively coach the game while recording the error or success detail of each rally (point for or against by player and by skill). I have found that working with Junior age groups, most of the feedback needed during a match or tournament is how to adjust to reduce mistakes and increase success in a particular rotation or through adjusting who is "on" versus who is struggling. .
Solostats 123 gives me important information by player, by rotation, by opponent and much more. It also has allowed me to provide valuable feedback to various players throughout the tournament day and as the season has progressed. It gives me facts to make adjustments between sets or from one match to another.
The associated online web reports I use after each tournament allows me to look even closer at the team and individual player performance to adjust my practice plan and perhaps tweak my lineups going forward.
I believe that this software gives me everything I need to know in a match or during a tourney (serve aces and errors, attack kills and errors, points gained by rotation, passing error % by player, etc).
Also the program allows me to see the running score and who should be serving next. (A very good thing when the inevitable parent shouting "scores wrong" is heard in the background and you discover the flipper or scorekeeper is tweeting on their phone).
I find this app to be a great value and an important tool for the busy coach of today. I recommend it for all levels of coaching.
Vaarastan about
SoloStats 123 Volleyball