The latest issue of the Journal of Quantitative Analysis in Sports includes an article entitled "Importance of attack speed in volleyball" by Gilbert Fellingham, Lee Hinkle, and Iain Hunter of Brigham Young University.
The abstract (brief summary) of the article can be found here. According to this summary, the authors used high-speed photography to measure the time a set was in the air (to .01 of a second) in a number of men's collegiate matches. Set speed was then examined for correlation with kill probability. Quoting from the abstract:
...sets that traveled a further distance had significant increases in the
probability of success with a faster set. No trends were seen with sets
that were delivered to hitters that were closer to the setter.
A video on Dr. Fellingham's work with BYU's volleyball programs, this time with the women's team, is available here.
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I stumbled upon your blog today, and I am loving reading all your posts! I'll be back to read more, nothing better than math and volleyball. :)
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