No, not your GPS. Did you ever feel like you are living in a world of acronyms? I will be the first to admit I hae no idea what most of the acronyms associated with baseball stand for let alone how they are calculated. I was
doing some research for this site when I came upon an article on VPS which stands for Value Point System. It's been around for awhile and of course I being the product of Covid isolation I had never heard of it!
Previously, I had written a blog post on the plus/minus evaluation system that has been a part of many program's evaluation system for a long time. This post I will explain the Value Point System. It has some similarities to the plus/minus system but it also has several significant differences. After learning the basics of this system (VPS) you can decide if you would like to use this system or the plus/minus system or neither.
Those who believe in the VPS believe it better represents the overall contribution a player makes to a team's performance. You can determine an individual player's contribution or you can determine the effectiveness
of a team's performance using the same formula. It is reasonably easy to track over a number of games where an individual or a team's strengthens and weaknesses lie. Giving you more analytical information to construct practices to address individual and team needs.
In order to determine a player's or a team's value points you will need the following statistics:
1) Total points scored by an individual player or total points scored by the
team.
2) Total rebounds (both offensive & defensive) secured by an individual or
team.
3) Total assists credited to an individual player or the team total.
4) Total number of steals a player gets in a game or the team total number
of assists in a game.
5) Total number of blocks a player made in a game or the total number of
blocks a team made in a game.
6) Total number of charges a player took in a game or the total number of
charges taken by the team in game.
7) A player's or team's total number of missed field goals in game.
8) A player's or team's total number of missed free throws in a game.
9) Total number of fouls committed by an individual player or team total.
10) Individual or team turnovers in a game.
The formula for determining either an individual or team VPS for a game is the following:
Points + Rebounds + 2x (Assists) + 2x (Recoveries)
2x(Field Goals Missed) + Free Throws Missed + 2x (Fouls) + 2x (Turnovers)
Recoveries include steals, blocks and charges. Charges taken are given a value of 1.5 pts. for each one taken. For example, let's say Robin's game stats are 12 points, 8 rebounds, 2 assists, 1 steal, 0 blocks, 1 charge, 4 missed field goals, 0 missed free throws, 2 fouls, and 3 turnovers. Apply to the formula:
12 + 8 + 2(2) + 2(1+0+1.5) = 29
2(4) + 0 + 2(2) + 2(3) = 18
Divide 29 by 18 to calculate the player's Value Points
Robin's Value Points = 1.61
The creator of the Value Points System is Danny Miles. He has a DVD and booklet for sale that further explains his system.
He suggests the following scale for High School Basketball players:
Excellent = 1.50 or greater
Very Good = 1.25-1.49
Good = 1.00-1.24
Fair = 0.75-0.99
Poor = Less than 0.75
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