Every volleyball coach or scouter, needs to use a own structured plan of analysis, based in methodological stages and to creative the own philosophy analysis approaches to the individual or collective characteristics. This presentation was designed to assist coaches, trainers and scouters in designing a structured analysis in volleyball (Individually or team). It is essentially a guide for each one, individual a basic steps to create their own philosophy of analysis.

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Opponent?! team?! player’s?!
Rotation by
rotation?
Attack
directions?
Gaitanakis Leon
Sport management Ph.D.
Volleyball coach
Methodological analysis
of volleyball games!

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Methodological analysis of volleyball games!
MISSION
This presentation was designed to assist
coaches, trainers and scouters in designing a
structured analysis in volleyball (Individually
or team). It is essentially a guide for each
one, individual a basic steps to create their
own philosophy of analysis.
VISION
Every volleyball coach or scouter, needs to
use a own structured plan of analysis, based
in methodological stages and to creative the
own philosophy analysis approaches to the
individual or collective characteristics.
These are not the only questions for the opponent team
or of the players but the same happens for our team
analysis too.
v How do we play in side out attack;?
v How is the system coordination of block- defence;?
vEvery day in every practice, coaches consider what tactic needs
to fit and to adapt to the opponent team;?
v What is the system of attack, block or transition organisation;?
vWhat is the strengths or weakness of the opponent player’s in
skill’s technique;?
vWhat is a distribution of side out attack and transition;?
vHow is the of attack or serve directions of the players;?
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Methodological analysis of volleyball games!
First of all , before moving on to what this structured analysis system should be like, it would be important to define some concepts in
order to understand the whole methodological approach.
I
M
S
A
The process of studying or examining
something in an organized way to learn
more about it, or a particular study of
something1
1 Cambridge Dictionary, (2021)
analysis
A set of connected and coordinated things or
devices to operate together1
1 Cambridge Dictionary, (2021)
system
Actually every coach needs to have a
structured plan of volleyball analysis and
for the opponent and for own team, based
in methodological steps.
idea
§ A system of ways, of doing, teaching or
studying something1
§ A set of methods used in the particular
area of study or activity2
1,2 Cambridge Dictionary, (2021)
methodology
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Methodological analysis of volleyball games!
Usually, for our volleyball methodological analysis, we use the software of Data Volley 4.
Most of the national federations and volleyball teams using it software supported all ambitions and expectations of the coaches.
https://www.dataproject.com

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Methodological analysis of volleyball games!
It’s important to analyse all the technical and tactical
characteristics of the opponent team and to find the
strength or weakness of the way of player, creative a
team profile and responded in question’s ”How the
opponent team plays?” Who is the best receiver? Or
weaker blocker? Etc.
object
When we start to organise analysis plan for the
opponent team, as individual or team process, we need
to have a structure plan and to note, all these
information-data, that we can be used for our team
tactic. (Firstly practice, secondly match)
start plan
Process plan…
how we can do it ?!
Organizational session

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Methodological analysis of volleyball games!
👉 Organizational session’s
👉 Sectors of analysis:
Statistics:
Video analysis:
Team profile: All the technical and tactical characteristics
of the team, included and coach profile.
1. Player by player
2. Rotation by rotation
3. Skill by skill

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Methodological analysis of volleyball games!
MATCH REPORT:
A: You get general info ‘quick look’ for the game,
B: Separately both teams by skill (%), side out (%), transition( %)
C: Individual performance by skill (%)
D: Starting line up (separately, serve or reception)
ATTACK DIRECTIONS:
A: You get specifical info, for how every player:
B: Spikes of every zones separately
C: Spikes of fast or high balls / SO & transition
D: Individual techniques characteristics
SERVE DIRECTIONS:
A: You get specifical info, for how every player:
B: Serve of every zones, (5,6,1) separately
C: Type of Serve, individual efficiency (%)
D: Individual techniques characteristics
BLOCK:
A: You get specifical info, for efficiency (%):
B: Player by player, on scale of evaluation
C: By zone and rotation, on scale of evaluation
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SKILL DETAIL:
A: You get specifical info for efficiency (%),
B: Player by player, on scale of evaluation
C: Skill by skill, on scale of evaluation
SETTER ATTACK DISTRIBUTION:
A: You get specifical info, how setter set
B: Separately players by zone (%) rotation
B1: Different phases of reception (#,+), (!), (-)
C: Setter calls: How uses the MB in SO ?
ROTATION OF RECEPTION:
A: You get specifical info, for reception details
B: Separately players by zone (%)
C: Individual performance by rotation
ROTATION BY ROTATION:
A: You get specifical info, for Attack,
B: Setter distribution of attack (SO-Transition)
B1: Separately phases of reception (#,+), (!), (-)
C: Transition analysis
C1 :Action on 3m or out of 3m, free ball
Organizational statistics session

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Methodological analysis of volleyball games!
I. Distribution of Attack
• A Option: Reception (#,+),
• B Option: Reception (!,-),
• C Option: Transition (ball in
3m & Ball out of 3M).
I.I Setter calls
• (How setter uses MB?!)
• (Side out- Transition)
A: As firstly option we are
studying all the parameter's of
statistics, and we are creative
“a team profile” for the
opponent team.
B: As secondly option now
needs to verify it in video
analysis and to keep on
competed view.
Idea
Rotation
Analysis 1. Creative “team profile ”
2. Creative “fit’ for opponent tactic:
v Serve, (player or zone of rotation)
v Block-defence (fast- high ball)
(Timing, position, zone)
v Rotation, priority options
(focus on player or zone)
v Setter “favourite habits”
v Options for home attack system
(Side out-Transition)
1. Individual technique
2. Attack approach
• side out (fast-high ball)
• transition (fast-3m-high ball)
3. Serve approach
• (Zone-type-speed)
4. Reception approach
• (Zone-moves-rotation)
5. MB Moves on position
• (Fast-high ball-technique)
Players
Analysis
Practice
design
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Organizational Video Analysis session

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Methodological analysis of volleyball games!
Resume of statistical and video analysis !
Numbers? Yes it’s so important a
knowledge of performance by
numbers. Show us how dynamic is
individual a team; How they play?
Team
profile
It’s so important a knowledge how the
opponent team plays? How team
organizes the actions? Who is the best
player in each skill’s? etc.
Statistical
analysis
Video
analysis
Practice
design
mental
approach
Whatever we know for our
studying of the opponents, needs
to analyse by video, verified the
statistical results.
All the results and the consideration
for the opponents needs to design it
by 3 at least practices to weekly
schedule and to ‘fit’ our team to
them.
Communication is the skill which
needs to characterise coaching staff
and to share all those data from
analysis to the players, even verbal
even on paper designed structure.

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01
Make a systematic analysis for:
• Opponent team
• Own team
03
Creative your database:
• Team
• players by position
02
Keep different file for the games:
• (Home-Away)
• International
• By competition
04
🏆 Success 🥇
Find your way to prepare your team (mentally-physically)
and to find ‘common’ way with a players
to share a game data.
Methodological analysis of volleyball games!
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