| A | B |
| Ace | when a ball is served to the pther team & no one touches it |
| assist | a ball placed in the air that is attacked for a kill |
| dig | when a player makes a save from a very difficlut spike |
| kill | when a team spikes the ball & it either ends in a point or a sideout |
| blocking | a defensive play; the action of stopping or slowing tghe returning spiked ball w/ hands above & near the net |
| bump/foreman pass | usually the first play by a team; used to get the ball to the setter' performed with the forearms |
| dead ball | ball thatis out of play |
| dink | a fake spike; playing the ball gently over the block with the finger tips |
| foot fault | stepping on or over the end line before or during the serve, or stepping completely overthe center line |
| game point | the last point in the game |
| match | to win 2 of 3 games |
| point | awarded to either team for any infringement of the rules |
| rotation | the act of shifting positions in a clockwise direction after a side-out before the next person serves |
| service | putting the ball into play by the right back |
| set | a high pass that is generally the 2nd play by a team to relay the ball to the spiker |
| side-out | ending a team's right to serve following an infringement of a rule by the serving team |
| violation | a foul |
| volleyball rule | server must serve from behind end line until after contact |
| volleyball rule | team rotates each time that they win the serve |
| volleyball rule | games are played to 25 with rally serving |
| volleyball rule | players rotate in a clockwise manner |
| volleyball rule | there is a MAX of 3 hits per side |
| volleyball rule | a player may NOT hit the ball twice in a row |
| volleyball rule | a ball (including SERVE) may be played off of the net |
| volleyball rule | a ball hitting the boundary lines is GOOD |
| volleyball violation | stepping on the line of a serve |
| volleyball violation | failure to serve the ball over the net |
| volleyball violation | hitting the ball illegally (carrying, palming, throwing etc..) |
| volleyball violation | touching the net with body while ball is in play |
| volleyball violation | failure to serve in the correct order |
| William G. Morgan | designed a new game in 1895 at a Holyoke YMCA gymnasium called "Minonette" |
| minotte | infalted basketball bladder was hit around by 2 team of 9 players over a rope |
| 1896 | minonette was changed to "Volleyball" |
| Russia & Japan | Volleyball is vvery polular here |