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Dig: A defensive contact following an opponent's attack resulting in a playable ball. Arms can be in a platform position or in an overhead position like a set. The player digs the ball when it is coming at a downward trajectory [2] Double contact or Double touch: A fault in which a player contacts the ball with two body parts consecutively. A ...
Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules. [1] It has been a part of the official program of the Summer Olympic Games since Tokyo 1964.
A double occurs in volleyball when a player, during a match, is credited with scoring at least ten times in one (or more) of five statistical categories: aces, kills, blocks, digs, and assists. The term was apparently derived from similar basketball jargon; the expression "triple-double" was coined by former Los Angeles Lakers public relations ...
Sepak takraw, or Sepaktakraw, [1] also called buka ball, kick volleyball or foot volleyball, is a team sport.It is played with a ball made of rattan or plastic between two teams of two to four players on a court resembling a badminton court.
While most other volleyball rules apply, variations on the numbers of players per team and the numbers of 'catches' per side are common, and players holding the ball are sometimes allowed a limited number of steps. Newcomb (or Newcomb Ball) was invented in 1895 by Clara Gregory Baer, a physical education instructor at Newcomb College in ...
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Ecua-volley is a variant of volleyball invented and played in Ecuador. Its official name is Ecuavoley , however it can be informally be called ecuavolley , ecuavoly , ecuabol , or simply boly . Its popularity has also spread to Colombia , the United States, and Europe.
A game of tetherball. Tetherball is a game where two players use their hands to strike a volleyball which is suspended from a stationary metal pole by a rope or tether. The two players stand on opposite sides of the pole, and each tries to hit the ball one way; one clockwise, and one counterclockwise.