Volleyball

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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volley pass

Sports; Volleyball

This is the most common type of pass in volleyball the players uses the fingers on both hands to pass the ball in the direction they want. They touch the ball with their fingertips because they don't ...

rotation

Sports; Volleyball

This is the clockwise movement the players make around the court in order to take their turn at serving the ball. Every player serves except the Libero. The player in the back right hand corner of ...

sanctions

Sports; Volleyball

This is given for violations of the rules and usually results in a yellow or red card being given to a player.

scorekeeper

Sports; Volleyball

The scorekeeper's job is to record all the points that have been scored, and also to keep track of timeouts and rotations.

screen

Sports; Volleyball

To obstruct an opponent's view of the ball when it is being served.

screening

Sports; Volleyball

This is an attempt by the team that is serving the ball to block the other teams view of the person serving the ball.

second referee

Sports; Volleyball

The Second Referee is the official who's primarily responsibility is to watch the play around the net. He or she is the official who usually calls violations for players touching the net, going out ...