Volleyball lingo explained
You need not worry about your deficiency in volleyball jargon because we have taken it up to enlighten you. Gone are the days when you had to sit with a confused expression and hear the commentator scream all those words which make absolutely no sense. After
we are done, you will be able to have a conversation about volleyball like an expert, while other people will be looking up at you in admiration.
Here is a complete description of the important terms starting from “F” till ….
Facial is something that all love to get but not in volleyball. However, if you get it, you will also get an imprint of the ball on your face. This is something that does not feel very nice. Another “F” that does not leave a player with a good feeling is
a Fish. A volleyball Fish is the player that gets caught up in the net as she attempts to make a move on the ball and obviously, she does not appreciate the experience very much. A much less appreciable experience is a Friendly Fire. This firing is done by
own team mates on a fellow player. It is when a player is accidentally hit by a ball thrown by a team member. There is another dodgy F in the list but fortunately, this one dodges the opponent. It’s called a Floater and it’s a serve that has no spin on it
but it changes direction midway, thus confusing the opposing team.
There aren’t any important G’s, so we will skip it and move on to the H’s. A particularly interesting terminology used in volleyball is the Husband-and-Wife-Play. As happens most of the time with the originals, a lack of communication is the cause of this
situation. Team players fail to respond appropriately and let the ball drop between each other. Unless they admit their faults, a heated argument may ensue. It is much better to let the anger out in the form of heat directed towards the opposing team. It is
a form of an attacking throw that is hit hard and fast at the floor of the opposite court, with the intention of scoring a point.
The I’s however, have not been able to score a point in volleyball jargon but there are a lot of J’s that we can talk about. The first one is Joust. Jousting is done in the similar sense in volleyball as it has been done traditionally. Two front row players
from both the teams get engaged in a one to one challenge in an attempt to throw the ball over the court of the opposite team. Another J-way to throw the ball over the net is to perform a Jump Serve. As the name suggests, a Jump Serve is when the server throws
the ball up in the air and jumps behind it to give it a hit that would send it hurtling down toward the other team. A not so perfect maneuver is the Jungle Ball. This is not something that the professional players would bring into display; rather, it is attempt
by unprofessional players to play volleyball. As a result, the ball usually goes haywire and is thus called the Jungle Ball.
The letter K brings us to yet another integral terminology used frequently in volleyball. It is the Kill. It is an attacking throw made by a player in such a way that the ball fails to be handled successfully by the opponent. The opponent cannot position
herself properly which results in the ball hitting her unaware and falling onto the floor or going out of bounds.
This is the story of volleyball jargon from F to K. After having read it, you should be able to re-tell it like it’s your own.
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