This serve is often done with a high arc which is easy to pass.
Roof volleyball definition.
The volleyball touches an object outside the court the ceiling or person that is out of play.
A roof is a spectacular offensive block that redirects the power and speed of the attack straight down to the attacker s floor as if the attacker hit the ball into the underside of a peaked house roof.
A roof is the top covering of a building including all materials and constructions necessary to support it on the walls of the building or on uprights providing protection against rain snow sunlight extremes of temperature and wind.
A roof or to get roofed in volleyball means when a defensive player blocks an attack or spike so hard that it immediately gets returned back to the hitter and goes directly to the ground.
Johnson leaps up and spikes the ball only to get roofed and denied by the defense.
The volleyball crosses the vertical plane of the net either partially or totally outside the crossing space above or completely outside the antennae.
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A spike block that deflects the ball directly to the floor.
Roof when a player jumps above the net to block and blocks the ball straight down.
The offensive action of hitting the ball.
Palms are held deflected downward roughly 45 60 degrees toward the interior of the opponents court.
Serve one of the six basic skills.
Used to put the ball into play.
Serve one of the six basic skills.
Lollipop a lollipop is a very easy serve.
It is the only skill controlled exclusively by one player.
Helping a teammate set up for a kill.
Volleyball game played by two teams usually of six players on a side in which the players use their hands to bat a ball back and forth over a high net trying to make the ball touch the court within the opponents playing area before it can be returned.
Illegal obstruction of an opposing server s field of vision.
A serve that results directly in a point usually when the ball hits the floor untouched on the receiving team s side of the court.
To set the ball in play.
Used to put the ball into play.
Basic volleyball terminology a.
Roof a ball that when spiked is blocked by a defensive player such that the ball deflects straight to the floor on the attacker s side.
Examples of how roof is used in commentary 1.
A roof is part of the building envelope.
The volleyball touches the ropes antennae posts or net itself that is outside the antennae.
Also hitter and spiker a player who attempts to hit a ball offensively with the purpose of terminating play.
The characteristics of a roof are dependent upon the purpose of the building that it covers the available roofing.
Rotation the clockwise movement of players around the court and through the serving position following a side out.
The player who sets the ball in play.
