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  2. Volleyball jargon - Wikipedia

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    Mis-hit: A hit in which a player swings but does not contact the ball as intended, giving it a different speed, direction, and spin than the player intended; On-Two: When the player making the second contact on the ball decides to play the ball over the net instead of setting up their teammate. Most often used in court volleyball by the setter ...

  3. Volleyball spiking - Wikipedia

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    Players often hit to the deep corner of the opposing team's court. The player quickly moves behind the ball and draw their arms back like a bow. As the ball approaches, the players foot opposite to their preferred hitting arm comes forward, and the hitting arm swings forward contacting with an open palm to create top spin on the ball.

  4. Category:Volleyball terminology - Wikipedia

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  5. Volleyball offensive systems - Wikipedia

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    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.

  6. 'We didn't want to play against a male player': Transgender ...

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    Texts began pouring in informing the volleyball players that their school had just announced it intended to proceed with a scheduled match against San Jose State on Oct. 26.

  7. List of sports idioms - Wikipedia

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    Refers to a boxer who is able to hit hard; The ability to end a bout with one swing; AHDI states it "was transferred to other enterprises in the mid-1900s". [26] heavyweight Boxing: A person of great influence or importance. In boxing, it was historically a weight division of 175 pounds (79 kg) or higher, but the lower limit is now set at 200 ...

  8. Float serve - Wikipedia

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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 ...

  9. Female Volleyball Player Testifies to Physical, Mental Trauma ...

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    A female high school volleyball player who was injured while competing against a male player last year testified Tuesday to the mental and physical trauma she’s dealt with since the incident.