Understanding Balltime's Box Score Stats

Here is a quick explainer of how to read Balltime's Box Score Stats, and what they mean!

ATTACKING

SYMBOLQUALITY / RESULTDETAILS

K

Kill

An attack by a player that is not returnable by the receiving player on the opposing team and leads directly to a point or loss of rally

E

Error

An attack error (E) is charged to a player whenever an attack or attacker: (1) Hits the ball out of bounds. (2) Hits the ball into the net resulting in a four-hit violation. (3) Is blocked down by the opposition to the same side as the attacker, and cannot be kept in play as a direct result of the block

TA

Total Attempt

Player attempts to attack (hit strategically) the ball into the opponent's court. The ball may be spiked, set, tipped or hit as an overhead contact. There are three possible outcomes of an attack attempt. 1-kill 2- error 3- attempt (an attack not resulting in a kill or an error).

Atk%

Attack Percentage

Equation of hitter efficiency

(Kills – Errors)/Total Attempts

(K-E / TA)

SERVING

SYMBOLQUALITY / RESULTDETAILS

SA

Service Ace

Player serves the ball and the opposing team is unable to pass it. An ace occurs when the ball either hits the ground or is shanked off of a passer making a second touch impossible

SE

Service Error

A serving error is a charged to a player if: 1. The serve hits or fails to go over the net 2. The serve goes out-of-bounds 3. The server is called for a foot or time violation 4. The server serves out of rotation.

TA

Total Attempts

A service attempt is given any time a player attempts to serve the ball or when a player is given a Service Ace or Service Error.

Pct

Serving Percentage

Equation of server efficiency

(Service Aces – Service Errors)/Total Attempts

(SA-SE / TA)

SERVE RECIEVE

SYMBOLQUALITY / RESULTDETAILS

3

3-Point Rating on a 0-3 Scale.

3-Point Pass is awarded to a pass that results in the setter being able to set all three attackers. Usually a 3-Point Pass is one that would land in-front of the 10 ft line in the middle of the net, and is at least antenna height.

2

2-Point Rating on a 0-3 Scale.

2-Point Pass is awarded to a pass that results in the setter being able to set two attackers (typically the Pin attackers). Usually a 2-Point Pass is one that would land close to the 10 ft line or further off the net, in the middle of the court.

1

1-Point Rating on a 0-3 Scale.

1-Point Pass is awarded to a pass that results in the setter only being able to set one attacker (typically a Pin attacker). Usually a 1-Point Pass is one that would land beyond the 10 ft line.

0

0-Point Rating on a 0-3 Scale.

0-Point Pass represents a passer who got aced - a pass in which no other teammate is able to play the ball.

TA

Total Attempts

Culmination of all pass attempts (3-2-1-0)

Pass%

Passer Percentage

An equation of passers efficiency. Sum of all the pass quality ratings divided by the Total Attempts. Example - Passes; 3, 1, 2, 3, 0 = 9 / 5 = Pass %

SET

SYMBOLQUALITY / RESULTDETAILS

Ast

Assist

Anytime a set, pass, or dig to a player results in that teammate attacking the ball for a kill

TA

Total Set Attempts

Anytime a set, pass, or dig to a player results in that teammate attacking the ball

DIG

SYMBOLQUALITY / RESULTDETAILS

Dig

Dig

A dig is only awarded when a player successfully plays a ball that has been determined to be an attack attempt by the opponent

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