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The terms and definitions of Volleyball

By: Shweta Dubey

    1.Assist: Awarded while any player digs, passes or sets ball to one teammate who attacks ball for any kill.
    2.Attack: Any attempts for terminating play through hitting ball to floor in side of opponent; could be awarded for one tip.
    3.Attack line: occasionally named "ten-foot line" or "three meter line" line parallel to center line even 3 meters/ten feet back from net.
    4.Back row attack: As any back row player that attacks ball through jumping from after attack line earlier than hitting ball. In case back the row player steps or past line in take-off even sends ball over later than contacting that above height of internet, attack is unlawful.
    5.Block: rewarded while any player thwarts one attack, to deflect ball onto court of opponent for any point.
    6.Block assist: rewarded while 2 or 3 players participate at any successful block; every player receives the credit.
    7.Campfire defense: As any ball falls to floor at any area that is surrounded through 2 or additional stationary players; that appears players are surrounding even staring astonished in campfire.
    8.Carry: Any misplayed ball to involve "protracted contact;" even identified throw or lift.
    9.Centerline violation: Player intruded on court of opponent in net; none violation in case several part of hand or foot (i.e. heel) remainder at contact along with center line.
    10.Chester: For being hit at chest (cousin for dreaded "6-pack").
    11.Coach kill: As an adversary serves ball in net otherwise out immediately later than one time-out otherwise substitution named through coach.
    12.Cover hitter: The players on attacking the team cluster close to any spike to retrieve returns from opposing blockers.
    13.Cut shot: any spike from strong side of hitter that travels in any sharp angle of cross-court in internet.
    14.Deep dish: Any soft set there ball is wedged, dragged behind chest otherwise even new level, even then back up earlier to be released; the contact lasts enough long for player for checking ball pressure even read label; notice carry.
    15.Dig: Act to retrieve attacked ball; rewarded as any player productively passes any ball which has been attacked through opponent; occasionally named an "up" like at "great up, fellow"
    16.Facial: observe 6-pack.
    17.Fish: any player who is caught at net; make out tuna.
    18.Floater: Served up ball, which does not spin; that would suddenly shift that flight path same as any "knuckleball" at baseball.
    19.Friendly fire: To be hit at head through any serve of teammate.
    20.Free ball: Any easy revisit from opponent.
    21.Heat: Any mainly hard spike.
    22.Husband-and-wife-play: Any ball drops intact amid 2 players as they've failed in communicating; situation usually won't improve unless someone apologizes.
    23.Jedi defense: The play there immobile protector thrusts any one arm in ball, to result at any miraculously ideal prompting and pass coach to mutter.
    24.Joust: 2 to oppose the players contact ball concurrently above plane of net.
    25.Jump serve: One serve at that server tosses ball, makes one spikes, jumps, and approach, ball, to cause fans for holding the breath even then cheer in case this works however shake the heads even loudly the question I.Q. of coach in case this fails.
    26.Kill: Any attacked ball which strikes lands or floor beyond bounds later than to touch any opponent.
    27.Kong: Any one-handed lump close to move King Kong executed in those biplanes at original movie.
    28.Line shot: Any ball spiked down sideline of opponent.
    29.Lollipop: Any soft serve; in case you serve excessively many you are licked.
    31.Monument valley: The area between 2 tall the players who cannot play the defense.
    32.Net violation: The illegal for the part of body or uniform of player to contact net.
    33.Paint brush: As the hitter sway hard however just "brushes" bottom of ball; ball regularly drops after blockers for any kill.
    34.Pancake: The one-handed distrustful save their hand is extensive even palm is slid flat along with floor as player dives ball; timed thus ball bounces off back of hand.
    35.Pepper: To warm-up the drill at that 2 players pass, hit, and set the ball forth and back.
    36.Princess/Prince of whales: Any player who points ball as solid as possible regardless of what; make out whale.
    37.Quick set: One set (generally two feet above net) there hitter approaches setter, even can even be at air, earlier than setter delivers ball; needs precise timing.
    38.Rainbow: One soft shot on blockers which arcs similar to any rainbow.
    39.Red card: Any penalty for tremendous misconduct; outcomes at any coach/ player to be disqualified even team to lose the point.
    40.Redwood: Any tall, however not chiefly agile, blocker.
    41.Roof: As blocker the smothers hitter; make out stuff.
    42.Screening: Any deliberate attempt for obscuring start serve of teammate through obstructing any line of sight of opponent.
    43.Service ace: Any serve, which hits causes or floor passer for misplaying ball as none of the player could make any 2nd contact.
    44.Set: Any maneuver at that any ball is deliberately directed to any spiker; though, at south, this could even mean being seated.
    45.Shank: Any awful pass which flies up in cheap seats.
    46.Side out: To receive team wins any rally, to earn right for server.
    47.Six-pack: The occurs as any blocker acquires hit at face or head through any spiked ball; even recognized like any "Tachikara tattoo" or "facial" in case casualty has to come beyond game, it is one "facial disgracial."
    48.Sizzle the pits: The hard spike, which travels past raised arms of blocker.
    49.Spike: One ball contacted through any player on offensive team along with intent to finish ball on side of opponent.
    50.Strong side: As any right-handed the hitter hit from left-front position otherwise while any hitter who is left-handed hitting from position of right-front.
    51.Stuff: Any gruesome block straight down at floor; one true stuff block must hit ground earlier than hitter lands; make out roof.
    52.Tandem: Any combinations play at that any player attacks straight behind an additional; calculated confuse parents and blockers.
    53.Tip: redirection or placement of ball along with fingers, on occasion referred to like any dump or dink; any tip is calculates like any attack attempt even, in case successful, any kill.
    54.Tool: intentionally hitting ball off block for scoring any point-names "wipe."
    55.Trap set: Any set extremely tight to net even often too low, invariably to lead to any stuff; any hitter, which desires another set, though, knows better than suggest setter is in fault.
    56.Tuna: The players who have commit one very barefaced remaining violation.
    57.Whale: verb: heedlessly to swing in ball along with the maximum force regardless for location of blocker, score, coach's express of ball position instructions.
    58.Yellow card: To warn for misconduct designated through display of any yellow card.

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