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Womens Volleyball Generated by VolleyMetrics

These benchmarks were created with advanced non-parametric statistical methods increasing
accuracy by:
1. Considering all teams in a given conference or multiple conferences
2. Incorporating player to player variability
3. Ignoring players with little playing time or few touches
Furthermore, we created benchmarks for an average player (60th percentile), a good player (80th
percentile), and an elite player
(90th percentile).

Kills % and Hitting Eciency [ (kills blocked errors) / attempts ]

Both Kills % and hitting eciency are extremely correlated with the type of set a player is hitting.
Consequently,
most coaches correctly believe we should be looking at this metric by type of set. It is a common
nding that
in system sets (perfect and good passthe setter does not have to move much) generally have

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in system sets (perfect and good passthe setter does not have to move much) generally have
a higher
eciency than out of system sets (where the setter has to move around quite a bit). Here is a
table with our

suggested benchmarks:
The following breakdowns is an overall breakdown combining 4 major NCAA DI conferences:

NCAA Womens Volleyball

General

Kill percentage

Eciency

Average player

36.4%

21.0%

Good player

41.5%

27.4%

Elite player

46.4%

33.9%

Kill Eciency By set

Average player

Good player

Elite player

Go (in system)

26.6%

35.7%

46.2%

Red (in system)

26.8%

38.5%

50.0%

Quick

31.6%

42.1%

53.3%

BIC (in system)

12.5%

33.3%

42.0%

GAP

33.3%

50.0%

75.0%

Slide

30.6%

41.2%

53.0%

Go (Out of system)

11.1%

18.9%

28.6%

Red (out of system)

16.7%

33.3%

50.0%

BIC (out of system)

7.7%

20.0%

50.0%

D (in system)

14.0%

31.9%

47.7%

High D (out of system)

13.5%

33.3%

50.0%

Passing eciency [ (Perfect + good overpass errors) / attempts ]

Passing eciency is a good metric to substitute the 3 point scale or 4 point scale and still very
easy tocalculate as a Perfect pass would be a 4, a Good pass would be a 3, etc.The following
breakdowns is an overall breakdown combining 4 major NCAA DI conferences. Benchmarks
werenot run looking at how each position fared against certain serve types, only by serve or by

werenot run looking at how each position fared against certain serve types, only by serve or by
position.Here is a table with some benchmarks:NCAA Womens Volleyball
Pass Eciency by Serve

Average player

Good player

Elite player

Jump Spin PE

35.0%

59.6%

70.0%

Jump Float PE

40.0%

50.0%

58.8%

Other Float PE

53.7%

66.7%

75.0%

NCAA Womens Volleyball

Pass Eciency by Position

Average player

Good player

Elite player

Setter PE

26.0%

34.4%

39.5%

Libero PE

44.6%

51.6%

58.8%

Middle Blocker PE

38.5%

50.0%

55.6%

Outside Hitter PE

39.1%

45.9%

51.6%

Opposite PE

36.6%

55.9%

68.5%

Men's Volleyball