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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floating service

Sports; Volleyball

This is when the ball is served without any spin on it. Because of this it looks like it is floating. When the ball loses speed it can drop suddenly.

foot fault

Sports; Volleyball

A foot fault in volleyball is when the server puts their foot over the back line when serving or when a player puts their foot over the centerline into the opposition's side of the court.

free zone

Sports; Volleyball

The Free Zone is the area that borders the volleyball court. The border must be a least 3-meters (9 feet 9 inches) wide and in international matches it is 5 meters (16.5 feet) wide.

front zone

Sports; Volleyball

The front zone is the zone in front of the attacking line up to the centerline. The Front Zone is 3 meters or 9 feet 9 inches deep.

ball

Sports; Volleyball

Volleyballs are made of leather and they are round, about 65-67 centimeters (about 28 inches) in circumference and weigh about 260-280 grams (9.5 ounces).

attack, attacker

Sports; Volleyball

This is a player who tries to score a point by hitting the ball over the net. See Power Attacker.

back row center

Sports; Volleyball

This position plays behind the attacking line and tries to hit or dig out balls that have been hit long or balls that have been deflected by a block by the opposing team.