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72 Cards in this Set
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Ace |
Serve that your opponent cannot pass. Immediately gets a point |
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Antenna |
Vertical rods attached at the edges of the net 30 ft apart. |
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Attack line |
A line 10 ft from the net that serrated the front row players from the back row players. "10 ft line" |
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Back Court |
The area from the end lineman the attack line |
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Bump |
A common term for forearm passing |
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Bump pass |
The use of joined forearms to pass or set a ball in an underhand manner |
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Centerline |
The boundary that runs directly under the net and divides the court |
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Dig |
Passing a spiked of rapidly hit ball. Slang for passing an attached ball close to the floor |
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Dink |
A legal push of the ball around or over blockers |
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Double hit |
Successive hits or contacts by the same player (illegal) |
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Float serve |
Serve which does not spin or rotate and therefore moves in an erratic path. This is similar to a "knuckle ball" pitch in baseball. |
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Forearm pass |
Hit the ball with the your forearm |
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Foul |
A violation of the rules |
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Free ball |
A ball that will be returned by a lass rather than a spike. Usually called aloud by the defense instructing players to move into serve receive positions. |
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Held Ball |
A ball that comes to test during contact resulting in a foul |
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Hit |
An attack by an offensive player in attempt to make the ball hit the floor on their opponent's side. Also called a spike |
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Hitter |
Also "spiker" of "attacker" |
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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 |
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Kill |
An attack that results in an immediate point or side out |
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Libero |
Defensive player who Connor serve, and beer plays in the front row. This player has know ur rules associated with the position; they can sub for any player. Sometimes called the DS |
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Line |
Marks that serve as boundaries of a court. If a ball hits it it is considered in. |
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Line shot |
Ball spiked down an opponents sideline. Closest to the hitter and outside the block |
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Overhand pass |
Executed with both hands open. Controlled by fingers and thumb. Played just above the forehead |
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Overhand serve |
Serving the ball and striking it with the hand above the shoulder |
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Pancake |
One handed defensive technique where the hand is extended and the palm is slid slog the floor as the player fives or extension rolls and timed so that the ball bounced off the back of the hand |
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Ready positiln |
The flexed comfy posture s player assumed before moving to contact the ball |
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Rotation |
Clockwise movement of players around the court and through the serving position following a side out |
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Serve |
One of the six basic skills. Only skill controlled exclusively by one player |
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Service error |
Unsuccessful serve: ball hits the net or fails to clear the net, lands out of bounds, server commits a foot foul |
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Set |
Skill in which a ball is directed to smoking where a player can spike it into the opponent's court |
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Setter |
Player who had 2nd of 3 contacts of the ball who sets the ball with an overhand pass for a teammate to hit. Setter normally runs the offense |
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Side out |
Receiving team successfully puts the ball away against the serving team, or when the serving team commits an unforced error, and the receiving team this gains the right to serve |
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Spike |
Also hit or attack. Intent to terminate the ball on the opponent to floor or off the opponents blocker |
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Strong side |
Right handed hitter is hiring from the left front position of when a left handed hitter is hitting from the right front position |
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Underhand serve |
A serve in which the ba is given a slight underhand toss from about waist high and |
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Weak side |
When a right handed player is hitting from right front position or when a left handed player is hitting from the left front position |
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Tip |
When a player this the ball with their fingers; permitted as long as the player does not throw or hold the ball |
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Shank |
When the ball goes in any direction but the one you want. A oass |
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Rally |
Number of hits between the teams. The team that wins the rally wins the serve |
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Lift |
When the ball rolls backward off of you fingertips Contacting the ball with your palm When the ball contacts any part of your body for an extended period of time |
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Lift |
When the ball rolls backward off of you fingertips Contacting the ball with your palm When the ball contacts any part of your body for an extended period of time |
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Endline |
The line symbolizing the ends of the court |
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Down ball |
A ball which is attacked so weakly that the defense has a higher percentage recovery by digging rather than blocking |
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What year was volleyball invented |
1895 |
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Who invented volleyball |
William G Morgan |
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Who invented volleyball |
William G Morgan |
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Where? |
Holyoke Mass. YMCA |
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Combination of? |
Basketball, baseball, tennis, and handball |
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Combination of? |
Basketball, baseball, tennis, and handball |
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What was it called? |
Mintonette |
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Where was the first game played? |
Springfield college in Springfield Mass. In 1896 |
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What was the ball made of? |
Bladder from basketball (too light and slow. ) basketball was too large and heavy |
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Spalding |
Inventor of first ball in 1900 |
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Spalding |
Inventor of first ball in 1900 |
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How big was the first court |
40x80 ft net was 6ftx 6.5ft |
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Introduced into college life |
1949 fl state made volleyball men's varsity |
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1920 YMCA natl championship held in Brooklyn NY |
27 teams from across the US |
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1920 YMCA natl championship held in Brooklyn NY |
27 teams from across the US |
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When did they participate in the olympics |
1964. Men won first in 1984 |
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1920 YMCA natl championship held in Brooklyn NY |
27 teams from across the US |
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When did they participate in the olympics |
1964. Men won first in 1984 |
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How many people played by 1951 |
50 mil people in 60 countries |
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NFHS |
National fed of state high schools |
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NFHS |
National fed of state high schools |
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NCAA |
National collegiate athletic association |
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NFHS |
National fed of state high schools |
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NCAA |
National collegiate athletic association |
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USAV |
Regulates club and open games |
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NFHS |
National fed of state high schools |
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NCAA |
National collegiate athletic association |
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USAV |
Regulates club and open games |
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FIVB |
Governs international indoor and beach games |