Volleyball Game Glossary at gamerisms
This volleyball game
glossary is divided
into 2 parts that includes an introduction and a learning games section
for new volleyball players and fans.

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Volleyball learning
games:
Volleyball
is a game invented by William C Morgan in Holyoke, Massachusetts in
1895 who was a YMCA physical education teacher. Morgan’s idea
was
a game played indoors by any amount of players, taking some
characteristics from tennis and handball. The game later
evolved
into what we now know as volleyball.
Volleyball Game Glossary:
playing the game
Volleyball is a game played by six players on a court with a net in the
middle, separating the two teams.
Each
volleyball team attempts to score by putting the ball into play with
serving to the team on the opposite side of the net. A point is scored
when the opposing team fails to return the ball and it touches the
ground, goes out of bounds or is hit more than three times by one team.
A volleyball game is over when a team scores either 15 or 21 points and
a win is awarded to the team with the most points.
Volleyball Game Glossary:
A
- Ace:
bullet serve that quickly scores a point. A whizzer
with WOW!
- Approach:
fast run by a spiker before jumping in the air.
- Assist:
awarded when a player moves the ball to another
player who then is able to score.
- Attack:
an attempt to make the other team miss
the ball, resulting in a point.
- Attack Block:
opposing player who tries to block a spike
before it crosses the net.
- Attack Error:
resulting in a failed attack and point for
the opposing team.
- Attack
Line: line parallel to the net that is 10 feet
back from
where
all spikes must take place by players on the back row.
- Attacker:
team member who tries for a team point by hitting
or spiking the ball.
Volleyball Game Glossary:
B
- Backcourt:
term for area from the end line to attack line.
- Back
Row Attack: the act of a player in the back row
who attacks
the
ball and attempts to score, usually in the form of a spike. Usually
occurring behind the attack line.
- Back Set:
delivery behind a setter’s back followed by a hit
by an attacker.
- Back Zone:
the marked space behind the attack line.
- Ball In:
a ball is in when it lands inside any of
the boundary lines.
- Ball
Handling Error: call by game official for a double hit,
blocking error
or centerline violation. You get but 1 shot at the ball—them's the
rules!
- Beach Dig:
receiving the ball with an open hand.
- Block:
occurs when a player blocks an attack from
opponents at the net.
- Block Assist:
occurs when more than one player
blocks an opponents attack.
- Bump:
the act of hitting the ball, on offense or defense, with both hands
together using the flat of the forearm to hit the ball into the air in
order to advance play.
Volleyball Game Glossary:
C
- Campfire
Defense: when a ball hits the floor, normally in
a ring of
defenders who look like they are standing around a campfire, amazed
that the ball has touched the ground and no one defended it.

- Carry:
the act of prolonging contact with the
ball that is illegal.
- Centerline:
the line running under the net,
between the two posts.
- Centerline
Violation: the crossing of an opponent
into the other teams half of the court..
- Chester:
being hit with the volleyball in the chest. Do I
hear an Ouch?
- Cover
The Hitter: the act of multiple players
attempting to block a
particularly good attacker on the other team in order to block them.
- Closing
the Block: two players close in together to create a
defensive block to
prevent the ball from touching the floor between them.
- Cross-Court
Shot: term for organized attack from one end of
the opposing team's side of the net to the opposite sideline.
- Crossing
Space: the space over the net where the
ball must cross in order to be in play.
- Cut
Shot: a spike that is traveling at an angle
across the net to the opposition.
Volleyball Game Glossary:
D
- Dead Ball:
a ball in play, declared dead by an
official.
- Decoy:
term for offensive play meant to camouflage the
spiker.
- Deep
Dish: a set where the player maintains control
of the ball
for a
prolonged and illegal period of time. An extreme version of a
carry.
- Deep Set:
term for strategic play to put off the timing of
opposing blockers.
- Dig:
retrieving a ball that has been spiked or hit into your area, typically
occurring low to the ground and resulting in a successful pass to a
teammate. When successful, a smooth move!
- Dink:
jargon for push of the ball around or over opposing
blockers.
- Double Block: team of 2
players create a strategic move to
deflect an attacked ball.
- Double Quick:
team of 2 players move towards an opposing
setter for a quick inside hit.
- Doubles:
term for 2-player team on each side, usually a
beach volleyball game.
- Double Touch:
the act of a player touching the ball twice
in a row, resulting in a turnover.
- Down Ball:
jargon for ball in play that blockers determine
will not result in a successful block or spike return.
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