Volleyball
AI match analysis for volleyball: serves, kills, blocks, digs, sets, long rallies and substitutions, each logged with a timestamp.
AI-Powered Capabilities
- ✓Serves (aces, errors, float, jump)
- ✓Attacks & kills
- ✓Blocks & digs
- ✓Sets & assists
- ✓Combination plays
- ✓Long rallies
- ✓Substitutions & libero rotation
Use Cases
- →Team strategy development
- →Player positioning analysis
- →Opponent pattern recognition
- →Training drill effectiveness
- →Tournament preparation
Basic Rules & Standards
- 1Rally scoring system - point awarded per rally
- 2Best of 5 sets in tournament play
- 3Team rotates clockwise when winning serve
- 4Maximum 3 contacts per side per rally
- 5Net touch is violation
- 6Back row cannot attack above net height
- 7Libero cannot serve or attack
What PitchView AI detects in a volleyball match
- Serves — aces, service errors, float serves and jump serves.
- Attacks — spike kills, spikes out or into the net, and tips or roll shots.
- Defence — digs that keep the ball alive, block kills and soft blocks (touches).
- Sets — assists that lead to a kill, and bad sets (double touch or lift).
- Long rallies — rallies lasting more than 15 seconds.
- Substitutions — tactical substitutions and libero rotations.
Combination plays — pipe, slide, quick middle — are identified, the setter's assist is linked to the kill it created, and huddles and breaks are skipped so the timeline stays on ball-in-play action.
How it works
- 1
Add your footage
upload a video file (up to 500 MB: MP4, AVI, MOV, MKV or WebM), paste a direct video URL or a YouTube link. For YouTube you can choose the download quality; the recommended one is pre-selected.
- 2
Choose the sport
pick it from the list, or let PitchView auto-detect it from a YouTube link. You confirm the sport before the analysis starts, and can pick the two teams from your Teams list so events are attributed to them.
- 3
Standard, parallel or live
standard analysis processes the whole video in one pass, ideal for highlights and short clips. Parallel analysis splits long footage into short overlapping segments and analyses several at once, with events appearing as each segment finishes. Stream analysis works on a match while it's being broadcast live.
- 4
Review and export
events appear on an interactive timeline; click any one to jump to that moment. Mark events as correct, wrong or duplicate, edit them, add your own, re-run the analysis with a custom prompt, and export the results.
What the output looks like
Illustrative example of the output format — not from a real match.
| Time | Event | Team | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| 02:10 | Serve | Team A | Jump-serve ace into zone 5 |
| 07:44 | Attack | Team B | Quick-middle kill; set by the setter from zone 2 |
| 13:29 | Defense | Team A | Block kill on the outside hitter |
| 21:02 | Rally | Team B | Long rally (18s) ended with a pipe attack |
| 29:36 | Substitution | Team A | Libero rotation into the back row |
Getting the best results
- A camera behind and above one end line shows the full court, the net and both teams' systems.
- Indoor and beach volleyball footage both work.
- Full matches: use parallel analysis for faster results.
- Pick both teams from your Teams list so points are attributed correctly.
Who uses it
Coaches reviewing serve-receive and attack patterns, setters studying their distribution, scouts preparing for opponents, and club and college programmes tracking development.
Frequently asked questions
Does it recognise combination plays?
Yes — pipes, slides and quick-middle attacks.
Does it link the set to the kill?
Yes. The assist is tied to the attack it created.
Does it work for beach volleyball?
Yes.
Does it track rotations or player positions?
It logs libero rotations and substitutions, but it doesn't track player positions on court.
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