In volleyball stats, TA most commonly stands for Total Attempts (attack attempts) , meaning the total number of times a player swings at the ball to attack.

Quick meaning of TA in volleyball

  • TA = Total Attempts on attack.
  • It is usually calculated as:
    • TA = kills + attack errors + other (kept-in-play) attacks.
  • It is used to compute a hitter’s attack percentage with the formula:
    • Attack % = (kills − errors) / TA.

So if a player has 10 kills, 3 errors, and 7 other swings that stay in play, their TA is 20, and their attack percentage is (10−3)/20=0.350(10−3)/20=0.350(10−3)/20=0.350.

Small twist: TA can vary by system

Some stat systems also use TA to mean Attacks by Athlete in abbreviation lists, which is effectively the same thing: the count of attack attempts by that player. A few custom stat templates may use TA for set attempts , but in standard attacking and box-score contexts, when people ask “what is TA in volleyball stats?”, they almost always mean Total (attack) Attempts.

TL;DR: When you see TA next to a hitter’s name, read it as “how many times they swung at the ball to attack.”

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