Volleyball crossword
Across
- 3. A type of dig that occurs when a player extends his or her hand flat on the floor, and lets the ball bounce off the back of his or her hand.
- 6. a defensive play that is accomplished by 1, 2, or 3 front-row players jumping and pressing their arms over the net in an effort to "block" the opposing hitter
- 9. when a player serves the ball and the opposing team is unable to pass it
- 10. a serve that makes contact with the net, but still rolls over in-bounds onto the opponent's side of the net
- 11. that you are able to keep an attacked ball by the opposing team off your court floor
- 12. a player uses their forearms to pass the ball to a teammate or to hit the ball back over the net to the other team
- 13. the was the original name for volleyball
- 14. the player who runs the team's offense
- 15. A kill (K) is awarded to a player any time an attack is unreturnable by the opposition and is a direct cause of the opponent not returning the ball
- 17. A ball that is passed over the net because an attack wasn't possible
- 18. when the ball is caught and/or thrown; it does not rebound from the hit
- 19. when the team who served the ball does not win the rally, therefore not winning a point and the opposing team is now allowed to serve
Down
- 1. a play in which the quarterback intentionally throws the ball at the ground immediately after the snap
- 2. the area on your forearms used to contact, control and guide balls that are below your waist
- 4. An assist is awarded anytime a set, pass, or dig to a player results in that teammate attacking the ball for a kill
- 5. a game of volleyball that is played by a group of inexperienced players who do not care too much about the formal rules and regulations of how the game is played.
- 7. a term used to describe when a ball is returned over the net and it falls in between one, two, three, or more players, without any of them going after the ball
- 8. one that has no movement causing the ball to move very unpredictably
- 16. player on an indoor volleyball team who serves as a defensive specialist and is not allowed to serve or rotate to the front line