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.

  • 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.

2 comments:

richard said...

sounds like we have a lot of campfires when we play! :P

Hope your exams are going well!

:: k e l l y :: said...

HAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHA
ohmygosh pris. i'm a tuna!
:p

one more you can do it!