The survey summarizes responses from 10 players about their preferences for a Sunday volleyball game held at the West Seattle YMCA. Most players preferred playing on teams of 4 to 6 players and found the $15 fee charged by the YMCA to be too high. They supported continuing weekly emails to organize games through the summer, even if some weeks had low attendance. Travel times to get to games averaged 18 minutes.

1. Sunday Volleyball Survey
Response
Brendan Kitts
Game held on Sundays at the West
Seattle YMCA

2. Survey details
• 30 people emailed
• N=10 responders
• Survey ran 6/27/2015 – 7/3/2015
• Survey permalink:
• https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/CL6D8R2

3. Q: Please specify your satisfaction with each of
the player team formations below
formation players rating 1-5
Satisfaction %
(100%=max,
0%=min)
6 players 6 1.11 97%
5 players 5 1.22 95%
4s 4 1.38 91%
6 + 1 7 2.33 67%
3s 3 2.56 61%
doubles 2 3.56 36%
6 + 2 8 3.78 31%
6 + 3 9 4.33 17%
Q: Please specify your satisfaction with each of the player team formations below:

4. Satisfaction | Player counts
97% 95%
91%
67%
61%
36%
31%
17%
0%
20%
40%
60%
80%
100%
120%
6 players 5 players 4s 6 + 1 3s doubles 6 + 2 6 + 3
Satisfaction % (100%=max, 0%=min)
Satisfaction % (100%=max, 0%=min)
SatisfiedUnsatisfied
Q: Please specify your satisfaction with each of the player team formations below:

5. Vball Players want to play 4..6
36%
61%
91%
95% 97%
67%
31%
17%
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
80%
90%
100%
2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Please specify your satisfaction with each of the player team
formations below:
Please specify your satisfaction with each of the player team formations
below:
Q: Please specify your satisfaction with each of the player team formations below:

6. We want 4: How many players should
we get each week?
3.6*
*average given self-reported responders
and percentage of time
Q: Do you expect to be playing vball on Sundays this summer (from June through end of August)? What % of the time do
you expect to play?

7. However this is not an even distribution - half of
the time we’ll have >=4... The other half we’ll
have to cancel
4.5 4.5 4.5 4.5
4 4
2
1.5
1
0.5 0.5
0
0.5
1
1.5
2
2.5
3
3.5
4
4.5
5
100% 90% 80% 70% 60% 50% 40% 30% 20% 10% 0%
expected players per side during
the summer
Half of the time we will
have 4 or greater
Half of the time we will
have 2 and will have to
cancel
Self-reported frequency of visit
Numberofplayers
Q: Do you expect to be playing vball on Sundays this summer (from June through end of August)? What % of the time do
you expect to play?

8. What should be the run / no-run cuttoff
threshold?
4.5 4.5 4.5 4.5
4 4
2
1.5
1
0.5 0.5
0
0.5
1
1.5
2
2.5
3
3.5
4
4.5
5
0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100%
Numberofplayers
% of games
Increasing minimum
player count from 3 to 4
will result in 1 week
fewer per month
playing vball. It also
means 6 players who
would have played but
would not be able to
play...
Fit to self-reported
attendence probability
Q: Do you expect to be playing vball on Sundays this summer (from June through end of August)? What % of the time do
you expect to play?

9. YMCA’s price of $15 is unusually high
• YMCA charges $15
per session – 78% of
people believe this is
unreasonably high.
• Most say $8 is
expectation
• For comparison
AEVolleyball charges
equivalent of $7 per
game
86%
68%
54%
22%
0% 0%
0%
20%
40%
60%
80%
100%
$0 free $1..$5 $6..$10 $11..$15 $16..$20 $20..$25
How much do you expect to
pay for 2 hours of vball?
How much do you expect to pay for 2 hours of vball?
Q: How much do you expect to pay for 2 hours of vball?

10. 75%
88%
75%
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
80%
90%
100%
Center Set 6:2 Dedicated Setter
Please specify your preferences
for the following formations:
Players prefer to play a 6:2 attack
when possible
Q: Please specify your preferences for the following formations:

11. Some players travel 40 minutes to play
Most average 18+/-15
How many minutes does it take you to travel to
volleyball on Sundays? (eg. 5, 15, 30, etc)
18
15
5
2
20
40
40
5
Mean=18.125 Stdev=15.15476
• 2 people travel 40
minutes to get to vball
• Mean travel time 18
minutes Stdev = 15
Q: How many minutes does it take you to travel to volleyball on Sundays? (eg. 5, 15, 30, etc)

12. From Whence do Players Travel?
Q: Which city do you travel from to come to volleyball on Sundays? (eg. Bellevue, Seattle, Shoreline, etc?)

13. Players want to keep emailing to
organize games
85.7%
14.3%
0.0%
0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90%100%
Yes - please keep up the weekly emails even if
there are cancellations - at some point we'll have
enough; we should try to run each week
Maybe - keep trying for a few weeks more - if not
enough after a few more weeks then go on break
No - we should pause volleyball during the
summer
Should we continue to send out weekly emails
during the summer, even if there are few
responders?
Should we continue to send out weekly emails during the summer, even if there are few
responders?
Q: Should we continue to send out weekly emails during the summer, even if there are few responders?

14. Free text comments
I would understand if the group wanted to suspend during the summer. I will be gone
for the first half of September and then I have Dickens Carolers rehearsals on Sunday
evenings until Thanksgiving. However I will always be interested in playing when
available. I like the level of play that we tend to have with this group.
6/28/2015 2:14 PM
We love you..! You're doing a great job!
6/28/2015 11:03 AM
very nice survey... Do you do this for a living? So professional! Did not answer #2
because I have no opinion....
6/27/2015 12:13 PM
Thanks for everything...!
6/27/2015 5:28 AM
Q: Please provide any other comments or suggestions below