Prep Volleyball

I disagree, to a point. If the setter is the quarterback of your offense, her assist total is akin to saying, "Podunk's QB went 6-for-17 passing for 150 yards." It might not say as much, but it is the hub of the offense.

 

If two players go up for a block, and both have a hand that ends the point on said block, each player receives half a block.

So yes, a player can finish with 3 1/2 blocks, or 1/2 a block.

 

Technically yes, but there is a separate stat category for block assists, so you would never see 3 1/2 on the stat sheet.

 

The second player does not have to touch the ball to get a block assist, as long as both players go for it.

 

I'll agree that service points can be overrated sometimes, but if it's a long run and/or has lots of aces, it's worth mentioning. I've been doing it this way: "Podunk put together eight straight points during Jane Jumpserve's serve in the second set. Spiker had three straight aces and Sally Spiker had two kills ..."

 

So it's BOTH players getting a block assist? Or one gets a block and the other gets the assist?

 

From the NCAA stat manual.

Article 1. A block is awarded when a player(s) blocks the ball that comes off
an attack into the opponent’s court, leading directly to a point. There are three possible outcomes when a player(s) is blocking:
(1) The player(s) is credited with a successful block solo or block assist. (2) The player is charged with a block error. (3) The attack attempt is deflected off the blocker’s hands and is kept in play
by one of the teams. Article 2. A block solo (BS) is awarded when a single player blocks the ball
into the opponent’s court leading directly to a point. That player must be the only blocker attempting to block the ball.

Article 3. A block assist (BA) is awarded when two or three players block the ball into the opponent’s court leading directly to a point. Each player blocking receives a block assist, even if only one player actually makes contact with the ball.

 

Great moogly googly. They don't even have to touch the ball?

Actually, that makes things simpler. One of the things that slow me down when I'm keeping blocks is trying to figure out which of two players touched the ball on a block. Now I don't have to do that because they both get a block assist.

So next year, I get to apply:
1) Fewer blocks in total (Because blocks must result in points).
2) Block assists.

But I'm still not going to keep digs. I just don't keep track of those very well.

 

@ hondo

I think it's acceptable to have a barrier what's included in a typical gamer and doing an investigative piece.

I don't see the need to embarrass a kid by singling him out by name for fumbling at the 2-yard line to cough the game away...you can still describe what happened by saying Franklin High fumbled at the 2-yard line in the closing seconds.

But I have no problem delving into an investigative piece especially when it involves poor sportsmanship, etc.

It's the difference between making a physical mistake, and making a conscious decision to break a rule or behave poorly.

 

And let's not pretend that journalism never, ever accounts for people's feelings in deciding what to report. News reporting has a whole list of ethical standards devoted to that concept.

 

WHAT!?! How the hell else am I supposed to get excited about volleyball? I have been tempted to walk out of the gym if either team is wearing those damn basketball shorts and not the proper attire.

 

Says the guy who admits to printing incorrect scores to spare the feelings of losing teams.

We are supposed to print the facts as we know them. If little Johnny Touchdown fumbled at the two, EVERYBODY knows he fumbled at the two. If we leave that out of our story, we look bad and he is not spared the embarrassment anyway.

For those very few people who might care about the result but didn't know about the fumble, you are putting that fumble on everybody on the team when it was only little Johnny that messed up, which is unfair to his teammates.

Better to just do what we are supposed to do in the first place -- print the truth.