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Float serves are only possible with minimal to no spin of the volleyball while it is moving in the air. [1] Unlike a topspin serve, which uses the spin of the ball to create a constant difference in pressure that drives the ball downward at a high speed, the float serve can be affected in any direction by the random forces of the air and pressure (drag, lift, drag crisis, turbulence) because ...
Float: an overhand serve where the ball is hit with no spin so that its path becomes unpredictable, akin to a knuckleball in baseball. [ 38 ] Jump serve: an overhand serve where the ball is first tossed high in the air, then the player makes a timed approach and jumps to make contact with the ball, hitting it with much pace and topspin.
Standing float : An easier variation of the "Jump float" where the player does not jump prior to contact; Standing topspin : An easier variation of the "jump serve" where the player does not jump prior to contact; Sidespin : A serve in which the ball is tossed and struck with sidespin, inducing strong lateral movement. This serve can be ...
In volleyball, the float serve involves hitting the volleyball in such a way to minimize the rotation of the ball, causing unpredictability in the ball's movement. When done correctly, the float serve is hard for opponents to predict where the ball will end up, thus rendering it hard to pass.
Misty Elizabeth May-Treanor (/ ˈ t r eɪ n ər /; née May; born July 30, 1977) is an American retired professional beach volleyball player. She is a three-time Olympic gold medalist, and as of August 2012, was the most successful female beach volleyball player having won 112 tournaments in domestic and international competition.
Volleyball offense is how a team can attempt to score a point by causing the ball to land on the opposing teams side of the court. Generally, this is done by first receiving the ball from the other side in the form of either an attack or serve, having the ball set to an attacker, and then having a player jump and attack the ball. Once the ball ...
Kathryn Rose Plummer Boden (born October 16, 1998) is an American professional volleyball player who plays as an outside hitter for the United States women's national volleyball team and the Turkish club Eczacıbaşı Dynavit.
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