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  2. Volleyball jargon - Wikipedia

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    Jump float : A serve in which the player strikes the ball while jumping with no spin, or "float". This creates an erratic, difficult-to-read serve. Comparable to a knuckleball in baseball; Jump serve or jump topspin : A serve in which the player, both tosses and strikes the ball with topspin, making the ball drop sharply. This is differentiated ...

  3. Volleyball - Wikipedia

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    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. This is the most popular serve among college and professional teams.

  4. Volleyball variations - Wikipedia

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    Pioneerball. Pioneerball [7] - a game with a ball, similar in its rules to volleyball. Originated in the USSR in the 1930s. The name of the game comes from the fact that it's a game with a ball and was played by pioneers. The game is played with a volleyball on the volleyball court. Each team has from 3 to 8 players.

  5. Float serve - Wikipedia

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    Float serve. The float serve is one of the types of serves in the game of volleyball. The serve involves hitting the volleyball in such a way to minimize the rotation of the ball, causing unpredictability in the ball’s movement and is akin to baseball's knuckleball. During this serve, the ball is moving in the air without spin, allowing drag ...

  6. Wallyball - Wikipedia

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    Wallyball. A game of wallyball. Wallyball (known in some places as rebound volleyball) is a fast-paced sport that is similar to volleyball played in a racquetball court, where it is legal to hit the ball off of the walls. The word "wallyball" is a portmanteau of the words "wall" and "volleyball".

  7. Kento Miyaura - Wikipedia

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    Team. Kento Miyaura (宮浦 健人, born 22 February 1999) is a Japanese male volleyball player from Kumamoto City, on the island of Kyushu. Currently, he plays in V.League division 1 for JTEKT Stings. He used to be the captain of Japan U-19 team and Waseda University 's club. [2][3][4]

  8. Haikyu!! - Wikipedia

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    The Dumpster Battle. Haikyu!! (ハイキュー!!, Haikyū!!, from the kanji 排球 "volleyball") is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Haruichi Furudate. It was serialized in Shueisha 's shōnen manga magazine Weekly Shōnen Jump from February 2012 to July 2020, with its chapters collected in 45 tankōbon volumes.

  9. Volleyball spiking - Wikipedia

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    Olympic. 1964. In volleyball, spiking is the offensive play where a player swings the ball with their palm sharply downwards over the net and into the opposing court, making it difficult for the opposing team to recover the ball. The mechanism of spiking is unique to volleyball, but its counterparts in other sports include slam dunking in ...