Volleyball
Terms - What Do These Terms For Volleyball Mean?
Various volleyball terms are thrown around between players,
coaches, referees and people who enjoy the sport.
Many of these names are very creative and funny. Scroll down to get
in on some of the lingo.
Funny Volleyball
Terms
Campfire: When a ball falls to the floor between either a
couple or a few players and they are caught just looking at it as if
they were circled staring at a campfire.
Tuna or Fish: This is what a player is called when they get
caught in the net.
Volleyball
Lingo: Is this "Jungle Ball"?
Jungle Ball: A volleyball game in which the people
participating don't really know how to play volleyball.
Vegas Line: Named after Sean Rosenthal, an American beach
volleyball player, when he delivered a powerful kill with a hard-line
spike penetrating his opponent's line block. He was in Vegas
during this spectacular spike.
Kong Block: A one-handed block that resembles the movement of
King Kong on the biplanes.
Chowder: A messy double contact on a hand
set.
Prince/ Princess of Whales: A player who spikes the ball as
hard as possible regardless of anyone or anything around them.
Sizzle the Pits: A hard spike that passes under the blocker's
earnest arms just grazing their arm pits.
Volleyball
Lingo "Sizzle the Pits"
Bringing the Heat: A tremendously hard spike!
Here Comes the Heater: This one liner may be called out among
players when an especially hard server is getting ready to serve.
Friendly Fire: When an unsuspecting player gets hit in the
head by a teammate's serve.
Husband and Wife Play: When a ball drops between two players,
untouched by either of them. Oops!
Redwood: A name given to a blocker who is tall but not
especially quick on their feet.
Interesting
Volleyball Terms
Mintonette: The original name given to the game we now call
Volleyball.
Nectar: A perfect and sweet set.
Paintbrush: When a hitter swings but then barely touches the
bottom of the ball, dropping it over the opposing
blocker.
Lollipop: A lollipop is an easy serve that flies high into
the sky and over the net. It is not the most sophisticated
serve.
Volleyball
Lingo: "That's a Lollipop!"
 Chester: When a
player is hit hard in the chest by a serve or
spike. Ouch!
Swipe or Wipe: When a ball is pushed off an opposing block by
a hitter and lands out of bounds.
Coach Kill: When an opponent serves the ball into the net or
out of the court just after there was a substitution or a time out.
Deep Dish: A very soft set where the ball rests in a players
hands for a bit too long.
Pepper: A drill where two players partner to warm up by
passing, setting and hitting the ball back and forth.
Rainbow: A soft shot over the blockers with an arc that
resembles a rainbow.
Six Pack: Sometimes known as facial, this term is used when a
blocker gets hit in the head or the face by a spiked ball.
Some Common
Volleyball Terms:
Bump: When the ball hits the forearms and is passed on.
Spike: A ball hit with force by an offensive player trying to
hit so that the defense cannot recover the ball.
Dig: When a player passes a strongly spiked ball that is
close to the floor.
Ace: An outstanding serve which is not passable by the
opposing team and results in a point for the serving team.
Kill: An attack that earns the offensive team an immediate
point.
Block: When one, two or three players jump in front of the
opposing spiker with their arms raised to prevent the ball from coming
over to their side of the court.
Volleyball
Lingo: "Kong Block"
Assist: This is when a player sets up a teammate with a pass,
set or dig so that the teammate can spike the ball and earn a point for
the team.
Free Ball: An easy ball for the opposing team to play.
Joust: When two players from opposite teams meet above the
net to contact the ball.
Line Shot: A ball that is spiked right down the opposing
team's sideline.
Shank: A bad pass that flies into the audience or anywhere
that it is not supposed to.
Side-Out: When the receiving team earns the right to serve
after winning a rally.
Strong Side: When a left handed hitter is hitting from the
right front position or when a right handed hitter is hitting from the
left front position.
Cut Shot: When a ball travels at a very sharp angle across
the net from a spike at the hitter's strong side.
Dink: A push of the ball around or over the
blocker. This is totally legal.
Volleyball
Lingo: "Have the been overlapping?"
Overlap: This term refers to the positions of the players
before contact with the ball while serving.
Forearm Pass: When a player bumps the ball with the fleshy
part of their forearms.
Key: To predict a team's next play by watching how they have
played so far.
Overhand Pass: A pass that is controlled by the fingers and
thumbs with both hands open taking place just above the forehead.
Doubles: A game with four players involved, two on each
side. We see this mostly played outdoors, on the sand or
grass.
Rotation: The movement of the players clockwise around the
court and through the serving position.
Tagged: A player gets tagged when they cannot move fast
enough out of the way of a hard hit ball.
Volleyball
Lingo: "Tagged, Facial or Six Pack"
Approach: A fast run toward the net before he jumps into the
air to spike the ball.
Beach Dig: Also called a "deep dish" this is when the ball is
received with open hands.
Dump: When an opponent uses a soft hit by the net instead of
a spike so as to throw off the other team.
Power Alley: A cross court spike that reaches the farthest
end of the court.
To read more common volleyball terms - or more terms in hitting and
defense, check the other sections below.
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Defensive Terminology
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Terminology -
Common Terms in Volleyball
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