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Nerd Above the Net
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Narrative-driven analysis, stats, and insights — exploring the game the way it deserves to be talked about. https://nerdabovethenet.substack.com/
New post: Diagnosing where your team stands and which improvements actually move the needle.

Mid-season, results are fine. Box scores tell you what happened. Your eyes tell you the breakdowns.

Neither answers: where should we focus?

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Rethinking Standards: What’s Too Expensive to Ignore
Using win probability to decide where improvement actually matters
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January 27, 2026 at 4:13 PM
getting into the nerdiest piece yet here at Nerd Above the Net. methodology for the rethinking standards model drops tomorrow at 10 am est! 🤓
January 22, 2026 at 2:05 AM
New post: What actually drives winning in D1 volleyball?

Built a model across 8 years of play-by-play data to explore how process metrics relate to winning sets.

The results clarified where leverage lives—and contradicted some assumptions.

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Rethinking Standards: What the Model Reveals
How Process Metrics Shape Winning in Division I Volleyball
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January 20, 2026 at 3:02 PM
New post: Rethinking Standards

Most programs evaluate performance the same way: identify a peer group, calculate averages, treat those as benchmarks.

It's accessible. It's inherited. But it's worth asking what problem that process actually solves.

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Introducing Logistic Regression for Volleyball Standards
Rethinking Standards: From Averages to Analytics
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January 13, 2026 at 3:13 PM
Nerd Above the Net is live!

Most volleyball conversations stop where they should probably begin. This blog exists to ask better questions.

First post: Getting Nerdy Above the Net
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#volleyball #sportsanalytics
Getting Nerdy Above the Net: Asking the Right Questions
Thoughtful volleyball analysis, insights, and questions that actually matter.
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January 6, 2026 at 3:07 PM
Launching tomorrow! Equal parts excited and nervous to finally make this public after months of building 🥰🏐
January 5, 2026 at 6:21 PM
Reposted by Nerd Above the Net
the one i'm most excited about is my vball analytics blog. i'll be revealing more on that at @nerdabovethenet.bsky.social in the next few days, but the short of it is i've finally making public some of the volleyball analytics work I've been sitting on for too long. i'm so pumped for this journey.
January 3, 2026 at 5:45 AM
Numbers tell stories, even in volleyball. I dig into kills, blocks, and aces to find the ones that actually matter.

Follow along if you want a front row seat for my Substack launch, where I’ll share the full nerdy breakdown. #Volleyball #SportsAnalytics
December 16, 2025 at 11:33 PM