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| when and by whom was volleyball created? |
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| What was the original name for volleyball? |
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| What country besides the U.S. adopted volleyball in 1900? |
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| 2 players and in 1996 Olympics |
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| Beach volleyball has how many players and became an Olympic sport when? |
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| Federation Internationale de Volleyball, 1947 |
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| FIVB stands for what and was founded when? |
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net and poles
flat surface or sand
volleyball |
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| What equipment do you need? |
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| the player on the team that sets the teams attackers. The setter is similar to a quarterback in football, or a point guard in basketball in the sense that the setter runs the teams offense. |
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| usually the teams primary attackers. These hitters attack balls that are set to the left side of the court. |
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| hits from the right side of the court and are usually not the primary attackers on the team |
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| are sometimes the primary attackers. They are commonly used as a decoy to freeze or confuse the opposing team's blockers. they are often in charge of front row players to coordinate team blocking strategy. |
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| plays a special role in team defense and passing. They are the player that can come into the game and replace any player on the back row, sometimes referred to as DS (defensive specialist) |
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| When the ball is served to the other team and is not passable results immediately in a point |
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| fast strides toward the net by a spiker before she jumps in the air |
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| the offensive action of hitting the ball, the attempt of one team to terminate the play by hitting the ball to the floor on the opponent's side. |
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| a line 3 meters from the net that separates the front row players from the back row players |
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| the area from the endline to the attack line |
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| a defensive play above the net by one or more players, which attempts to intercept or channel a spiked ball |
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| a common term for forearm passing |
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| the line that run directly under the net and divides the court into two equal halves. |
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| passing a spiked or topspin hit ball |
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| successive hits or contacts by the same player |
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| arms from the elbows to the wrists joined to form a platform to contact the ball with an underhand motion |
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| overhand serve here the ball is first tossed high in the air then the player jumps to make contact with the ball |
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| a pass with both hands open above the forehead, and directed by the fingers. |
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| serving the ball and contacting it with the hand above and in front of the shoulder |
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| when a player jumps above the height of the net, and blocks the ball |
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| initial contact between a ball and player to begin play |
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| a pass that is positioned for a hitter for a spike or tip |
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| when the team that served the ball makes a mistake causing the ball to go to the other team |
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| to jump and hit the ball with maximum force toward the opponent's floor, also called attack |
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