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Volleyball
Volleyball is a team sports involving two teams seperated by a net. The game is played with each team hitting the ball to the opposing teams side with the object of preventing the ball from touching the gound on their side. Winners are determined by the first team to reach a certain point score, typically 21 or 11.
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libero
Sports; Volleyball
This is a specialized position, which is good at digging out shots and receiving serves. See Players and their Position for more information.
line judge
Sports; Volleyball
The line judges are responsible for signaling service faults, and contact with the antennas, to rule if the ball passed outside of the antennas and also rule on all ball outs.
match
Sports; Volleyball
A match is a series of sets. Usually a match is 5 sets so the winner of 3 out of the 5 sets will be the winner of the match.
net
Sports; Volleyball
The Net is 9.5 meters long (31 feet) and 1 meter (about 3 feet) wide. The poles that hold up the net are 2.43 meter (about 8 feet) tall for men and 2.24 meters (about 7 feet) tall in the women's ...
overhead serve
Sports; Volleyball
This is when the ball is held at shoulder height and in front of the arm that will be used to serve the ball.