# Talking Volleyball · Волейбол, Уровень 1: Начальный

Волейбол · Уровень 1: Начальный · Insporta Book (https://book.insporta.app/ru/volleyball/level-1/talking-volleyball/)

Talking Volleyball: 100 фактов, 10 тестов.

The words players and coaches use for serving, passing, setting, attacking, blocking and defending, for the team and the bench, the slang of the game and the stat sheet.

## Тест 1: Serving words

- A service error is a serve that fails: into the net, out of the court or another fault. (Источник: General volleyball reference)
- Serve receive is the receiving team's job of passing the serve to the setter. (Источник: General volleyball reference)
- A short serve falls in front of the receivers, close to the net. (Источник: General volleyball reference)
- Tough serving takes risk to make the opponents' pass difficult. (Источник: General volleyball reference)
- A serve that touches the net and goes over is played on; only one that stays on the server's side is a fault. (Источник: General volleyball reference)
- Many servers bounce the ball and breathe the same way each time to stay calm and consistent. (Источник: General volleyball reference)
- The server jumps but hits the ball without spin, so it still floats and wobbles. (Источник: General volleyball reference)
- The underhand serve is gentlest; the jump topspin serve is the fastest of all. (Источник: General volleyball reference)
- Get the ball, prepare, wait for the whistle, then toss and hit. (Источник: General volleyball reference)
- The gap between two receivers is the seam; serving into it causes doubt about who takes it. (Источник: General volleyball reference)

## Тест 2: Passing words

- A perfect pass reaches the setter's target spot, so every attack option is open. (Источник: General volleyball reference)
- A shank is a mishit pass that sprays off the arms, often out of the court. (Источник: General volleyball reference)
- The first touch is usually a pass from a serve or a dig from an attack. (Источник: General volleyball reference)
- A free ball is an easy return without an attack, so the team gets ready to build its own attack. (Источник: General volleyball reference)
- A down ball is attacked from the ground, without a jump, so it comes over more slowly. (Источник: General volleyball reference)
- Off the net means the pass is a few metres back, which makes the set harder. (Источник: General volleyball reference)
- A tight pass arrives very close to the net, where the opponents' blockers can reach it. (Источник: General volleyball reference)
- On target is best, a pass off target is playable, a shank usually loses the point. (Источник: General volleyball reference)
- A call, quick positioning, a pass to the setter and an attack. (Источник: General volleyball reference)
- A pass that goes straight over the net gives the opponents an easy ball. (Источник: General volleyball reference)

## Тест 3: Setting words

- A quick goes just above the net to a middle hitter who is already in the air. (Источник: General volleyball reference)
- A bump set uses a forearm pass to set, when an overhead set is not possible. (Источник: General volleyball reference)
- Instead of setting, the setter sends the second touch over, often with a soft tip. (Источник: General volleyball reference)
- Setting from a jump makes the set quicker and lets the setter threaten to attack. (Источник: General volleyball reference)
- When the pass is poor, the setter often sends a high, safe set to the outside. (Источник: General volleyball reference)
- A shoot set travels low and fast along the net to a hitter at the antenna. (Источник: General volleyball reference)
- Like a quarterback, the setter decides which hitter gets each ball. (Источник: General volleyball reference)
- Quick sets barely clear the net; shoot sets are flat; high balls go well above it. (Источник: General volleyball reference)
- The dump looks like a set until the last moment, then drops into open court. (Источник: General volleyball reference)
- Setting backwards over the head to the right side is a back set. (Источник: General volleyball reference)

## Тест 4: Attacking words

- A kill is an attack that ends the rally in the attacking team's favour. (Источник: General volleyball reference)
- The hitter aims at a blocker's hands so the ball deflects off them and out of the court. (Источник: General volleyball reference)
- The hitter swings slowly and rolls the ball over the block with topspin into open court. (Источник: General volleyball reference)
- Taking pace off the attack catches defenders who expect a hard hit. (Источник: General volleyball reference)
- A cross-court attack travels diagonally across the opponents' court. (Источник: General volleyball reference)
- In a pipe, a back-row player attacks from behind the attack line in the middle of the court. (Источник: General volleyball reference)
- The middle hitter runs behind the setter and takes off from one foot, like a lay-up. (Источник: General volleyball reference)
- A tip is a touch, a roll shot a slow swing, a spike a full hit. (Источник: General volleyball reference)
- Aim at the outside hand, glance the ball off it and send it out. (Источник: General volleyball reference)
- A line shot goes straight down the side line, as path A does. (Источник: General volleyball reference)

## Тест 5: Blocking words

- A stuff sends the attack straight back down for a point. (Источник: General volleyball reference)
- Good blockers press their hands over the net into the opponents' space. (Источник: General volleyball reference)
- The second blocker joins the first so the ball cannot pass between their hands. (Источник: General volleyball reference)
- Blockers watch the setter's body and the ball to judge where the set will go. (Источник: General volleyball reference)
- Blockers may touch it and the team still has three hits left to play. (Источник: General volleyball reference)
- A commit blocker jumps with a chosen hitter, often the middle, whatever the set. (Источник: General volleyball reference)
- Like a hitter's approach, a swing block uses a run and arm swing to jump higher. (Источник: General volleyball reference)
- Short moves use a step-close, longer ones a crossover, the longest a run. (Источник: General volleyball reference)
- A closed block sends the attack straight back down on the attackers' side. (Источник: General volleyball reference)
- A joust is a fight for the ball above the net between two opposing players. (Источник: General volleyball reference)

## Тест 6: Слова о защите

- Base is where defenders wait before they read the attack and move. (Источник: General volleyball reference)
- Attacks aimed at the seam make two defenders hesitate. (Источник: General volleyball reference)
- In a sprawl the defender stretches out flat on the floor to reach a low ball. (Источник: General volleyball reference)
- Collapsing lets a defender go straight down to play a ball that is hit at the feet. (Источник: General volleyball reference)
- One defender stays close behind the block to pick up tips and roll shots. (Источник: General volleyball reference)
- An out call warns the player not to touch a ball that will land out. (Источник: General volleyball reference)
- Hustle is effort: going after balls that look lost. (Источник: General volleyball reference)
- Leave base, read, be still at contact, then dig. (Источник: General volleyball reference)
- Cover keeps a blocked ball alive for another attack. (Источник: General volleyball reference)
- Team-mates cover the hitter, ready to dig a ball that comes back off the block. (Источник: General volleyball reference)

## Тест 7: Командные слова

- Three players are in the front row and three in the back row. (Источник: General volleyball reference)
- As the team rotates, it passes through six line-ups, called rotations. (Источник: General volleyball reference)
- The opposite stands opposite the setter in the line-up, usually attacking from the right. (Источник: General volleyball reference)
- Middles block in the centre and hit quick sets. (Источник: General volleyball reference)
- Outside hitters attack from the left side and also pass serves. (Источник: General volleyball reference)
- A DS is a back-row substitute who comes on to pass and defend. (Источник: General volleyball reference)
- The starting six are on court for the first serve of a set. (Источник: General volleyball reference)
- Positions run 1 back right, 2 front right, 3 front middle, 4 front left. (Источник: General volleyball reference)
- Squad, starting six, line-up sheet, then play. (Источник: General volleyball reference)
- Position 1 is back right, the spot the server rotates into. (Источник: General volleyball reference)

## Тест 8: Слова скамейки и тренерской работы

- Momentum is the feeling of a team on a run, often broken by a time-out. (Источник: General volleyball reference)
- A sub replaces a player on court. (Источник: General volleyball reference)
- Calling balls and encouraging each other keeps a team organised. (Источник: General volleyball reference)
- A game plan sets out how to serve, block and attack against one opponent. (Источник: General volleyball reference)
- Scouting means watching and analysing opponents to prepare a plan. (Источник: General volleyball reference)
- A team can challenge a call and have it checked on video. (Источник: General volleyball reference)
- Assistants help with tactics, statistics and practice. (Источник: General volleyball reference)
- Request, huddle, instructions, back to play. (Источник: General volleyball reference)
- Scouting leads to a game plan that is shared before the match. (Источник: General volleyball reference)
- A short huddle with the coach during a set is a time-out. (Источник: General volleyball reference)

## Тест 9: Nicknames of plays

- A six-pack is a spike that hits a defender in the face. (Источник: General volleyball reference)
- Each player thinks the other will take it, and the ball drops between them. (Источник: General volleyball reference)
- Several players stand around the ball as it falls, like people round a campfire. (Источник: General volleyball reference)
- A hitter who is roofed sees the attack come straight down off the block. (Источник: General volleyball reference)
- A kong is a block made with one arm, usually when the blocker is late. (Источник: General volleyball reference)
- A chicken wing pops the ball up off a bent arm when there is no time for a proper pass. (Источник: General volleyball reference)
- An ugly win is a win in a poor performance, still worth the points. (Источник: General volleyball reference)
- Doubt between two players leaves the ball to fall. (Источник: General volleyball reference)
- A roof scores, a soft block keeps the ball alive, a miss lets it through. (Источник: General volleyball reference)
- The sky ball is a very high underhand serve, made famous on the beach. (Источник: General volleyball reference)

## Тест 10: Words from the stat sheet

- An assist is credited, mostly to the setter, for a set that a team-mate kills. (Источник: General volleyball reference)
- Hitting efficiency is (kills - errors) / attempts. (Источник: General volleyball reference)
- A player's points are kills plus stuff blocks plus aces. (Источник: General volleyball reference)
- (10 - 2) / 20 = 0.400. (Источник: General volleyball reference)
- Reception figures show how many serves a player passed and how well. (Источник: General volleyball reference)
- The setter sets most balls, so most assists go to the setter. (Источник: General volleyball reference)
- When two or three players stuff a ball together, each gets a block assist. (Источник: General volleyball reference)
- A higher figure means more kills and fewer errors per attempt. (Источник: General volleyball reference)
- Kills minus errors, then divided by the attempts. (Источник: General volleyball reference)
- Teams use statisticians who log every touch for the coaches. (Источник: General volleyball reference)

Источники: General volleyball references, FIVB (beach, snow), World ParaVolley (sitting), FIVB Coaches Manual; original questions authored, nothing reproduced. Numbered FIVB rules belong to the Rules category.

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