Stats that ACTUALLY MATTER in Volleyball | Data Tracking Tips with Nate Ngo

Tracking athlete performance during matches can assist coaches in planning better practices and future game strategies. Nate Ngo, Technical Coordinator for the U.S. Men’s National Team, discusses how club volleyball coaches can better understand how to use a simple tool- Excel- to produce the most relevant and individualized performance data for your team. Ngo highlights the visualizations coaches can create with pivot tables, how to create a pivot table on match data, and how to easily use Excel if coaches have no technology available to them during a match. 0:00 — Introduction: Using Excel for Volleyball Data Tracking 0:40 — Building a Simple Data Structure for Club Coaches 1:20 — Tracking Attacks: Date, Player, Result, Rotation, and Phase 2:30 — Why Excel Beats Paid Apps for Flexibility and Cost 3:20 — Pivot Tables Explained: Automating Stats and Efficiency 4:30 — Breaking Down Data by Player, Rotation, and Phase 6:00 — Filtering and Comparing Match-Specific Performance 7:10 — Creating, Refreshing, and Expanding Pivot Tables 9:00 — Pen-and-Paper Data Capture and Excel’s “From Picture” Feature 10:20 — Using Data to Inform Practice Planning and Focus 12:00 — Key Takeaways: Simple, Creative, and Cost-Effective Analytics #USAV #VolleyballStats #ExcelAnalytics #CoachingTools #DataDriven