question about blocking stats

[texas22]

If a tripple block is put up and successful at getting the block, How is it recorded?

[BearClause]

texas22 said:

If a tripple block is put up and successful at getting the block, How is it recorded?

Three players credited with a block assist each, and 1.5 total blocks. Strange, but that's how it's done.

[Gorf]

Each players gets 1 block assist in the box score.

For total blocks on the box score it would count as 1.5 blocks.

Each player would be credited with 0.5 points.

[wang pu]

texas22 said:

If a tripple block is put up and successful at getting the block, How is it recorded?

In international ball, only the blocker who touched the ball would get the "block"

[texas22]

that is how i figured, because i could not think of a better way to do it.
but it just seems wrong...lol

Thanks a bunch!

[5100]

I prefer the international way of recording blocks. Only the player who touched the ball should get the block credit. NCAA middles get outrageously high blocking numbers because of all of those block assists.

[roy]

ericplim said:

I prefer the international way of recording blocks. Only the player who touched the ball should get the block credit. NCAA middles get outrageously high blocking numbers because of all of those block assists.

I enjoy the NCAA blocking stat over the internatinoal blocking stat. You can have a top international blocker, but if everyone is avoiding her, she doesn't get a blocking stat. In NCAA blocking, a top middle can force the error and still get credit for it. She can be such a force that a opposing hitter is trying to avoid her and gets stuffed by the outside (or setter) and still receives credit for being such a force that the error was made.

[bomber]

roy said:

ericplim said:

I prefer the international way of recording blocks. Only the player who touched the ball should get the block credit. NCAA middles get outrageously high blocking numbers because of all of those block assists.

I enjoy the NCAA blocking stat over the internatinoal blocking stat. You can have a top international blocker, but if everyone is avoiding her, she doesn't get a blocking stat. In NCAA blocking, a top middle can force the error and still get credit for it. She can be such a force that a opposing hitter is trying to avoid her and gets stuffed by the outside (or setter) and still receives credit for being such a force that the error was made.

I second roy's opinion. Many, if not most of the blocks that happen are two person efforts, and as such, I think the NCAA's method of recording blocking effectiveness is far more representative of a blocker's true effectiveness.

[Deleted]

In general, FIVB stats are annoyingly useless -- and their boxscore even more so.

The only thing I like is digs which lead directly to kills, but I don't like the fact the other stat isn't even kept.