The comprehensive lexicon of volleyball vocabulary, technical mechanics, offensive & defensive systems, and gym-floor slang used by elite collegiate, club, and national team coaches.
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Weak Side
The side of the court opposite an attacker's dominant hand (right-front for right-handed hitters; left-front for left-handed hitters); also called the off-hand side.
Coaching & Court Usage
“Hitting effectively from the weak side requires squaring your shoulders to the target before contact.”
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Wipe
A calculated attack where a hitter intentionally glances the ball off an opponent's outstretched hands so that it deflects out of bounds; also known as tooling the block.
Coaching & Court Usage
“When trapped by a closed double block, wipe the ball off the outside blocker's pinky finger.”
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