Match report

Match reports in volleyball have been around for many years, and despite many posts on the internet on how to read such reports, not everyone knows what exactly is contained on one A4 page of the report. Certainly, match reports are considered one of the basic things when working with volleyball statistics. in

The match report contains detailed information about your own team and the opposing team. First, of course, we have the numbers and names of individual players. Then the starting lineup is detailed. That is, we have an indication in which zone the player is coming out in the starting six. It is worth noting that in the white "square" is marked the setter and also the rotation in which the team starts the game. The empty squares mark the libero player, as well as players who did not start the set in the starting lineup but entered in rotation during the set. 

Then we have the number of points scored by each player, their point balance, i.e. the ratio of points scored and points lost, and the so-called breakpoints. These are points scored by a team on its own play. 

In further sections, there is data on serve, where are the total number of services, the number of errors made, and aces are listed, and information on receiving - there is the number of receptions, errors, and the percentage of positive and perfect receptions. The following section is the attack, where we see the number of attacks made, broken, blocked, and scored, as well as the player's efficiency, i.e. the ratio of finished attacks to all attacks made. In the last column, we have data on the number of point blocks of each player.

The report also includes a summary of each set, where we have data on the plays, receptions, attacks, and blocks described above for the whole team, supplemented by information on the number of own errors made by the opposing team. 

At the bottom of the report, we can see a lot of useful information. Among other things, there are data on the balance of points in each setting. In addition, data on the first action are included, split between those after a positive and those after a negative reception. The number and effectiveness of counterattacks made by each team also provides important information.