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Spike Definition Volleyball Terms For Four Types of Attack Hits

The spike definition volleyball terms describe 4 ways to hit a ball including a cross court shot, hitting a line or cross court shot, or using the cut shot.

Spike Definition Volleyball Terms For Four Types of Attack Hits. Terminology of volleyball Hitting the "line shot" is one of four hitting terms that spikers should learn in order to increase their attacking options. (Al Case)

Here are four hitting terms that spikers should learn in order to increase their attacking options.

cut shot
cross court
cross court shot
line shot

Spike Definition Volleyball Terms For Four Types of Attack Hits
The Cut Shot

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The cut shot or the "cutty" is used by a player who is in zone 2 on their court and attacks the ball with an off-speed shot to zone 2 of the opposing team's court.

The player can also hit a cut shot if they are in zone 4 on one side and contact the ball so it crosses the net and/or over the block to zone 4 of the opposing team's court.

This shot is primarily used in beach volleyball and is very effective as a hitting option for players, especially those who are shorter and may be confronted with a big block or those who are looking for another option to just hitting the ball hard all the time.

To hit the "cutty" (aka cut shot) a player

goes up as if they are going to spike the ball,
then at the last moment they slow their arm swing down and
contacts the ball on either of its side panels,

either the left one if the player is in or near zone 4 or

the right side of the ball if the hitter is in or around zone 2 which should direct the ball diagonally and within ten feet from the net inside the opposing team's sideline.

Spike Definition Volleyball Terms For Four Types of Attack Hits
The Cross Court Shot

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The difference between a cut shot and a cross court shot is that a cut shot falls within three meters or ten feet from the net whereas a cross court shot falls anywhere along that opposite sideline.

Spike Definition Volleyball Terms For Four Types of Attack Hits
The Cross Court Hit

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A cross court hit is a hard driven spike or hit directed at an angle that lands in the area within the opposite sideline of the opposing team's court.

So if a player on team A is hitting from zone 4 on her side and her hard driven spike lands anywhere in or around zone 4 or zone 5 in the opposing team's court, then she scored a point or a sideout with her cross court hit.

The same is valid if the team A player is a right side hitter who is spiking the ball from zone 2 on her side to zone 2 or zone 1 on the opposing team's side then she made a cross court hit

Spike Definition Volleyball Terms For Four Types of Attack Hits
The Line Shot

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The line shot is another hitting or shot option for the spiker which requires the hitter to contact the ball so it travels parallel to and within the sideline closest to them.

A player hitting from zone 4 is hitting line or making a line shot if they spike the ball or hit an off speed shot to zone 5 in the opposing team's court, or if they are hitting from zone 2 then they are making the line shot if their spiked ball or off speed shot goes in or near zone 4 or zone 5 in the opposing team's court.

Spike Definition Volleyball Terms For Four Types of Attack Hits
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From Lady Vol to Legend: Coach April Honored At UTK Champions Weekend

Lady Vol volleyball legend and record holder Coach April Chapple a University of Tennessee, Knoxville Hall of Fame Inductee, 3-time All American, 3-time SEC Champion, SEC Tournament MVP, 2-time All SEC Team is celebrated with her 1984 SEC champion teammates at Neyland Stadium during Champions Weekend on November 1-2, 2024.

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Serving slang is not just about individual techniques; it also relates to overall game strategy. A coach might instruct a player to serve a "short serve" or a "deep serve" to target specific areas of the opponent's court or exploit weaknesses in their serve receive formation.

Ari, my private training client and I are working specifically on serving on jump float cross court serves ...short to Zone 2

There's so much we work on to get to this point where she can contact the ball with

the same toss height and same toss location
the same armswing speed
the same timing for when her serving hand contacts the ball
the middle of the hand contacting the middle of the ball every single time
getting use to watching her serving hand contact the ball at the highest point of her jump ...before she starts to land
and finally contacting the ball in the precise spot on the ball so it goes where the coach wants the player to put it so in this case ..a short serve in the farthest short right corner on the court also called Zone 2.

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