| Volleyball words / phrases |
Serve, ‘find serve’, set, spike, receive, pass, toss, leg(s), arm(s), finger(s), ball, score, face, block, in / out, high, low, fast / slow set, end, win, ‘change’, ‘fast ball’, ‘open ball’, ‘sub ball’, ‘back line ball’, jump serve, ‘floater’, ‘pancake’, rally, foul, rotation, ‘cross’, shot, lazy, fault, spot, substitution, replay, dump, zone, steps, misses, mistakes, errors, really good, ‘shoot ball’ [a fast, almost-in-a-straight-line toss towards the outside hitter] |
| Volleyball verbs used |
Take, hit, cover, move, spike, pass, give, let (it) go, run, walk, cover, ready, go, jump, step back, wait, look, bend down, relax, look up, remind, extend, stop, leap |
| Sentence(s) used |
If I get the toss, I will definitely hit it strong(ly)!Let the ball go because this is my spot.It’s OK if (you) make mistakes. If we make errors, we try again. Sometimes we have misses but we can learn and improve.Setter, I prefer if the toss is close to the net and not far from the net.The wind makes my ball become mistakes, sorry!That’s (a) foul! If (the) setter blocks a serve, it means (the setter has committed a) fault. If that happen(s) again, (the) setter must step back.Remember guys, if you stay in front, you must take care of front zones only. Let others at (the) back receive high serves. All (must) bend down!Sir, how (did) you do that? Can you teach us how to receive with one hand like that? That was really good!Again, don’t (be) confuse(d) (about) your rotation! Just remember who is cross to you and it is good.OK, OK, after this we change court and ask anyone who here (have) not play(ed) yet. Let them play first before we play again.Tomorrow I will play better than you. I will make sure I become the best spiker here. I will also block everyone when I (am) in front.We need to practice but we don’t have (a) coach and many students have assignments and classes. So, we play almost every day to improve our skills.Maybe, we can try new formations and new spikes for everyone later. Like me, I really want to learn how to spike shoot balls. |
