A spike block that deflects the ball directly to the floor.
Roof volleyball definition.
The volleyball touches the ropes antennae posts or net itself that is outside the antennae.
Palms are held deflected downward roughly 45 60 degrees toward the interior of the opponents court.
Also hitter and spiker a player who attempts to hit a ball offensively with the purpose of terminating play.
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.
Helping a teammate set up for a kill.
Roof when a player jumps above the net to block and blocks the ball straight down.
Illegal obstruction of an opposing server s field of vision.
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.
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.
Basic volleyball terminology a.
The player who sets the ball in play.
Serve one of the six basic skills.
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The volleyball touches an object outside the court the ceiling or person that is out of play.
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.
The characteristics of a roof are dependent upon the purpose of the building that it covers the available roofing.
Johnson leaps up and spikes the ball only to get roofed and denied by the defense.
To set the ball in play.
The volleyball crosses the vertical plane of the net either partially or totally outside the crossing space above or completely outside the antennae.
It is the only skill controlled exclusively by one player.
The offensive action of hitting the ball.
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.
Used to put the ball into 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.
Examples of how roof is used in commentary 1.
Serve one of the six basic skills.
Rotation the clockwise movement of players around the court and through the serving position following a side out.
Used to put the ball into play.
Rotation the clockwise movement of players around the court and through the serving position following a side out.
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 is part of the building envelope.
