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Elementary Volleyball Skills

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    volleyball terms and questions
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  • In volleyball, what kind of coordination is used most?
    Hand-Eye Coordination
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  • your hands are in a diamond shape, and you push the ball with your fingertips
    set or overhead volley
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  • your arms are straight, hands are together, forearms up, and it is NOT a swing
    Bump
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  • The main job is to set spikers. This is done by waiting for a teammate to pass the ball to them.
    setter
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  • A player that attacks a ball over the net. They are a front row player and their main job is to spike balls at the net down into the opponents court.
    Spiker (attacker)
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  • A player that passes the ball up to the setter.
    Passer
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  • A defensive player that passes the ball up to the setter. They are skilled at digging hard driven spikes and chasing down off-speed shots (attacks) by the opponent.
    Digger
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  • The player who puts the ball into play
    Server
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  • the action that begins a play
    The serve
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  • the action of playing a ball to a teammate
    setting
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  • what is the volleyball approach
    jump and hit
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  • The action of trying to prevent the ball from crossing the net into your court.
    Blocking
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  • holding the ball in front of you, swinging the other arm with a closed fist to hit the ball over the net to start a play.
    underhand serve
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  • How to determine who gets to serve first
    coin flip
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  • what is the maximum amount of hits (passes) per side?
    3
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  • What is a rally?
    Hitting back and forth over the net
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