SpikeLedger Blog
Volleyball coaching, drills & stats
Practical guides for coaches who want to develop players fairly - drills by position, practice plans, stat tracking, and what the numbers actually mean. Written by coaches, for coaches.
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Fair Volleyball Grades by Position: How the Bank Account Works
A libero will never lead the team in kills. The Bank Account grades each player on the job their position has on the court.
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Automatic Rotation, Serve and Libero Tracking While You Score
The scorer taps what happened. The app works out who serves next, who rotated, and whether the libero is in.
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Parents Watching the Score Live, Without Seeing Other Kids' Stats
A parent who cannot be in the gym can follow the match and their own child's numbers as they happen. Only their own child's.
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Let an Assistant Keep Stats Without Sharing Your Password
A coach who is coaching cannot also keep stats. A stat keeper joins with a QR code and can score, and nothing else.
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A Live Bench View for Substitution Decisions
Substitutions are decided in seconds. The bench view puts each player's numbers for this set in front of the coach while the match is being played.
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How SpikeLedger Protects Young Athletes' Privacy
Stats about children deserve more care than stats about professionals. Here is who can see what, in plain terms.
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Best Volleyball Drills for Every Position
A position-by-position drill guide so every player on your roster gets reps that match what their role actually demands in a match.
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How to Track Volleyball Stats During a Match
A practical guide to tracking kills, errors, digs, and serve-receive grades during a match without losing your mind or missing the game.
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Volleyball Practice Plans That Actually Work
A simple 10/15/15/20/5 structure, three ready-to-run plans, and the drills that make each one stick.
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The Problem with Comparing Liberos to Hitters
Putting a libero and an outside hitter on the same kill leaderboard is like grading a goalkeeper on goals scored, the numbers aren't wrong, the comparison is.
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Volleyball Serve Receive Drills for Youth Teams
Ten targeted passing drills volleyball coaches can use with 12U-16U athletes, complete with player counts, times, and a simple 0-3 grading system.
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How to Run Volleyball Tryouts: A Coach's Guide
A practical framework for running volleyball tryouts that evaluates each position fairly, uses real drills as stations, and gives you written criteria before the first athlete walks in.
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Understanding Volleyball Rotations: A Complete Guide
A beginner-friendly breakdown of volleyball rotation rules, covering court positions, serving order, overlap, and the libero, everything a new coach needs to know.
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Volleyball Blocking Drills for Middles and Outsides
Six structured blocking drills and the fundamentals every middle and outside blocker needs to stop more balls at the net.
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What Every Volleyball Parent Should Know About Stats
A plain-English breakdown of volleyball stats that helps parents support their athlete without adding pressure.
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Youth Volleyball Coaching Tips for First-Year Coaches
First-year youth coaches get buried by logistics fast, here's how to run practices players actually improve in, handle parents professionally, and know what to expect at each age group.
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How to Evaluate Volleyball Setters: Stats That Matter
Setter evaluation goes well beyond assist totals, here is what the numbers actually tell you and how to develop the position.
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Volleyball Hitting Efficiency: What It Means and How to Improve It
Hitting efficiency is the single number that separates smart attackers from hard swingers, here is what it measures and how to raise it.
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How to Give Volleyball Players Feedback They Actually Use
The way you deliver feedback matters as much as the feedback itself, here's how to make corrections that players actually act on.
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Free Volleyball Stats App: What to Look For
Not all free volleyball stats apps are built for a real gym, here is what separates a useful tool from one that collects dust after week two.
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End of Season Volleyball Report Cards: A Guide for Coaches
A structured end-of-season volleyball report card closes the loop with players and parents while setting clear development goals for next season.
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