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The mechanism of spiking is unique to volleyball, but its counterparts in other sports include slam dunking in basketball, smashing in tennis, or shooting in association football. Volleyball spiking became very popular in the late 1980s and early 1990s with the massive proliferation of beach volleyball as a popular sport.
A number of consistent techniques have evolved in volleyball, including spiking and blocking (because those plays are made above the top of the net, the vertical jump is an athletic skill emphasized in the sport) as well as passing, setting, and specialized player positions. Offensive and defensive structures are also key plays.
The second Filipino contribution was the "set and spike" maneuver, [2] also known as "set and hit", [3] "setting and spiking", [4] or just "spike". [3] A spike is a form of volleyball "attack" done by the player by jumping, raising one arm above the head and hitting the ball so it will move quickly down to the ground on the opponent's court.
Hit(spike): [18] A hard driven hit usually performed with topspin. Flick: [19] A very low trajectory shot to place the ball where the defender is not. This is a placement shot. Typically done with a backhand motion. Chorn: A high and far trajectory shot to place the ball overhead of the defender, being unreachable then landing very far away ...
A spike involves hitting the ball hard with one open hand on a downward trajectory from above the top of the net. A shot is a relatively soft attack used to place a ball into an open (undefended) area of the court. [48] Unlike indoor volleyball, a wide variety of shots are utilized in beach volleyball due to the fewer defenders on court. [33]
Spiking in volleyball places the shoulder under stress and can result in injury to the shoulder. There is currently a high number of shoulder injuries in volleyball, and it is still unknown how this number can be managed. [5] Shoulder injuries are great in number because the shoulder is constantly placed under stress during the spiking movements.
Tournament Article Records and statistics Summer Olympics: Volleyball at the Summer Olympics: Results summary (men, women), participating nations (men, women), medal table, MVP by edition, win–loss records
Nine-man volleyball is a variation of volleyball utilizing nine players and a slightly larger court (10 by 20 m [33 by 66 ft]) originated in Asia in the 1920s when American missionaries introduced the game in China. The birthplace of 9man can be speculated to be the city of Tai-Shan, China where 9man tournaments are played regularly, sometimes ...