Volleyball Terminology

Volleyball terminology includes the following terms usually associated with the sport of volleyball.

17. Joust. T F A joust is a simultaneous contact of the ball above the net by 2 opponents which causes the ball to come to rest.

18. Term of service. T F A term of service is the *turn* of service by one of the 6 *positions* on the team. The term of service applies to the player in that position who is serving and any substitutes for that player who enter the game and serve in her place during that same turn.

19. Dump. T F The dump is an attack of the ball over the net by the setter's finger tips normally on the second team hit.

20. Dig. T F The dig is a defensive save (normally of a spike, down ball, or other over hand hit) that is executed with the lower arm, hand, or fist.

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One more word about term of service. If Player A is in the right back position and is serving, upon the referee's signal she can toss the ball, let it drop or catch it, wait for the referee to signal "re-serve" followed by a second signal to serve, then toss it again and legally serve the ball. She can only do the re-serve once each time she rotates to the right back position (regardless of how many serves she legally hits over in this term of service).

While this is the basic rule, a complication arises regarding the "re-serve" when Player A, above, uses her one re-serve for the current term of service, and, before ending her term of service (bad serve, loss of rally/point)Player B subs in for her. The $64,000 question, now, is can Player B also use one re-serve (toss and catch the ball or let it drop) as she continues the *team's* term of service? The answer is, "Yes." The re-serve is allowed once per term of service *per player* in that term of service. Technically, in the above illustration, the players have each used a re-serve during their *individual* terms of service totaling 2 re-serves during the *team's* term of service.

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