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Volleyball Vocab
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Ace | A serve that is not passable and results immediately in a point |
| Antenna | The vertical rods 9normally white and red) mounted neat the edges of the net. The antennas are mounted directly above the sidelines and are not-in-play. antennas are not usually used on outdoor nets. |
| Approach | Fast stride toward the net by a spiker before he jumps in the air |
| Attack | The offensive action of hitting the ball. The attempt by one team to terminate the play by hitting the ball to the floor on the opponent's side |
| Attacker | Also "hitter" or "spiker". A player who attempts to hit a ball offensively with the purpose of terminating play in his or her team's favor. |
| Attack Line | A line 3cm from the net that seperates the front row players from the back row players. Commonly referred to as the "10-foot line" |
| Backcourt | The area from the endline to the attack line |
| Back set | A set delivered behind the setter's back, which is subsequently hit by an attacker |
| Back Row Attack | When a back row player attacks the ball by jumping from behind the 3m line before hitting the ball. If the back row player steps on or past the 3m line during the take-off, the attack is illegal. |
| Block | A defensive play by one of more players meant to deflect a spiked ball back to the hitter's court. It may be a combination of one, two, or three players jumping in front of the opposing spiker and contacting the spiked ball with the hands. |
| Pass | The use of joined forearms to pass or set a ball in an underhand manner. |
| Center Line | The boundary that runs directly under the net and divides the court into two equal halves |
| Cross court shot | An individual attack directed at an angle from one end of the offensive team's side of the net to the opposite sideline of the defensive team's court. |
| Decoy | An offensive play meant to disguise the spiker who will receive the set. |
| Dig | Passing a spiked or rapidly hit ball. Slang for the art of passing an attacked ball close to the floor |
| Double block | Two players working in unison to deflect an attacked ball at the net back to the hitter's side |
| Double hit | Successive hits or contacts by the same player (illegal) |
| Doubles | A game with two players on each side, most commonly played on a sand court |
| Five-one | A 6-player offensive system that uses five hitters and one setter |
| Floater | a serve which does not spin or rotate and therefore moves in an erratic path. This is similar to a "Knuckle ball" pitch in baseball |
| Forearm Pass | Join your arms from the elbows to the wrists and strike the ball with the fleshy part of your forearms in an underhand motion |
| Foul | A violation of the rules |
| Four-two | A 6-player offensive system using four hitters and two setters |
| Free ball | A ball that will be returned by a pass rather than a spike. This is usually called aloud by the defense instructing players to move into serve receive positions. |
| Hit | To jump and strike the ball with an overhand, forceful shot |
| Hitter | Also "spiker" or "attacker" |
| Hitting Percentage | Kills vs. attempts |
| Inside shoot | A playset or 33 |
| Jungle ball | Any volleyball game with people who don't really know how to play volleyball. A common euphemism for this type of game is "picnic volleyball" |
| Jump serve | A serve that is started by the server tossing the ball into the air and jumping into and hitting the ball in its downward motion. |
| Kill | An attack that results in an immediate point or side out |
| Line | The arks that serve as boundaries of a court |
| Line shot | a ball spiked down an opponent's sideline, closest to the hitter and outside the block |
| let serve | A serve that contacts the net. If the ball dribbles over, it's playable just like any other ball that contacts the net on the way over. if the ball fails to clear the net, it will become dead when it either hits the serving team's court, or is contacted.. |
| Middle back | A defensive system that uses the middle back player to cover deep spikes |
| Middle-up | A defensive system that uses the middle back player to cover dinks or short shots |
| Mintonette | The original name of the game of volleyball, created by William Morgan |
| overhand pass | A pass executed with both hands open, controlled by the fingers and thumbs, played just above the forehead |
| Overhand serve | Serving the ball and striking it with the hand above the shoulder |
| Pancake | A one-handed defensive technique where the hand is extended and the palm is slid along the floor as the player dives or extension rolls, and timed so that the ball bounces off the back of the hand |
| Pass | see forearm pass |
| Penetration | The act of reaching across and breaking the plane of the net during blocking |
| Quick | a player approaching the setter for a quick inside hit |
| Quick set | a set, usually 2' above the net, in which the hitter is approaching the setter, and may even be in the air, before the setter delivers the ball. This type of set requires precise timing between the setter and hitter. |
| Ready position | The flexed, yet comfortable, posture a player assumes before moving to contact the ball |
| Roll | a certain way to pass the ball in which the digger, or passer, lays out an arm, passes the ball, and rolls over the shoulder or back after passing the ball. This is a quick way to return to action after play |
| Roof | A ball that when spiked is blocked by a defensive player such that the ball deflects straight to the floor on the attacker's side |
| Rotation | The clockwise movement of players around the court and through the serving position following a side out |
| Server | the player who puts the ball into play |
| Service error | an unsuccessful serve in which one or more of the following occurs 1.The ball hits the net or fails to clear the net, 2, the ball lands out of bounds,3. the server commits a foot fault |
| set | The tactical skill in which a ball is directed to a point where a player can spike it into the opponent's court |
| Setter | The player who has the 2nd of 3 contacts of the ball who "sets" the ball with an "overhand pass" for a teammate to hit. the setter normally runs the offense |
| Side out | Occurs when the receiving team successfully puts the ball away against the serving team, or when the serving team commits an unforced error, and the receiving team thus gains the right to serve. |
| Spike | Also hit or attack. A ball contacted with force by a player on the offensive team who intends to terminate the ball on the opponent's floor or off the opponent's blocker |
| Strong side | When a right-handed hitter is hitting from the left-front position or when a left-handed hitter is hitting from the right-front position |
| Stuff | a ball that is deflected back to the attacking team's floor by the opponent's blockers. a slang term for a block |
| Turning in | The act of an outside blocker turning his or her body into the court so as to ensure the blocked ball is deflected into the court and lands in-bounds |
| underhand serve | A serve in which the ball is given a slight under-hand toss from about waist high and then struck with the opposite closed fist in an "underhand pitching" motion |
| Weak side | when a right handed player is hitting from the right-front position or when a left-handed player is hitting from the left-front position |
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