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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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.

lip

Sports; Volleyball

Making a successful dig.

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.

missile

Sports; Volleyball

This is the term for a spike or service that is hit out of bounds.

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 ...