Chad Gordon
Bay to Bay Volleyball Club, Head Coach 17-1, 2021
Harker School, Head Coach Boys Varsity, 2018/2019
University of Illinois, Volunteer Assistant, 2014/2015
Thesis: Predicting Performance via Self-Reported Metrics
twitter: @chadgordon09 // email: chadgordon09@gmail.com
Season Trends
Interactive Dashboard: https://public.tableau.com/views/SeasonTrends/HittingEfficiency?:language=en&:display_count=y&publish=yes&:origin=viz_share_link Is your team getting better or worse as the season progresses? Are your players developing and performing stronger as the year goes on? In the chart above, we take a look at Madeline Gates, the middle from Stanford. We’re looking at a rolling average of her hitting efficiency, in this case, rolling […]
Expectation vs. Reality
Interactive Dashboard: https://public.tableau.com/views/Expectationvs_Reality/Overall?:language=en&:display_count=y&publish=yes&:origin=viz_share_link This is the direction I think the sport of volleyball needs to go – getting all skills, all contacts, all situations, and all performance evaluation into the single language of points. The same way the NBA has expected points per shot based on the location on the floor + number of defenders, […]
Blocking – The Unsung Hero
Interactive Dashboard: https://public.tableau.com/profile/chad.gordon#!/vizhome/Blocking-TheUnsungHero/BlockingAffectsHittingEff In my opinion, blocking is the most “shrugged off” skills in our sport. Guy gets up, bounces a ball in the middle of the court and blocker turns to the coach who promptly gives him the “thumbs up, move on” type of gesture. While you’re unlikely to fix your team in the […]
Do Service Errors Matter?
Interactive Dashboard: https://public.tableau.com/profile/chad.gordon#!/vizhome/ServiceErrors/Service_Errors I’d argue, no. At least not in the way that most people think? The core issue here is that given a specific input, we see a wide range of outputs. As you can see from the rainbow..ish blob on the right, at any given range of Service Error Percentage, there’s quite a […]
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About Me
Hi, I’m Chad. I previously worked for free at the University of Illinois and before that, I paid money to play some beach (and attend classes) at UC Santa Barbara. Currently working in analytics in San Jose & coaching w/ Bay to Bay on the boys club side of the world.
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