- campfire defense: when a ball falls to the floor in an area that's surrounded by two or more motionless players; it appears the players are encircling and staring dumbfounded at a campfire.
- center line violation: player encroaches on opponent's court under the net; no violation if some part of the foot or hand (i.e. the heel) remains in contact with the center line.
- chester: to be hit in the chest (cousin to the dreaded "six-pack").
- coach kill: when an opponent serves the ball into the net or out immediately after a time-out or substitution called by the coach.
- cut shot: a spike from the hitter's strong side that travels at a sharp cross-court angle across the net.
- deep dish: a soft set where the ball is caught, dragged down to chest or even navel level, and then back up before being released; contact lasts long enough for the player to check the ball pressure and read the label; see carry.
- facial: see six-pack.
- fish: a player who gets caught in the net; see tuna.
- floater: served ball that doesn't spin; it will suddenly shift its flight path like a "knuckleball" in baseball.
- friendly fire: being hit in the head by a teammate's serve.
- heat: a particularly hard spike.
- husband-and-wife-play: a ball drops untouched between two players because they failed to communicate; the situation generally will not improve unless somebody apologizes.
- Jedi defense: play where immobile defender thrusts one arm at the ball, resulting in a miraculously perfect pass and prompting the coach to mutter "Hmm, the force in her, strong it is."
- joust: two opposing players contact the ball simultaneously above the plane of the net.
- kong: a one-handed block similar to the move King Kong performed on those biplanes in the original movie.
- line shot: a ball spiked down the opponent's sideline.
- lollipop: a very soft serve; if you serve too many you get licked.
- mintonette: the original name of the game of volleyball.
- monument valley: area between two tall players who can't play defense.
- net violation: illegal for any part of the player's uniform or body (except for the hair) to contact the net.
- paint brush: when the hitter swings hard but only "brushes" the bottom of the ball; ball often drops behind the blockers for a kill.
- pancake: one-handed defensive save where the hand is extended and the palm is slid flat (like a pancake!) along the floor as the player dives for the ball; timed so the ball bounces off the back of the hand.
- pepper: warm-up drill in which two players pass, set, and hit the ball back and forth.
- prince/princess of whales: a player who spikes the ball as hard as possible no matter what; see whale.
- rainbow: a soft shot over the blockers that arcs like a rainbow.
- redwood: a tall, but not particularly agile, blocker.
- roof: when the blocker smothers the hitter; see stuff.
- shank: an awful pass that flies up into the cheap seats.
- side out: receiving team wins a rally, earning the right to serve.
- six-pack: occurs when a blocker gets hit in the head or face by a spiked ball; also known as a "facial" or "Tachikara tattoo;" if the victim has to come out of the game, it's a "facial disgracial."
- sizzle the pits: hard spike that travels past blocker's raised arms.
- stuff: a monstrous block straight down into the floor; a true stuff block should hit the ground before the hitter lands; see also roof.
- tandem: a combination play in which one player attacks directly behind another; designed to confuse blockers and parents.
- tool: deliberately hitting the ball off the block to score a point--sometimes called a "wipe."
- trap set: a set very tight to the net and often very low, invariably leading to a stuff; a hitter that wants another set, however, knows better than to suggest the setter is at fault.
- tuna: player who commits a very flagrant net violation.
- whale: verb: to heedlessly swing at the ball with maximum force without regard for the blocker's location, the score, ball position, or coach's express instructions.
Sunday, December 7, 2008
gene expression = volleyball?
While I was looking up gene expression terms on google, I came across this. Some of the volleyball terms are actually pretty funny. haha. We should definitely start using these terms when we play volleyball.
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sounds like we have a lot of campfires when we play! :P
Hope your exams are going well!
HAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHA
ohmygosh pris. i'm a tuna!
:p
one more you can do it!
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