Volleyball Basketball

• Volleyball


  Game played with two teams of six players each, using skills like forearm pass, set, spike and block to gain an advantage by sending the ball to the floor on the opponent's side
• Volleyball game


  1. Played to 25 points, winning team must win by 2 points

  2. High school match consists of winning 2 out of 3 games
• Volleyball terminology


  • Block
  • Forearm Pass
  • Libero
  • Out of Bounds
  • Point
  • Rally
  • Rotation
  • Service
  • Set
  • Speed Scoring or Rally Scoring
  • Volley
• Block


  Prevents an opponent's spike from crossing the net
• Forearm Pass


  Method of moving the ball into the air by contacting it with the forearms
• Libero


  Designated defensive player who only plays the back row and can sub in freely for any back row player
• Out of Bounds


  Areas that are out of bounds are the walls, opponent's ceiling, poles, and any other objects outside the boundary lines. A ball landing on a line is considered in bounds.
• Point


  Awarded when a team fails to return the ball legally over the net
• Rally


  The volleyball is contacted back and forth over the net
• Rotation


  The method of moving into new positions on the court in a clockwise pattern. A rotation is made each time the receiving team becomes the serving team.
• Service


  Method of putting the ball into play. The ball must go over the net and land within the boundary lines.
• Set


  The method of sending the ball to a teammate using the pads of the fingers. A set should be high enough and approximately two feet off the net to allow for a teammate to spike the ball over the net.
• Speed Scoring or Rally Scoring


  Scoring a point any time your team wins a rally, not just on a serve
• Volley


  One contact of the ball by a player. A ball contacted simultaneously by two players is considered one hit. Three hits are allowed on one side of the net and a block does not count as one of the three hits.
• Basketball was invented during the school year at Springfield College in Springfield, Massachusetts


  1891-92
• Basketball


  Game played by two teams of five players each, with the object to score more points than the opponent by passing, throwing, bouncing, batting, or rolling the ball
• Basketball terminology


  • Baseline
  • Boxing out
  • Carrying
  • Charging
  • Cut
  • Denial Defense
  • Double Dribble
  • Dribble
  • Drive
  • Fake (Feint)
  • Fast break
  • Field Goal
  • Free throw
  • Lay-up
  • Pick
  • Pivot
  • Press
  • Rebound
  • Team's Back Court
  • Team's Front Court
  • Telegraphing the Pass
  • Throw-in
  • Traveling
  • Violation
• Baseline


  The end line
• Boxing out


  A term used to designate a player's position under the backboard that prevents an opposing player from achieving a good rebounding position
• Carrying


  In a carry, your hand makes contact with the bottom of the ball, then flips the ball over in the act of dribbling
• Charging


  Personal contact against the body of an opponent by a player with the ball
• Cut


  A quick offensive move by a player trying to get free for a pass
• Denial Defense


  Aggressive individual defense where the defensive player works hard to keep the offensive player from receiving a pass
• Double Dribble


  When one person dribbles, stops and picks up the ball and starts to dribble again or dribbles with two hands simultaneously
• Dribble


  The process of bringing the ball down the floor or moving the ball from place to place using the finger pads to tap the ball
• Drive


  An aggressive move toward the basket by a player with the ball
• Fake (Feint)


  Using a deceptive move with the ball to pull the defensive player out of position
• Fast break


  Moving the ball quickly down the court in order to score before the defense can set up
• Field Goal


  A basket scored from the field, worth two points, unless outside the three point line
• Free throw


  The privilege given a player to score one point by an unhindered throw for a goal from within the free-throw circle and behind the free throw line
• Lay-up


  A shot where a player releases the ball close to the basket while continuing to run off one foot
• Pick


  A special type of screen where a player stands so the defensive player slides to make contact, freeing an offensive teammate for a shot, drive, or pass
• Pivot


  Takes place when a player who is holding the ball steps once or more than once in any direction with the same foot. The other foot, called the pivot foot, is kept at its point of contact with the floor.
• Press


  A team's attempt to take the ball away from their opponent before they can set up their offense
• Rebound


  When a shot bounces off the backboard or basket and is pulled down by a player
• Team's Back Court


  The part of the court containing the opponent's basket
• Team's Front Court


  The part of the court containing the team's own basket
• Telegraphing the Pass


  Indicating where you are going to pass by looking or signaling
• Throw-in


  A method of putting the ball in play from out of bounds
• Traveling


  When a player in possession of the ball within bounds progresses illegally in any direction