AVCA Presentations
Access presentations from American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) Conventions featuring SoloStats tools, performance benchmarks, and coaching insights.
About AVCA Presentations
SoloStats has been featured at multiple AVCA (American Volleyball Coaches Association) Conventions, the largest volleyball coaches association in the world. These presentations cover topics including performance benchmarks, simplified stats, coaching technology, and data-driven coaching strategies.
The slide decks and PDFs below are from live sessions given at AVCA Conventions from 2016 through 2024. They explain how to use simplified volleyball statistics (serve quality, pass quality, hitting efficiency, sideout percentage) in practice, how your team compares to national benchmarks by age and level, and how to combine stat tracking with practice planning and technology tools. Coaches use them for professional development, staff training, and ideas to improve how they measure and respond to performance.
All presentations are available for download or viewing. Click on any presentation below to access the full content.
What You'll Find in These Presentations
Simplified stats and methodology
Several decks introduce or refine the Simplified Stats approach: which stats to track, how to score serve and pass quality on simple scales (e.g., 0–4 for serves, 0–3 for passes), and how to use hitting efficiency and sideout percentage instead of raw totals. Great for coaches moving from traditional box-score stats to metrics that drive practice and lineup decisions.
Performance benchmarks
The benchmarks presentation summarizes analysis of over a million games across club 12U through college. You can see typical ranges for key metrics by level and use the data to set realistic goals, spot strengths and gaps, and compare your team to national norms. Useful for parent and admin conversations as well as practice planning.
Coaching technology and tools
Sessions on “Gizmos and Gadgets” and exhibitor showcases cover volleyball coaching technology, including stat tracking apps, practice planners, and video tools. Learn how to choose and combine tools so that stats, film, and practice plans work together without adding busywork.
Homework and practice ideas
Topics like Homework 2.0 and practice structure show how to assign meaningful off-court work and build practices around the stats and skills that matter most. Many coaches reuse these ideas for staff meetings and season planning.
Available Presentations
AVCA 2016 Presentation
2016Presentation from the 2016 AVCA Convention in Columbus
AVCA 2017 Presentation
2017Presentation from the 2017 AVCA Convention
Homework 2.0 - AVCA 2018
20182018 AVCA Convention presentation on Homework 2.0
Simplified Stats v.5
2019Simplified Stats presentation version 5
Exhibitor Showcase 2019
20192019 AVCA Convention Exhibitor Showcase presentation
Performance Benchmarks Presentation
2020Analysis of over 1,000,000 games from Club 12U to College teams
Gizmos and Gadgets v4
2024Latest presentation on volleyball coaching technology and tools
About AVCA
The American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) is the largest volleyball coaches association in the world and provides extensive coaching education, from convention sessions and clinics to awards and advocacy. Its annual convention draws thousands of coaches for keynote talks, breakout sessions, and an exhibit hall where tools like SoloStats are demonstrated and recommended.
SoloStats is recommended by AVCA and has been featured at multiple AVCA Conventions. The presentations on this page were delivered at those events and reflect the same stat methodology and benchmarks that SoloStats apps and WebReports support: simplified stats, performance benchmarks by level, and workflows that connect tracking, analysis, and practice planning.
Whether you use these slides for convention follow-up, staff training, or your own professional development, they showcase how SoloStats tools help coaches make data-driven decisions, understand performance benchmarks, and improve team performance through accurate stat tracking and analysis.