| Learn to talk the way Beach Volleyball Players
do. Here some words to start with… |
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| ACE |
A serve that is not passable
and results in a point directly without further action by
players on either team. Typically, if the served ball is touched
by a passer or "shanked" by the passer and untouched by another
player on the receiving team it is considered an "Ace". |
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| ANGLE |
A shot across the court. |
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| ANTENNA |
The vertical rods, normally
white & red in colour, on the outside edge of the net
extending above the net to indicate out-of-bounds along the
sideline. Any ball that touches the antenna is considered
out. |
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| BACKCOURT |
The area generally referred
to as the back half of the court. |
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| BEACH VOLLEYBALL |
The greatest game under the
sun. |
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| BUMP SET |
A bump pass that is used to
"set" the ball for an attacker. |
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| CHICKEN WING |
A type of dig performed by playing
a hard driven ball off the area of the elbow/bicep/forearm.
Player looks like he is lifting his wings to play the ball. |
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| COBRA |
Similar to a pokey except the
ball is hit with rigid fingers in a jabbing motion. Supposedly
looks like a cobra lashing out. |
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| CUT SHOT |
A spike from the hitter's strong
side that travels at a sharp angle across the net. |
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| DIG |
Passing a spiked or rapidly
hit ball. |
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| FAKING |
A backcourt strategy whereby
players show they are heading in one direction by moving or
stepping that way, only to change direction at the last moment
and, hopefully, lure the spiker into playing a shot directly
to them. Sometimes a defender will fake several times before
committing to an area of the court. |
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| FLOATER |
A serve which does not spin
or rotate and that follows an unpredictable path. Usually,
the ball arc high up at less than full speed and then, defying
all laws of physics, drops to the ground with the force of
a 10-ton truck. |
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| FOOT FAULT |
The illegal act of placing a
foot on or inside the end line prior to the serve. Like tennis,
the server's foot must always be located behind the end line
until the server serves the ball. |
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| HAMMER |
As in bringing the hammer down
when spiking. |
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| HUSBAND & WIFE
SERVE |
Refers to a serve that travels
between two team-mates. This sort of ball has been the start
of countless arguments between partners/ team-mates, hence
the term. |
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| JOUST |
When 2 opposing players are
simultaneously attempting to play a ball above the net. Usually,
both players use both hands to forcefully "push" the ball
over the net and onto the other player's side of the court. |
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| JUMP SERVE |
One of the most feared serves
in all of volleyball when executed correctly. A type of serve
that requires the server to throw the ball in the air and
spike it into the opposing court. The resulting served ball
usually has more power, arc, and spin than the normal serve.
This is a hard driven serve that can posses many types of
spinning action resulting in a ball flight that is hard to
handle. |
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| LINE |
The tapes that serve as boundaries
of a court |
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| LINE SHOT |
In contrast to a cross-court
shot, a line shot refers to a hit attempt where the ball is
directed along an opponent's sideline closest to the hitter
and usually outside the block. |
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| NOBODY |
This is the call by the setter
to the hitter after delivering a perfect set to an open net
where there is no blocker. If you want to mess with your opponent,
yell nobody when an ineffective blocker ventures to the net.
This signals to your partner that they may treat the block
as if it doesn't exist. |
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| PASS |
The act of receiving and delivering
the ball to the setter. Technically, a pass is made by joining
the arms from the elbows to the wrists and making contact
with the ball on the forearms in an underhand motion to direct
the ball to the setter. The pass is considered the most important
fundamental element of volleyball. |
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| POKEY |
A shot performed off your knuckles.
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| RAINBOW |
This is a type of off-speed
shot that is hit from the net high into one of the back corners
of the court. Its arc resembles that of a rainbow and when
it hits the corner untouched is pure gold. |
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| ROOF |
Roofing (blocking) someone is
putting a house over their spike. Being roofed is not a good
thing. |
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| SIDE-OUT |
Occurs when the receiving team
successfully puts the ball away against the serving team,
or when the serving team commits an unforced error, and the
receiving team thus gains the right to serve. |
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| SKYBALL |
A tremendously high (usually
underarm) serve that moves in the wind and hides in the sun,
causing difficulty for the receiving team |
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| SPIKE |
Also hit or attack. A ball contacted
with force by a player on the offensive team who intends to
terminate the ball on the opponent's floor or off the opponent's
blocker. |
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| THROW |
A mishandled or double hit on
the overhand set. In the case of a throw, the referee stops
the play and holds up two fingers indicating a double contact. |
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| TRASH TALK |
Dirty talk through the net in
order to baffle the opponents |
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